Salthouse Bottles, 12 Coulgate Street

In the future, there is only beerSalthouse Bottles, the second of Brockley's new bottleshops, will reopen on Tuesday having enjoyed a good first weekend of trading.Not for Salthouse Bottles the "cafe / gallery / deli / whatever" model that so many other local enterprises have employed - these guys are unapologetically focused on selling booze, ...

The Brocketeer

Eddie: A rocket?Neville: Yeah. Like in the comic books.- The RocketeerAliens have landed in #Brockley @BrockleyCentral ! pic.twitter.com/WQYPhiBVQO— Sophie Livingstone (@LivingstoneSoph) September 10, 2016This spaceship - part Tintin, part V2 - set down in a garden in Brockley Road.

Alicia Kennedy resignation triggers Brockley by-election

There will be a Council by-election from Brockley ward, following the resignation of Labour councillor Baroness Alicia Kennedy.Cllr Kennedy's departure will trigger a local vote on October 13th and Labour will select its candidate next week.Click here for details.

Crofton Park train campaign meets today

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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe faces five years in Iranian jail

Former Brockley resident, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, has been jailed for five years in Iran on secret charges.The Guardian reports:A British-Iranian mother detained in Iran for more than 150 days has been sentenced to five years in prison, dealing a heavy blow to her family and to the UK government’s efforts to normalise relations with Iran. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, ...

Brockley Hall

This illustration of Brockley Hall (on sale at the Crofton Park Book Shop in Crofton Park Library) depicts the 18th century house, demolished in the 1930s and replaced by Brockley Hall Road.

A plaque for Catford’s Antarctic Explorer

'On Saturday 10th September, a Lewisham Council plaque will be unveiled to mark the Catford residence of Captain William Colbeck (1871–1930).  Captain Colbeck moved to 51 Inchmery Road in 1913, following an adventurous career at sea, which included:• being a member of the first expedition to spend a whole year on the Antarctic continent (The Southern Cross expedition, 1898–1900)• travelling further south than anyone previously (to ...

South East Makers Club, September 24-25

Brockley resident Helen Osgerby is organising the South East Makers Club writes:To celebrate the final weekend of The London Design Festival 2016, South East Makers Club invites all design enthusiasts to head south and follow our trail through the creative streets and studios of South East London. The journey takes place on the 24th-25th September ...

Lewisham Way pub threatened

@BrockleyCentral the old albertines pub is now applying to become ... 100% flats. Surprise surprise. And sad. pic.twitter.com/NZqNPR4j4A— Nick Marsh (@choosenick) September 7, 2016For a long time, BCers have been predicting this would happen. And now it has. The owners of the Lewisham Way pub formerly known as Albertine's have applied to convert it for ...

Cake Tempest

Brockley's answer to UB40, Kate Tempest, launches her new album at the Rivoli Ballroom later this month, with a live performance for the BBC.