The Kooples at the Rivoli Ballroom

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 ...

Pat-a-cakes says goodbye

Lovely Crofton Park cakery Pat-a-cakes will be closing. Founder Stacie writes:I would like to confirm that I will be closing Pat-a-cakes. Our last business day will be Friday 13th November and on Saturday and Sunday 14th/15th we will be having a sale to sell all of our china and furniture. Also please join us for a drink ...

Two more trains to Crofton Park by 2018

@BrockleyCentral More Crofton Pk trains 2018? pic.twitter.com/67gEpXjva2— BeBazzled (@barryls69) October 16, 2015Getting reliable information about what is actually going to happen to our rail services in the future is needlessly and infuriatingly difficult, so we're reduced to leaping on vague scraps of information given out by customer relations teams on Twitter.In response to huffy Tweets ...

Crofton Park – A love story for the ages

Via Patrick.

Croftfest 2015

Longhorn opening night, August 29th

As a Crofton Park deli throws open its doors, another new local business announces its opening night.The team at Italian American diner Longhorn says:Our opening taster night is on Saturday 29 August, 7.30pm-11.00pm. £10 per head entry price includes samples of some of our dishes and drinks! Get to know the chef and front of ...

Jones of Brockley opens today

Jones of Brockley, the new Crofton Park deli, opens today from 11am. If you have a chance to visit today, please report back here on what it's like.

Jones of Brockley, 354 Brockley Road

Jones of Brockley, the Crofton Park deli, opens on August 21st. They say:"Jones of Brockley is a family run food shop in SE4, opposite Crofton Park station. We stock a broad range of delicious and well made products including bread, cheese, vegetables, refrigerated and dry goods, wine, beer and more."They will be open 11am-8pm, Wednesday ...

Venus incurred

The Brockley street art keeps coming. Brockley's graffiti artist laureate, Lionel Stanhope, has produced two new works for local businesses. On the left, the new mascot for Venus Nails & Beauty (324 Brockley Road). Top right, the Longhorn logo for Crofton Park's new diner. The works were created with artist Disk.

Coming soon: Longhorn

The planned Crofton Park diner has revealed itself as Longhorn - an Italian-American diner that plans to offer vegetarian and Halal options to complement its meaty menu.Its got a logo and website and everything. This is the real deal and very exciting news, adding to the growing pantheon of local eating and drinking options. They ...