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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...

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 ...

Ladywell Road reopens

Oct

2013

@BrockleyCentral for SE4 dwellers: shock horror Ladywell Road is open! Chudleigh Rd still blocked, sun shining— Jill Howard (@oneinfivetea) October 24, 2013

Deputy Mayor backs call for urgent resolution of Ladywell chaos

Sep

2013

Earlier this month, a group of Ladywell businesses demanded a quick resolution of the town centre roadworks, which are running behind schedule and damaging their trade. El, from El's Kitchen writes, following her meeting with the Deputy Mayor of Lewisham, the Head of Transport and Tom Connell from Conway, the contractor carrying out the work:- ...

The lampenproletariat

Aug

2013

New lamp (left), for old Lamposts across the area are being ripped up and replaced with new ones as part of a 25-year PFI scheme developed by Lewisham and Croydon Councils. For the most part, the lamps, while not revolutionary, represent an improvement over their predecessors.What do you think?

Campaign to kill speed on Wickham Road

Aug

2013

Residents in Wickham Road have launched a petition to reduce speeds along Wickham Road. The group, supported by the Brockley Society and the Green Party, are calling for new measures to calm traffic, after the resurfacing work last year made it easier for cars to travel at speed down the 20 mph road.The campaign follows ...

Sink the South Circular!

Jul

2013

The Evening Standard reports that the Mayor of London's transport advisers are recommending that the South Circular should be driven underground, to free up more space on the surface and make the areas it travels through more pleasant to live and breathe in.The plan is part of a series of recommendations, budgeted at £30bn, to ...

Brockley Rise built on ancient Indian burial ground

Jun

2013

For those who missed the excitement on Twitter earlier, a large hole opened up in the road in Brockley Rise this afternoon. Police are looking into it (with thanks to Dave "Mike" Lowry for the joke, as well as the picture).

Roadworks cause Ladywell meltdown

Jun

2013

Not long ago, we were sitting in a pile of our own hair at Geddes when El from El's Kitchen popped in to ask to borrow some water. It was the end of the day and she'd been unexpectedly cut off by the roadworks taking place outside her shop, which was not helpful for a ...

Drakefell Road now Ends well

May

2013

Drakefell DebasementToddlers and skateboarders will have a wider turning circle at the bottom of Telegraph Hill as another bit of road is clawed back for pedestrians. Builders are putting the finishing touches to a nice new bit of pavement-widening on the corner of Drakefell and Endwell Roads.