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Capture Arts is an artist collective based in Brockley and Deptford and the creative team behind the popular Brockley Station mosaic. As part of the same project, they created two mosaics at St Saviour's Church Hall, Brockley Rise. The mosaics will be formally "opened" (?) by Mayor Bullock on Thursday, December 3rd and the Broca will be providing tea and cakes for the finale event at 11.15am in Coulgate Street. Everyone welcome. Read Full Story
Christmas in Brockley starts with Housemartins Estate Agents! Tea Leaf Arts has now published the list of local businesses taking part in its Advent Windows campaign. During December, art will spring up in shop windows - one a day, leading up to Christmas. It's great to see such a wide range of participating companies, from Starbuck Upholstery and Sids Plumbing to Co-Operative Funeral Service, Central Cafe and Crofton Park Library. Read Full Story
A well-insulated group of locals gathered at Brockley Station this morning to promote the ongoing campaign against cuts to Brockley's train services, by handing out leaflets produced by the Forest Hill Society and others*. With the cross-party support of local politicians, the Forest Hill and Sydenham Societies have been running a campaign against proposed cuts to the service on one of Southern's busiest passenger routes. They have written to the Minister of Transport, both privately and in... Read Full Story
BC is somewhat behind the times on this one, given that it's been and gone, but we thought it was worth a mention anyway. As a follow-up to Lewisham Council's research into the problem of fly-tipping, a free 'community skip' trial took place last weekend. The skip was placed on Eddystone Road for the disposal of large, bulky waste which should otherwise have been dropped off at the Landmann Way Recycling Centre, but all too often is simply dumped on the street. Mattresses are a particular... Read Full Story
Bit of good news (taken from a Lewisham Council press release) Earlier in the year, Lewisham Council approved the adoption of a borough wide Dog Control Order, following new legislation under Section 55 of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act (2005), which meant that the borough could take action, and enforcement, against people who did not comply with new rules. As from 16 November 2009, enforcement action - which means an on-the-spot fine of £75.00 - can now be taken against people... Read Full Story
Well done to LVIG and thank you to Envirowork Lewisham and all the local residents who came along and made today's planting day in Ladywell Village such a success. Contrary to the weather forecasts, it stayed dry and about twenty of us helped to replant the existing planters and bed up another four. Three generations from one family took part - grandmother, mother and 14-month-old baby, who brought her own bucket and spade with her! The plants will take a few weeks to get established, but... Read Full Story
Last Saturday we walked from Lewisham Station to Ladywell , passing via Loampit Vale . It smelled strongly of wee as we crossed the little patch of grass and walked through the underpass toward Algernon Road. It was a hot day and two people who also smelled strongly of wee stood around, for want of anything much else to do. It was for this reason that, when we received the email from Matt, informing us that the revised planning application from Barratt for Loampit Vale was available online... Read Full Story
Well, I had intended to write regular posts in the run-up to the elections, urging readers to vote Green and telling everyone how great Jean Lambert MEP is, but events somewhat overtook me as we entered the final stages of the campaign, and I was kept pretty busy with a steady stream of volunteers coming and helping to leaflet and campaign for us. Anyway, to cut a long story short, we did really well both across London and in Lewisham - our vote share (and number of votes) went up and Jean... Read Full Story
The planned re-development of Lewisham town centre has become a hot talking point in recent months. The scheme involves two linked developments, one on Loampit Vale and the other known as Lewisham Gateway. BC believes that both now have planning permission. Residents opposing the developments, under the banner of Central Lewisham Action Group, have organised a public meeting on Thursday 12th November, at 7:30pm at the Tabernacle, Algernon Road, SE13 7AT. Speakers announced so far include Lib... Read Full Story
The Autumn newsletter from the Brockley Safer Neighbourhoods team discusses the past and future priorities for tackling crime and anti-social behaviour, listing past achievements and new challenges. Achievements - Fly-tipping The team worked with Lewisham council environmental team to tackle this problem and identify those involved. Offenders received fines through the post along with photographic evidence. The SNT and the Lewisham Environment team have also set up roadblocks to target... Read Full Story
