Introducing: Honeybourne’s

The owners of Ladywell gift shop Slater & King recently told us they'd sold up to a new owner. Well, here's the new owner, Hannah, to tell us about her plans for the place:"I’m taking over everyone’s favourite gift-shop, Slater & King on Ladywell Road. I’ve lived in Ladywell all my life, so I was ...

Gogi and Magogi – Brockley Road apocalypticism hits Midtown

The furniture pushers have vacated this shop, freeing it - and the pavement - upMuch Midtown movement going on at the moment. The Brockley Road shop specialising in selling second hand furniture (next to KR's Barber Station) recently closed down and is available for someone new to give that location a go, while a few ...

Slater & King says goodbye

The team behind Slater & King are saying goodbye to Ladywell, having sold the business to a new owner, who plans to change the name but to continue to run the business as a gift shop.Slater & King opened in 2011, becoming a beloved fixture on the high street, but the owners are leaving London ...

New live / work / play plan for New Cross Road

I am a member of Goldsmiths' governing Council and have been waiting for a long time to share this news.I joined the Council ready to bend everyone's ear about the importance the local community attached to the issue of Goldsmiths' derelict shop fronts on New Cross Road - but they already knew and had been ...

Butcher bound for Ladywell

Heckstall & Smith, the aspirant Ladywell butcher's shop, has made a big leap forward, signing the lease on a property on Ladywell Road. So it's no-longer a pipe dream, it's an imminent prospect.

Decathlon becomes modern pentathlon

The Decathlon store in Surrey Quays is much-loved by Brockley Central readers. With the site being redeveloped, the shop's fate is probably of far more interest to you than any other aspect of the massive regeneration. So, we're happy to bring you this report from BCer Fintan:"Half of Decathlon Surrey Quays has been demolished and ...

Coming soon: London Velo

One of the best things about London's biking boom (somewhere on the list below improved public health, better air quality and lower traffic congestion) is the return of independent bike shops to our high streets. The area's already attracted Curve, Ladywell Village Cycles, Vaidas and the life-saving Brockley Bikes. Now comes London Velo, joining Curve on ...

Coming soon: Heckstall & Smith

Joe: Then I saw it, I saw a mom who would die for her son, a man who would kill for his wife, a boy, angry & alone, laid out in front of him the bad path. I saw it & the path was a circle, round & round. So I changed it. - LooperAs ...

Muck N Brass, 72 Brockley Rise

Muck N Brass is an upcycler that trades on Etsy and specialises in turning vintage furniture into vivid graphic creations like these. This week, they've opened their first shop at 72 Brockley Rise (formerly the rarely-open bric-a-brac shop Caledonia).Following the arrival of Wandsworth Sash Windows in Crofton Park and a pop-up furniture showroom on Lewisham Way, ...

Coming soon: A new skate and BMX shop for Deptford

@BrockleyCentral wondering what's happening at 212 Deptford High Street? (Prev. Viet Signs) It's us! #skate #bmx & clothing