The Ladywell Pétanque League

Ryan writes:I was hoping that you may be able to help me try and gather together anyone who uses the Pétanque facilities in Ladywell fields behind the bowling greens.I have been playing pétanque there for the last year but the courses are becoming unusably overgrown. I'd love to set up a local Pétanque group/league to ...

Photos from FOBLC’s amazing 10th anniversary Open Day

Thanks to Beyond Platform 7 for these photos

Grover Lady’s Fun

Casilda's Nice Things is the latest addition to Place Ladywell, 261 Lewisham High Street. A gallery and gift shop, it will host a meetup with artist Martin Grover on July 28, from 6-8pm. They say:Martin Grover is an established artist and a former student of the famous Royal Academy Schools.  A playful narrative thread runs ...

Gardeners’ Question Time comes to Brockley!

You will find here everything you need to know about this exciting event coming to Brockley later this summer. Check back often for the most current news. Brockley Society’s Street Trees for Livingis delighted to announce it will be hosting Radio 4’s flagship gardening programme:Gardeners’ Question Timeon  Tuesday 29th August 2017 atThe Mural Hall, Prendergast Hilly Fields College,(Hilly Fields campus)SE4 1LEUpdate: ...

Gardeners’ Question Time comes to Brockley!

You will find here everything you need to know about this exciting event coming to Brockley later this summer. Check back often for the most current news. Brockley Society’s Street Trees for Livingis delighted to announce it will be hosting Radio 4’s flagship gardening programme:Gardeners’ Question Timeon  Tuesday 29th August 2017 atThe Mural Hall, Prendergast Hilly Fields College,(Hilly Fields campus)SE4 1LEUpdate: ...

Music Monday – Tom Misch – South of the River

Tom Misch has a new single and it is a proper transpontine neo-soul anthem entitled South of the River. It has a bit of a disco feel to it including a nice violin line from Tobie Tripp as a one man Philly string section and a fusiony keyboard solo from Rob Araujo.The East Dulwich multi-instrumentalist ...

Training centre for self-build homes in Ladywell

Ted, a trustee of self-build group RUSS, writes:A crowd funding initiative has been launched to help raise £57,000 to build London’s first training facility for would-be community self-builders. The innovative building will be constructed in Ladywell, Lewisham on part of the land set aside for a new 33 home affordable self-build housing project.The project is ...

Please do not park your car in the middle of our park

The latest in an occasional series about people who park wherever they feel like in Brockley. Tom writes:"I live near Hilly Fields and love the park. I went for my evening run yesterday and came across these guys. I'm not normally one to get involved in moaning on internet but thought this didn't seem right ...

Tree Sponsor of the month – July

In the second of our new series about our fabulous street tree sponsors, Ben and Sheila tell us about their decision to sponsor a tree in Comerford Road, SE4.1. Where is the sponsor tree located and why did you choose that particular site? The tree is located on Comerford Road, Brockley. I chose this street as it ...

Tree Sponsor of the month – July

In the second of our new series about our fabulous street tree sponsors, Ben and Sheila tell us about their decision to sponsor a tree in Comerford Road, SE4.1. Where is the sponsor tree located and why did you choose that particular site? The tree is located on Comerford Road, Brockley. I chose this street as it ...