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Apr

4

2017

The death earlier this week of Darcus Howe led to several mentions in obituaries of his role in helping to organise the Black People's Day of Action, a major demonstration called in response to the 1981 New Cross Fire as a resut of which 13 young black people died.By coincidence an exhibition documenting that demonstration ...

Surface-to-air rocket launcher case found in Brockley

Apr

3

2017

Brockley expansionism just got real. The Mail reports:[Brockley woman] Kelly Watson posted a photo of the case, designed to hold the Javelin S-15 missile - used by British troops in the Gulf War - after finding it on the pavement.She said she found the case for the laser-guided warhead - also known as a Starburst ...

Tube Mapper

Apr

3

2017

This photo of a cat waiting for an East London Line train recently broke the Brockley internet when I shared it on Twitter. The image was captured by local photographer Luke Agbaimoni, who has started a London photography project called Tube Mapper. Its aim is to capture landmarks and locations near and around all tube and ...

The Brockley Street Art Festival fundraiser

Apr

2

2017

Ian writes:The Brockley Street Art Festival is entering a third year, with more events and painting planned around the Brockley area the first week of June - coinciding with the fantastic Brockley Max Festival.This year is our third year, and not only do we wish to continue to create amazing art on the street, but ...

Orange ordered for Tressillian Road

Apr

1

2017

Sue writes:Below is a picture of a wall currently being built by a subcontractor under Rydon [BC: Rydon is part of a PFI consortium that maintains 1838 homes in Brockley]. The wall is in Tressillian Road.The old wall was being pushed out by the tree. On Wednesday this wall was demolished and yesterday a load ...

The Catford Bridge Tavern reopens

Mar

31

2017

After being ravaged by fire in 2015, the Catford Bridge Tavern has reopened. The pub is a local institution that endured a turbulent few years and many feared it would never reopen, so this is very welcome news.We are open for business! #Catford #fancyapint #almosttheweekend pic.twitter.com/t3DHxUhegx— Catford Bridge Tav (@CBTavern) March 30, 2017

Loveliest of trees (2)

Mar

30

2017

Spring has sprung in our streets! Excited sponsors have begun sending in pictures of their precious charges as they begin to flower and show some green. Here are two ornamental cherry trees (prunus accolade) which were planted only last year - and look how well they are doing! These are only two of the 81 trees planted ...

Loveliest of trees (2)

Mar

30

2017

Spring has sprung in our streets! Excited sponsors have begun sending in pictures of their precious charges as they begin to flower and show some green. Here are two ornamental cherry trees (prunus accolade) which were planted only last year - and look how well they are doing! These are only two of the 81 trees planted ...

Trumped by Brexhit: A Cartoon Guide to the last 12 months

Mar

29

2017

20 April 2017, 7.30pm at the Fox & Firkin In a year where it feels the world has turned upside down, Martin Rowson, one of the UK's leading cartoonists and political satirists and 'scourge of the political establishment', will give his take on Brexit and the US elections through his cartoons which have appeared in ...

Free Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe – show your support on April 2nd

Mar

28

2017

On April 2nd, in Hilly Fields, a special rally will be held to protest the imprisonment of former Brockley resident Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe at the hands of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran.Clare Cowan of the Brockley Society writes:3rd April 2016: My friend, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, was detained by Iranian Revolutionary Guardsat Tehran airport on herway ...

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