Heralds of spring

It's a clear sign that spring is here when the Cherry Plum trees around the conservation area start to come into flower. Wickham Road, SE4The scientific name for this tree is Prunus cerasifera and it is part of the Rosaceae family (most of the stone fruits fall in the Prunus genus). There is an impressive avenue of the purple leaved variety of this ...

This Girl Can Nordic Walk

Laura is a Nordic Walking instructor based in Brockley. She writes:I am honoured to have been chosen from amongst 54 applicants to become a partner of London Sport This Girl Can campaign to support Sport England's campaign This Girl Can.Since starting out in November 2011 I have taught over 250 Lewisham residents - men & ...

Singles Supper Club, March 28th

Julie writes:Brockley's very own 'Unhungry Supperclub' is back with another date: Saturday 28th March.We're doing brunch (12pm) for singles (and have lovely women booked, but currently NO single men!) And we're also doing dinner for non-singles (7pm), where everyone's welcome.As usual it's BYOB and £25 for four courses and a cocktail. Join our Facebook group or ...

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RUSS open day, 15th March Crofton Park Library

RUSS (the Rural urban Synthesis Society) is having an open day on Sunday 15th March at Crofton Park library. They will be discussing and workshopping the issue of creating an effective allocations policy. Who gets to live here? How do we decide? RUSS is negotiating with Lewisham council to develop a site in Church Grove, ...

RUSS open day, 5th March Crofton Park Library

Spring Meeting

Our Friends’ meeting is Tuesday , 10th March, 2015. That’s at 7.30 in the cafe. The minutes from our December meeting are now in the Minutes and Reports section. Further meetings this year should be: 9th June, 8th September and 8th December, 2015.  

Music Monday:Jude Woodhead

Forest Hill based Jude Woodhead has a new EP out (available here on bandcamp and on soundcloud). 'Deep Transport' includes five of Jude's own tracks plus a remix of a King Krule track. 17-year-old Jude, who plays keyboards and trumpet as well as producing, is also one of the contributors to the new photography/art/music blog Essy ...

The case against the Prendergast Academy plan

Last month, the governors of the Prendergast federation of schools voted to apply for Academy status, prompting protests by unions, parents and students.The schools are generally well-run, which is both an argument to trust the judgement of those running them and a reason not to fix what ain't broke. Likewise, the educational advantages (which are ...

Mission accomplished!

A special day for the Brockley Society Tree Committee and our latest group of sponsors and donors. This Silver Birch was planted on Crescent Way, Brockley today and is the last of 36 street trees to be planted by The Brockley Society in this planting season. The picture shows Dionyssis Dimitrakopoulos, the volunteer warden of the tree ...