Crofton Park Archives - Page 13 of 16

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...

The Rivoli Ballroom up for sale (again)

Apr

2014

The Rivoli Ballroom is up for sale for £7.5 million.Its current owners put it on the market for £10 million back in 2007. That move triggered a campaign to protect it from being turned into flats or a supermarket and it was given Grade II listed status as a result. This planning restriction gave the sellers ...

The Crofton Park and Honor Oak Neighbourhood Forum

Feb

2014

BCer Robert points out that Crofton Park ward is also trying to launch a Neighbourhood Forum. As the application for the Crofton Park and Honor Oak Neighbourhood Forum states, it will copy the ward boundaries.Lewisham Council is now consulting the community about the idea. Like Civilisation, the first player to plant their flag on this area gets sole ...

Thameslink shows off shiny new Crofton Park trains

Jan

2014

The BBC reports that the new Class 700 trains which will serve Crofton Park on the Blackfriars route from 2017 have been unveiled. Train designers don't tend to surprise and delight, so this one looks much like other trains you may have seen, except that there will be more than twice as many carriages, seating ...

Estate agent creep at Crofton Park

Jan

2014

Another Crofton Park shop space will fall to an estate agent.Alastair notes that planning permission has been given for "the commercial ground floor at 322 Brockley Road (the building over the road from the current KFH estate agents in Crofton Park). The plans show a new rear extension being put in (increasing floor space) a ...

Boat of Stars, February 8th

Jan

2014

Louisa writes:Please join us for our latest Neighbourhood Concert: 'Boat of Stars' on Saturday the 8th of February, in the undercroft of St Hilda's Church in Crofton Park.We will enjoy Melanie Sanders, Caroline Foulkes and Richard Black in a programme featuring arias and songs by Handel, Purcell and Jeffrey Joseph. Tea, coffee, cake and wine ...

The Christmas Neighbourhood Concert

Nov

2013

Louisa says: "In collaboration with St Hilda's Church we are putting together a monthly classical concert series at the undercroft of the church. The first one will have a Christmassy feel and everybody's welcome."

Croftmas comes early

Nov

2013

The Jam Circus restoration

Nov

2013

330-332 Brockley Road, SE4 2BT 020 8692 3320 www.jamcircus.comLocal blogger Kaja Emilie Berg has interviewed the manager of Jam Circus about her plans to restore the reopened pub's place at the heart of the community. She writes:Fire broke out in the popular Brockley pub last year, due to electrical wiring problems. The pub’s manager, Rose Hanison (28), ...

Late Knights for 2014

Nov

2013

So.. We have the licence for brockley (finally)... Now to get the builders in!! Probably be 2014 before pint swilling occurs though ...— Late Knights (@Late_Knights) November 12, 2013Late Knights is the South East London brewing company planning to take over the retail space vacated by Mr Lawrence and turn it into a bar, has ...

Jam Circus reopens tonight

Nov

2013

It's been a long-time coming, but excellent and badly-missed Crofton Park bar Jam Circus reopens tonight, more than a year after it closed due to fire. The team has confirmed that the doors open tonight at 7pm!