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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...

Brockley street trees battling drought conditions

Jul

2018

The ongoing hot, dry weather is killing Brockley's young street trees. Volunteers are needed to keep them alive. If you want to be responsible for watering a local tree, please email local group Street Trees for Living here.To find out more about what's involved, click here.

The FlixBus fightback begins

Jun

2018

@LewishamCouncil Can you get this company sorted out? This is on the corner of Ashby road and Wickham Road. They are always parked here, it’s dangerous as well as illegal.@BrockleyCentral @MPSLewisham @FlixBus pic.twitter.com/X46vRzQE8R— Philos (@philos90) June 25, 2018#Flexibus it is against law to leave engine running while parked. Your driver refused to turn engine off ...

Ladywell Baths: The Movie

Jun

2018

The Lewisham Buildings Preservation Trust write:Ladywell Baths comes back to life in this short film by local filmmaker, David Stock, in collaboration with Lewisham Buildings Preservation Trust.Historic, grade II listed building, Ladywell Baths, and the recollections of people who have passed through its doors over the past century, will be commemorated in a new, short ...

Lewisham-led schools: Primary good, Secondary bad

Jun

2018

Lewisham Council-run primaries have squeaked into the top 20 best-performing schools in England at Key Stage Two, in a new research produced by the Education Policy Institute.The independent research group found that Lewisham's schools were among the country's best once factors including prior attainment of pupils and levels of disadvantage were taken into account. The ...

The Hilly Fields Summer Fayre 2018

Jun

2018

Brockley Streets

Jun

2018

Let's Push Things Forward: The Streets exists to fight this kind of abuseBrockley Streets is a new community campaign group dedicated to improving local roads for pedestrians and cyclists.By encouraging better road design and re-routing traffic, The Streets want to stop cars prangin' out or squeezing down roads that don't fit but they know it. ...

Coulgate Pop

Jun

2018

Browns of Brockley has a spiffy new Peter Max-style pop-art makeover, painted over tts black canvas.

BrocSoc slams Ashby Mews changes

Jun

2018

The tarmac-covered north endFollowing the installation of a gate across the north end of Ashby Mews, some residents have now decided to tarmac the surface, changing its historic character to something which more closely resembles a business park.The southern end of Ashby Mews is untouchedThe gates, which we were initially promised would be left open ...

Lewishanimals

Jun

2018

Lewisham is London's second-most pet-friendly borough.An analysis of home-rental data on Zoopla by Fasthomes.org found that Lewisham had a higher proportion of pet-friendly ads than any borough except Kensington & Chelsea.As rental rates increase across London, pet-friendliness becomes a more important issue.With thanks to BCer Chris Wheal, who is friendly to pets.

The Brockley Street Art Festival 2018

Jun

2018

Artist Orbit works on a cosmic piece in Honor OakThe Brockley Street Art Festival is taking place in parallel to the Brockley Max, creating new works of art across the Greater Brockley area. Now in its fourth year, the Festival is spreading its wings. Organiser Ian explains:We’re moving the 2018 centrepiece works north of the ...