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Featured local business - Clubtek

Forest

SE23

Hill

I was already a regular visitor to Clubtek’s DJ shop when it was in Penge, but now they're even handier in Stanstead Road, just a few doors down from Shannon’s Garden Centre - another old favourite. It’s by no means just for DJs and bands...

Best New High Street Business 2014 – The Brockley Deli

Dec

2014

Congratulations to The Brockley Deli, winner of this year's Best Newcomer Award, thanks to a record public vote. The Deli and The Proud Sow butcher dominated the vote in a highly competitive field and were able to mobilise their fan bases very effectively.In the end, the right newcomer won. The Proud Sow and third-placed LDN ...

Brockley Cross monster refused

Nov

2014

Lewisham Council has refused an application to take the B&M Motors building in Brockley Cross (a crazy-paved bungalow with a load of old motors parked on its forecourt) and turn it into something even worse.Never in the history of BC has one piece of architecture united a community against it. In its current form, it's ...

Raising the barbers for Brockley Cross

Nov

2014

Morells is a new hair salon in Brockley Cross - an area not short of barbers.Looks-wise, it's not the quantum leap that the Brockley Deli represented, but considering this unit used look like it had been disembowelled, this is a major improvement.Phase One was "normalisation", with better policing and some much-needed investment in the physical ...

Cagecity, Brockley

Sep

2014

Cagecity is a fashion retail brand based in Sydenham and taking over a unit in Brockley Cross to create a pop-up store for one week, 6th - 12th October .The store mixes mainstream brands with capsule collections by young designers. Customers will also get the chance to play dress up with the clothes as part ...

Appeal for witnesses

Sep

2014

Jonny writes:At around 9.30am on Tuesday morning on 9th September, Brockley resident Jonny Freeman was cycling to work when he was involved in an accident with a vehicle on Brockley Cross. As a result of the accident Jonny needed major surgery on his arm and shoulder. The driver of the car is known, I am ...

Howarth opens a DIY store at Brockley Cross

Aug

2014

The Howarth team LTR: Aron Ford, Gary Ford + Tom Woodcock Brockley Cross stalwart Howarth Timber and Building Supplies has opened a new shop as part of the national firm's expansion programme ahead of its 175th anniversary next year.Howarth's new store is next door to its yard on Shardeloes Road (a refurbished 100-year old bank) and will ...

Brockley Cross sell-off

Aug

2014

The properties on the corner of Brockley Cross and Brockley Road have been auctioned off. The sale was for a:Freehold three floor building with planning permission for the conversion of the upper floors to provide two x two bedroom flats. The ground floor comprises two shops (one let) and one office (vacant).The corner unit was ...

The NOx on all your houses

Jul

2014

Inspired by the news that Oxford Street has the highest levels of NOx (a major air pollutant) of any street in the world (where the numbers are accurately measured and reported), local blog Green in SE13, has investigated Lewisham's record on NOx. It notes:Well, according to “Air quality in Lewisham: A Guide for Public Health ...

Now open: The Brockley Deli

Jun

2014

The Brockley Deli is the most daring new opening since The Broca chanced its arm on Coulgate Street. An unlovely (though handy) mini-market has been completely transformed, and with it, Brockley Cross.We've only had time to stick our head in and take this photos, so can't comment on the quality or range of food, but ...

Coming soon: The Brockley Deli

Jun

2014

Work is under way to turn the old Brockley Cross Supermarket into The Brockley Deli. It's an ambitious project that could help to improve a part of Brockley that has struggled in spite of its central location. Founder and local resident Zoltan writes:We will be opening a bit later this month and we will offer ...