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Featured local business - Clubtek

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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...

Man stabbed in Crofton Park

Feb

2016

A man was taken to hospital last night after he was stabbed in Crofton Park. The Standard reports:Police were called to Brockley Grove by London Ambulance Service just before 9pm on Thursday, after paramedics found the man had suffered stab injuries.One neighbour said: "I arrived home around 9pm, Brockley Grove at Merritt Road was cordoned ...

Bakery plan for Ewhurst Road

Feb

2016

Cat Food is a small batch bakery trying to set up permanent home in Brockley. They are currently raising funds on Kickstarter to set up shop on Ewhurst Road and are half-way towards their £2,000 goal. They say:Having moved kitchens 3 times in 2015, we need to move in to a permanent space of our ...

Lucky Man at the Rivoli

Feb

2016

Stan Lee's Lucky Man is the latest TV/film production to feature the Rivoli Ballroom in Crofton Park as a location. For the purposes of the Sky One show, it is transformed into the Pleasure Palace pole dancing club visited by detective James Nesbitt.The whole show foregrounds London, Nesbitt always seems to be driving across a ...

Thameslink, Southeastern and Southern most unpopular trains in Britain

Jan

2016

Greater Brockley's train providers have scored a 1-2-3 in the public vote for the worst train company in Britain. The Evening Standard reports:"Three train firms serving London faced passenger fury today after being named as the worst in Britain despite soaring profits."Thameslink came bottom, with 73 per cent for passenger satisfaction, followed by Southeastern on ...

Crofton Park commuters launch campaign for better trains

Jan

2016

If the recent slew of positive stories about transport infrastructure in South East London have taught us one thing, it's that Crofton Park Station and the Thameslink services that rattle through it are at the top of no-one's to-do list.The Catford Loop line rarely gets mentioned in any talk of upgrades or restructures and the ...

Crofton Park flood

Jan

2016

The stretch of road near Crofton Park Station is currently covered in water thanks to a massive leak beneath the pavement. Thanks to Molewife for the photo.

Coming soon: Chaplin’s of London

Dec

2015

Chaplin's of London is an established Deptford barber, opening a new branch in Crofton Park, next door to Jones of Brockley.Following on the heels of KR's Barber Station and Blue Tit, the gentlemen of Brockley have never been so well served for coiffeurs.

Forget everything you thought you knew about Crofton Park Station. History Starts Now

Dec

2015

The Partnership growsThis week, Crofton Park became the first station in the Thameslink network to be adopted a local community group.The Crofton Park Railway Group had already established a garden on spare land at the station and the signing of the Station Partnership formalises the commitment between the two to work together further.The station garden ...

The White Room closes

Nov

2015

The White Room, the fashion and sewing studio in Crofton Park, is closing. The founder Nicky Cook plans to relocate to open a pattern cutting studio in new premises. Nicky writes:"It's been 3 years since I opened the doors of The White Room to bring fashion, fun and creativity to our leafy corner of South ...

Coming soon: Benedict’s Coffee

Nov

2015

Crofton Park's new cafe is performing a slow striptease on Brockley Road. Benedict's Cafe will help to offset the recent loss of Pat-a-cakes and its imminent arrival means that this area is sustaining a current average of one new place to eat or drink every week or so.Thanks to Molewife for the photo.