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Featured local business - Clubtek

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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...

You shall go to the ball, four times an hour

Mar

2018

The Cinderella Line campaign to improve train services through Crofton Park station will be celebrating a major victory from May, as frequency of service will be increased to four trains per hour during off-peak periods. They explain:Despite a week of snow, nearly 100 local residents braved the weather and made it to the Rivoli Ballroom ...

Lewisham Council unveils new rail strategy

Mar

2018

Lewisham Station in the 25th CenturyLewisham's leading technocrat, Cllr Alan Hall, has published Lewisham's new rail strategy on his blog. He explains:“Railways are incredibly important to Lewisham and have shaped our local communities. I have said we must be ambitious for Lewisham but local residents need to be involved in our decisions. I have asked ...

Lewisham commuter rebellion as passengers abandon train during Storm Emma

Mar

2018

@Se_Railway @BBCNews commuters have had enough #LEWISHAM pic.twitter.com/w4sOw7xR3p— Martyn Hopkins (@Hoppy79) March 2, 2018 Passengers held outside Lewisham Station on a Southeastern train rebelled and fled the train during Storm Emma tonight. The Telegraph reports:"In south-east London commuters took matters into their own hands, pressing the emergency door release and getting out onto the tracks ...

Ian Thomas recommended as new Lewisham Council CEO

Mar

2018

Ian Thomas, the man who led the response to Britain's worst-ever child sexual abuse scandal, has been recommended as the new CEO of Lewisham Council. The Council says:The recommendation was made following a rigorous selection process by an appointments panel consisting of Sir Steve Bullock, the Mayor of Lewisham and a cross-party group of eight councillors.The ...

Lewisham parks top London ranking

Feb

2018

Lewisham may lack a spectacular showpiece park, but its greenspaces have nonetheless finished joint-first in the inaugural Good Parks for London report, produced by independent charity Parks for London.The ranking compares the London boroughs' parks, based on ten different criteria, ranging from public satisfaction to their role in hosting public events. Lewisham came top with Southwark ...

Vulcan Death Slip

Feb

2018

Lewisham's preparations for the Beast from the East leave a little to be desired:@LewishamCouncil @BrockleyCentral dangerous conditions on Shardlowes Road and Vulcan Road SE4. People slipping and falling. #lewishamcouncil action required now pic.twitter.com/VuTxmfxrwu— Matt Scott (@mattdascott1) February 27, 2018

Official: Lewisham better than Southwark

Feb

2018

Tim Roth, Siouxsie Sioux, Charles Babbage, Robert Recorde, Mary Wollstonecraft, Rio Ferdinand, John Boyega... Your boys took a hell of a beating.The esteemed World Cup of London Boroughs competition is taking place on Twitter at the moment, with each of the 32 boroughs involved in a knock out tournament that pits them head-to-head in a ...

The South East London solar buyers club

Feb

2018

Our local renewable energy collective says:Brockley households are being given the chance to cash in on cheap solar power, thanks to a new community ‘buyers’ club’. The not-for-profit project aims to bring households together so that they can use their collective purchasing power to knock down the costs of buying and installing solar panels on ...

Judge: ‘Irrational’ Lewisham Council should not have allowed phone masts

Feb

2018

People power! The community won! The masts on top of Forsythia House, SE4, have been deemed to be illegal. Please support the request that they now urgently come down! https://t.co/TYEMM0xhNm @vickyfoxcroft @BrockleyCentral @SthLondonPress pic.twitter.com/ji5HyxWDUB— Hatty Uwanogho (@hattydaze) February 21, 2018Local Government Lawyer reports:A London borough wrongly interpreted the General Permitted Development Order on the siting ...

TfL rules out Lewisham Way Bakerloo station

Feb

2018

According to 853, TfL has ruled out the idea of incorporating a St John's or Lewisham Way station into the Bakerloo Line extension to Lewisham, which will open next decade.I had no idea this was even thought a possibility, but now it isn't. Which makes more sense. However, 853 notes:[TfL says] that existing plans to ...