Brockley Archives - Page 4 of 7

Free Nazanin Ratcliffe

Aug

8

2016

Former Brockley resident Nazanin Ratcliffe has now been in jail in Iran for four months, having been detained while attempting to fly back from a family holiday there. Her two year old child who was with her at the time is now with relatives in Iran while her British husband is in London campaigning for her ...

Brockley Launderette Closing in Endwell Road

Aug

1

2016

The Launderette in Endwell Road, Brockley, SE4 is to close. A sign in its window gives a closing date as Sunday 18th September. I don't know why, businesses close and indeed open all the time for all kinds of reason, but as Dave Hill highlighted earlier this year launderettes in London are vanishing fast.Of course ...

Dizzee the ginger tom comes to Brockley

Jun

4

2016

As part of the burst of new street art associated with this month's Brockley Max festival, Kirstin Wood (@kirstinpainter) has painted Dizzee the ginger tom on the hoarding in Crofton Park - corner of Brockley Road and Sevenoaks Road SE4. Dizzee has apparently appeared before in the Surrey area where Kirstin lives.

Prince, Maxi, Marley Murals

May

31

2016

New Prince mural in Camberwell on Daneville Road next to GX Gallery:Maxi Priest on shutters of Goldstar Office Furniture, Honor Oak Park, SE23:Bob Marley by Brockley Station, painted last year by Dale Grimshaw to replace nearby Marley street art on demolished building.Of these three singers only Maxi has a strong local connection - born and ...

Music Monday: Ricky Chohan, Brockley’s Punjabi Pop Star

May

23

2016

So I was having my hair cut at the great KR Barber Station in Brockley last week and I met this guy in there for the same reason as me, talking excitedly about the fact that Dillian Whyte had just posted a clip featuring the boxer listening to his song. I asked him about it and ...

Broca Prince Tribute

Apr

27

2016

Good to see a Prince tribute in the window of Broca. His purple majesty has always been honoured in that Coulgate Street café by Brockley station, and as on many other times when I've visited his music was playing there yesterday. Yes and there's a copy of Parade on proud display inside. Maybe his finest album, ...

The end of the (old) Brockley Jack

Mar

7

2016

The Brockley Jack in around 1868(source: Lewisham Heritage)The current Brockley Jack pub dates back to 1898 and replaced an older building demolished not long before. The pub had actually only been known by that name since 1863 - prior to that it was called The Castle. It is described in Walter Besant's London South of ...

David Lodge on bullet holes in Brockley

Dec

2

2015

The novelist David Lodge (born 1935) grew up in Brockley, living at 81 Millmark Grove from 1936 to 1959. He went to St Mary Magdelen Roman Catholic primary school in Brockley, and walking home from school during the Second World War he had a narrow escape:'One afternoon we were a few hundred yards from the ...

The Kooples at the Rivoli Ballroom

Nov

4

2015

French clothing line The Kooples is the latest to take advantage of the splendour of Crofton Park's Rivoli Ballroom for a film shoot. Their latest advert features a glamorous couple meeting up amidst a northern soul dancefloor.For loads more at the Rivoli, including Lana del Ray, Jimmy Page, Oasis, Florence and the Machine etc. see ...

Halloween Bikelife Rideout in South London

Nov

1

2015

Last night someone mentioned on twitter that they'd just seen hundreds of motorbikes tearing down New Cross Road. A couple of minutes later I heard a wall of noise heading up my road, and looking out of the window there they were - every kind of motorbike, scooter, moped and quad bike, taking over both ...

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Free Nazanin Ratcliffe

Brockley Launderette Closing in Endwell Road

Dizzee the ginger tom comes to Brockley

Prince, Maxi, Marley Murals

Music Monday: Ricky Chohan, Brockley’s Punjabi Pop Star

Broca Prince Tribute

The end of the (old) Brockley Jack

David Lodge on bullet holes in Brockley

Halloween Bikelife Rideout in South London