Lewisham Hospital Protest at Department of Health

In the build up to this Saturday's big Save Lewisham Hospital demonstration, supporters mounted a 'mums and buggies' protest outside the Department of Health headquarters in Whitehall today, with around 60 parents with their children blockading the entrance. Currently 4,000 babies are born every year at the hospital, but maternity services will be radically reduced ...

Brockley apartment feat. on Design Sponge

Brockley & Ladywell Cemeteries in the snow

Trains from Peckham Rye and Nunhead disrupted/cancelled 21/01/13

Hilly Fields Events – Sunday 27th January

A busy weekend of events in Lewisham coming up with the demonstration against the closure of Lewisham A&E on Saturday and two events in Hilly Fields on Sunday.First up sees Hilly Fields taking part in a national survey,  The Big Birdwatch. Details below:Following the bird watching is the return of the annual Wassail event at ...

Local community events

Lots of community events coming up, details below:VERTICAL VEG - A Gardening Workshop - Talk with Mark Ridsdill SmithSaturday 26th January 2:30 - 3:30pm St.Mungo's Centre, Hither Green SE13 6JQCost £5. To book a place contact: LewishamGardens@gmail.comMark, of Vertical Veg, will share the secrets of how to grow food successfully in containers,on balconies, window sills ...

Aspinall’s Enamel of New Cross

If the demolition of the Thurston Road Industrial Estate is a sign of the times then Aspinall's Enamel of New Cross is a symbol of how manufacturing was once very much part of the Lewisham industrial landscape. [...]

Deptford and New Cross in the Snow Today

St Paul's Church, Deptford (above and below)Deptford Project, Deptford High StreetMargaret McMillan ParkFordham ParkNew Cross RoadTelegraph Hill Park'Save New Cross Fire Station'(threatened with closure)

Brockley Common Edible Garden UPDATE

Valerie has emailed with an update on the edible garden at Brockley Common which is looking well with the soft fruit cuttings (Josterberry and Raspberry) planted late last year coming through and budding. The Lavender, Globe Artichoke and Strawberries are all flourishing and there is a large amount of lambs lettuce ready to pick.Next session ...

Bourgeois Decadence. In Catford.

The Daily Mail (17 January 2013) reports this Lewisham story with its usual mix of salaciousness and outrage:'A French bistro is set to lose its licence after a council launched an investigation into it holding 'sex parties' in the basement. Bosses of the Le Bourgeois eatery - situated on the ground floor of a 1960s ...