They Will Have to Kill us First – Mali music movie in Catford

Coming up at Catford Constituional Club on Sunday 31 July 2017 (7:30 PM - 10 PM), Catford Film are showing 'They Will Have To Kill Us First',  Johanna Schwarz's feature length documentary about Mali's musicians and their struggle to survice and perform under Islamist rule which banned their music. The event, which is being screened in ...

Gardeners’ Question Time at Prendergast

MOT garage closes to make way for more homes

The Geoffrey Road MOT garage is closedThe MOT garage on Geoffrey Road has been closed and boarded up, to make way for a new housing development, which is yet to earn planning permission. The garage has lived with the Sword of Damocles hanging over its head for years and the development has gone through a number ...

906 miles in under 5 days! Raising Money for Lewisham Young Carers

906 Miles in Under 5 Days​ The London-Edinburgh-London Cycling Challenge​ Raising Money for Young Carers​ On Sunday 30th July, 1,500 people from 58 nations will depart from London on their bike with the aim to cycle 906 miles, London-Edinburgh-London, in less than 5 days. It was only last January when Jeremy Beswick received the news ...

What happened to that Blackcap? – A guest blog

As I mentioned in an earlier blog, I heard a Blackcap singing in our garden in Forest Hill from the beginning of March. At the time I wondered whether he was passing through or whether he might actually stay to breed?In fact he, or a male Blackcap just like him, has been singing in our ...

What happened to that Blackcap? – A guest blog

As I mentioned in an earlier blog, I heard a Blackcap singing in our garden in Forest Hill from the beginning of March. At the time I wondered whether he was passing through or whether he might actually stay to breed?In fact he, or a male Blackcap just like him, has been singing in our ...

Gently, 405 Brockley Road

We are delighted to be open now in #CroftonPark, every day. Come for a nose. We are selling gorgeous #gifts, #books and #homewares. pic.twitter.com/Xob4LLb2um— Gently (@gentlyhome) July 23, 2017Open seven days a week in Crofton Park, selling homewares and gifts, Gently Elephant now has a sibling.

Elle Fanning in Brockey?

Walking past Brockley Social Club yesterday I noticed that there was a film shoot in progress. Quick bit of investigation - OK I looked at the sign on one of the vehilces - and it transpires that 'Teen Spirit' is the movie in question. Directed by Max Minghella, the film stars US actor Elle FanningAccording to ...

South Circular to move south

At a meeting this week, Lewisham Council decided to move the stretch of the South Circular that snarls up Catford approximately 50 metres further south. The News Shopper reports:The road will be moved to the south of Laurence House on Catford Road (through the car and lorry park).The gyratory will also be removed to create ...

oBike arrives in Lewisham, immediately ends up on DLR track

Where the Mayor of London has fails us, Singaporean capitalism rushes in.I see #OBike have come to #Lewisham with their yellow bicycles by the locking spots outside the police station. @ObikeUk pic.twitter.com/YY594fzC44— snailtrail (@snailtrail) July 18, 2017TfL may not have brought bike hire to Lewisham, but oBike, the Uber-for-bikes system that was defeated by Mancunian ...