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PAUL BELL (Free subscription) | yesterday
I was out canvassing this morning with Joan, Robin and Joe, getting wet and filling in canvassing sheets, that were rapidly turning into paper mache. Now many people would think, we have got a screw loose or are not quite there; but for us it is about the fact that canvassing is an excellent opportunity to help people who have either been missed by the processes and procedures in place at the council...
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Caroline's Miscellany (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Across the road from Tower House is another Lewisham tower: its clock tower. Erected to commemorate Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee in 1897, there's even a crown on top to highlight the royal association. A plaque near the base explains that the clock was paid for by public subscription, 'supplemented by a grant of £500 from a fund bequeathed to the parish by Michael Thomas Whitehall of Catford'....
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Working Class Tory (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Oh dear. Trouble in the Lewisham Labour Party : Mr Michael, a resident of Catford for 26 years, says he and a number of other ethnic minority candidates have been marginalised by the party in a “scandalous apartheid system”, being put forward for unwinnable seats and given no support. He said: “We should be having a party that looks like Lewisham but people in charge at a high level...
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Brockley Central (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
The Lewisham Mayor's Business Awards 2010 are now open for entries by local companies. The organisers have added four new categories for this year's awards, including "best pub", "best young apprentice", "best employee" and "enterprise achiever." Brockley is lucky enough to have some great high street businesses, which we'll be able to vote for in February in...
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Leak A Picture (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Keeley Hazell posed nude holding a toy cheetah for supporting PETA’s anti-fur campaign. Keeley Hazell might tell the humans to kill less animal before it gone at this world. Keeley Rebecca M. Hazell (born 18 September 1986) is an English Page 3 Girl and glamour model. Hazell was born in Lewisham, London, England, grew up in Grove Park, and attended the Ravensbourne School in Bromley. Her mother,...
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leepedia lite (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
The annual Lee Green Open Studios event gives the very creative people of Lee Green the opportunity to show their work to visitors in an informal and relaxed way in studios, galleries, cafés and community spaces all centred around the Lee Green area. This year there are 37 people taking part, showing in some 16 venues in South East London. Visitors can view the work on display, meet and talk...
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Visit Lewisham (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Lewisham Council is encouraging residents and visitors to support the borough and the cancer charity the Lavender Trust by buying a Lewisham Calendar for 2010. The calendar is available from all Lewisham libraries and costs only £7. It features scenic photos from around the borough, all taken by local residents. People were invited to send in photos and Sir Steve Bullock, Mayor of Lewisham, handpicked...
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The Classic Liberal Blog (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
It’s Rule 5 Saturday! In this week’s edition … Keeley Hazell learns a lesson after breaking a window. Uh? Just stick with me … “How to Get a Million Hits on Your Blog in Less Than a Year!” Keeley Hazell (40-32-36) was born was born in Lewisham, London, England, grew up in Grove Park, and attended the Ravensbourne [...]
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Transpontine (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
It's the annual free fireworks extravaganza on Blackheath tonight (Saturday 7 November) at 8pm. Guy Fawkes night in the area features in The Story of the Treasure Seekers by Edith Nesbit , the popular children's novel first published in 1899. The author (and socialist) lived in various parts of South East London and Kent for most of her life, including a period at 16 Dartmouth Row, Blackheath , where...
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Transpontine (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Folk clubs are like dog fighting clubs , they're often little known about and in more places than you think. Hither Green , Eltham , Blackheath , Borough , Woolwich , the Union Tavern in Camberwell and Deptford have, or have had, regular folk sessions. Greenwich has the institution that is the tuesday night Greenwich Traditional Musicians Co-op and there is the gig-based One World Club who have gigs...
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Transpontine (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
This roadside shrine of flowers and candles in Brockley commemorates the sad death of Paul Rowe (pictured), killed there earlier this month. The basic facts are set out in this story Newsshopper story (22 October 2009): A 49-year-old woman has been arrested following a road crash which killed a motorcyclist. Police were called to the junction of Brockley Road and Coulgate Street in Lewisham on Sunday...
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Visit Lewisham (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
The Blackheath fireworks display is one of the most dazzling in London, bringing colour and light to the skies of Lewisham and Greenwich. The display promises to be bigger and better than ever before. It will be a full 30 minutes long and will feature a vast array of fireworks in a dazzling range of colours, set perfectly to music. International food and drink will be available throughout the evening...
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Transpontine (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
Looks like the national post strike is going ahead tomorrow, with SE London expected to be one of the strongholds of strike action. In an earlier walkout in July, there were picket lines outside all 28 delivery centres in south-east London, including New Cross, Peckham, Kennington, Mandela Way and Catford. Out of a unionised work force of 1,500, only 28 people went to work ( see report ). I would urge...
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Jonathan Fryer (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
Only one in a hundred reported crimes in London actually gets solved, which means that those criminals who do get caught feel very hard done by. That was the gruesome message delivered by former senior Metropolitan police officer (and LibDem London Mayoral candidate) Brian Paddick at the Blackheath Supper Club this evening. He was very much on [...]
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A Canto A Day (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
I've started reading George Steiner's After Babel: Aspects of Language and Translation . It's my first recent use of Lewisham's library service. Ordered online, the book was delivered to Catford library for my collection for 50p, which is entirely reasonable. The book itself is the hardback first edition, 1975, which doesn't appear to have been read very often. It begins with a discussion of a passage...
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