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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...

Woman on a Cycle

Jun

2014

Lewisham Council writes:Every Wednesday morning throughout the summer, women from all over Lewisham are being invited to join a free guided cycle ride from Croydon to Ladywell. The rides have been designed for women by the British Breeze Cycle Network, keen to encourage more women to get on their bikes.The ride is led by a ...

Trees in the City – 26th April 2014 – Conference Report

May

2014

The Brockley Society Tree Committee are delighted to report a little more fully about the presentations given at our hugely successful conference last month. Wake up and smell the pollutionLewisham Mayor Sir Steve Bullock opened the conference by raising the issue of rising city pollution and the need for more trees to make the urban environment sustainable. He kindly ...

Grad internships at Lewisham Council

May

2014

Lewisham Council writes:Undergraduate students with a connection to the London Borough of Lewisham are being given the opportunity to work full time with the Council for an 8-week period between 16 June and 30 September.The internships are paid and students will gain the sort of work experience that will help them get into employment once ...

Ladywell businesses protest pavement ban

Apr

2014

Ladywell shop owners have been ordered by the Council to stop putting advertising boards, planters or tables outside their premises, in order that the newly-enlarged pavement can serve as a cycle lane. They're not happy. They write:Ladywell businesses have been battling to survive the disruption caused by more than 13 months of streetworks. Thankfully these ...

Join the rebellion – fight the Death of Star Canteen

Mar

2014

Lewisham Council-backed pop-up restaurant the Catford Canteen is closing. Funding for the project is due to finish at the end of this month and the canteen is due to close, despite its popularity.However, the Council owns the premises it uses and Canteen-superfan Helena thinks it's time to lobby the Council to extend its support, at ...

Recycle more metal!

Mar

2014

Lewisham Council is trying to get residents to recycle more metal. They say:A new campaign has been launched to urge Lewisham residents to make their ‘metals matter’ by encouraging them to recycle more of the estimated 80 million cans, aerosols aluminium foil trays and the wrapping foil used in Lewisham homes every year.Used metal packaging ...

The summer of cycling begins

Mar

2014

Summer officially dawned this weekend and we are guaranteed at least six months of unbroken sunshine in Brockley, from here on. So it is with exquisite timing that two cycling announcements were made today.Firstly, Lewisham Council has promoted its new cycle loan scheme. For an initial £10, you can try a bike for a month ...

New Arrivals

Feb

2014

We are very proud to announce the next round of new street tree plantings in and around the conservation area. Here are some early morning pictures taken in Millmark Grove in mid December: The majority are joint-funded trees with costs being shared between Green Scene (Lewisham Council) and individuals and groups of neighbours interesting in preserving the ...

Scandi cheek

Feb

2014

Lest we forget that Conway is not the only contractor who likes to do a half-arsed job for Lewisham, here's a gentle reminder about the large number of potholes generated by Skanska's installation of new streetlights, which no-one seems to be in any great hurry to address.Hey @LewishamCouncil will these lamp posts ever get sorted? ...

Conway remain king of Lewisham’s roads

Feb

2014

Homer: Ooh, look at me! I'm making people happy! I'm the Magical Man from Happy-Land, in a gumdrop house on Lollipop Lane... Oh, by the way: I was being sarcastic. - The Simpsons, Flaming Moe'sIn recognition of their consistently excellent work across the borough, delivering projects on time, on budget, to a high standard and ...