The Workshop, 2 Ewhurst Road

Patrick took this shot of The Workshop - a new alteration and made-to-order clothing service on Ewhurst Road. Sharp. As Patrick says, it's great to see that Ewhurst Road, a little off the beaten track, is going stronger than ever.

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Wandsworth Sash Windows comes to Crofton Park

When BCers run through their list of Fantasy Retail Occupiers, sash window providers come some way further down the list than pubs, gyms and delis. But Wandswotth Sash Windows' arrival at 355 Brockley Road is welcome nonetheless, filling a hole in Crofton Park and offering something people presumably want to buy.The company, with an established ...

The Blue Room, Crofton Park

The Blue Room is a pop up restaurant run by Crofton Park resident Sonia from her home, every Friday and Saturday night from 7pm. She says:My aim is for it to be a social event where people can mingle and get to know each other in a fun, relaxed environment. The meal consists of a ...

Green & Tasty opens tomorrow

A new "community cafe" called Green & Tasty is opening tomorrow in Crofton Park Library. Johnny and Lulu write:We're been coming here every Christmas with our lovely trees and we enjoy it so much that we wanted to stay all year round!We have an exciting, delicious menu and real coffee and our prices are seriously ...

Petition launched to save Lewisham’s Children’s Centres

A petition has been launched to save the Early Learning centres threatened with closure across Lewisham, including Beecroft Garden in Crofton Park. The petition explains:"Lewisham Council is proposing to Ofsted-deregister 13 of the 17 existing Children's Centres in Lewisham. Besson Street Gardens, St Swithun’s, Heathside and Lethbridge, Evelyn, Amersham, Hatcham Oak, Manor House, Torridon, Marvels ...

Crofton Park early learning centre faces closure

Friend of BC, Molewife, lets us know that Beecroft Garden Children's Centre in Crofton Park has been Ofsted deregistered as a result of Lewisham cut-backs, which will force it to close.The Centre provides Early Learning and family support services and after the cuts have been implemented, only four such centres will remain in the borough. By restructuring ...

The HopCroft Twitter Walk, January 31st

The HopCroft Neighbourhood Forum is the group creating a neighbourhood area strategy for Honor Oak and Crofton Park.Straddling two postcodes, it's an area that has more to do with ward boundaries than people's daily lives, so pulling together a coherent plan for both areas is going to take some work. One of their first orders ...

Piltdown Man plants spaghetti trees in Crofton Park

Phillips: Ladies and gentlemen, this is the most terrifying thing I have ever witnessed . . . Wait a minute! Someone's crawling out of the hollow top. Someone or . . . something. I can see peering out of that black hole two luminous disks . . are they eyes? It might be a face. ...

Hilda’s Winter Village – December 6th