March Events

…and the events this month are:FARMERS MARKET this Saturday 9th March…there were extra stalls last month, so worth the trip. Friends’ Meeting on 12th March. In the cafe at 7.30. We usually finish by 9pm. … Saturday 16th March, we’ll be planting a FRUITING HEDGE, donated by the tree council. HELPERS to meet at the ...

Free Daisy Newborn Calm And Care Worshop

Evelina Road traction standards

To all of you wavers

I noticed a sad but lovely notice in a window in the house on the corner of Musgrove Road and Troutbeck Road in New Cross last week. It read 'Deborah - the lady in the window passed away on Friday 22 February. To all of you wavers, very many thanks it made her day'. Somebody had left ...

Voodoo Ball

'Calling Ye Gods, Loa, Shamans, Spirits and Healers, you are invited to don your best headdress and join us at the inaugural VOODOO BALL for one night of unguided misjudgements and alcohol-soaked decay, in honour of The Grand Shaman, himself. We have a line-up of the most spirited DJs, as well as a genuine 1930s ...

A Europhile night out in Brockley – Book now to avoid a Tobin tax

Leave your bendy cucumbers at home this weekend, Brockley orchestra Harmony Sinfonia is staging a "pro-European night out." They say:This Saturday, March 9th at St Peter's Church, Wickham Rd, SE4, Brockley's very own symphony orchestra, Harmony Sinfonia, will be taking a trip around three major European cities. We'll perform a programme of music which includes Bizet's ...

The Catford Plan

Lewisham Council has launched a public consultation about the future of Catford. If any part of the borough needs re-imagining, it's Catford, which could make a vital and interesting contribution to life in the borough, but mostly doesn't.The Council is updating its planning strategy for Catford Town Centre. The Catford Plan will guide where and ...

Extreme Reading at New Cross Learning

From New Cross Learning:'Thursday 7th of March is World Book Day and we will be holding a Book Exchange, a write-in for the Bridport prize (flash fiction, poetry and short stories) and an exhibition of Extreme Reading Photos. The write-in will start at 6, Book Exchange will run from 6:30pm to 8:00pm and is the ...

Council Secretly Approves £2m Loan to Lewisham Gateway Developers

Lewisham Council secretly approved, in June 2012, the borrowing of £2m to loan to the developers of the stalled Lewisham Gateway development. [...]

Lewisham Power Station

Planners and developers are doing their best to inject some life in to the town centre with the creative use of lighting.Joining the illuminated rail bridge and the new swimming pool's light display is this stylised generator, which illuminates your journey past the new Loampit Vale substation.It's a fun piece of work, which masks something ...