Brockley SE4 - The LOCAL Directory

Paul Simon in Catford, August 1965 (and other Catford folk)

Aug

22

2026

Simon and Garfunkel released their first album, 'Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.', in 1964 but at the time this did not generate a lot of interest. While Art Garfunkel went off to college, Paul Simon came to the UK and honed his craft on the folk music scene, playing in folk clubs all over the country.One ...

Paul Simon in Catford, August 1965 (and other Catford folk)

Aug

22

2026

Simon and Garfunkel released their first album, 'Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.', in 1964 but at the time this did not generate a lot of interest. While Art Garfunkel went off to college, Paul Simon came to the UK and honed his craft on the folk music scene, playing in folk clubs all over the country.One ...

Music Monday: South of the Thames – Skalah ft. Novelist

Aug

17

2026

Skalah and Novelist at the ElephantGreat new track from up and coming Skalah with grime veteran Novelist. 'I'm from the town, I'm from the zone, I'm from the South of the Thames...I'm a navy boy in a navy world, I represent Brockley and Ladywell...I'm a navy boy in a navy fit, I represent Lewisham fam that's ...

Music Monday: South of the Thames – Skalah ft. Novelist

Aug

17

2026

Skalah and Novelist at the ElephantGreat new track from up and coming Skalah with grime veteran Novelist. 'I'm from the town, I'm from the zone, I'm from the South of the Thames...I'm a navy boy in a navy world, I represent Brockley and Ladywell...I'm a navy boy in a navy fit, I represent Lewisham fam that's ...

Battle of Lewisham 1977 on Sister Midnight FM

Aug

16

2026

Last week (13 August) saw the anniversary of the 1977 'Battle of Lewisham' when local communities and anti-racists from all over the country mobilised to oppose a march by the far right National Front from New Cross to Lewisham, events covered in detail at this blog before.SE London community digital radio station Sister Midnight FM ...

Eclipse 2026 in Telegraph Hill Park

Aug

14

2026

The partial solar eclipse was a joyous occasion. Telegraph Hill Park (top park, pictured) in New Cross was packed with thousands of people, with sun (and moon) worshippers streaming towards it by foot and bike from all directions. It often gets crowded on New Year's Eve, and is generally busy on summer evenings, but I ...

Levellers squat gig at Camberwell Dickie Dirts, 1986

Aug

9

2026

In the early 1980s the former Odeon cinema site in Camberwell, on the corner of Denmark Hill and Coldharbour Lane, became a branch of the discount jeans chain Dickie Dirts. By 1984 it had closed and been squatted, which I believe it was intermittently for the next couple of years. On 9 August 1986 there was ...

‘Dooneen’ by Keith Ridgway – from Burgess Park to revolutionary Dublin

Aug

6

2026

I loved Keith Ridgway's novel Dooneen, set in an alternative present version of Dublin where housing struggles are intensifying towards some kind of uprising. The story actually starts though in Southwark with two men walking from the River Thames (including a drink at the Angel in Rotherhithe), through Southwark Park and on to their home ...

Beer and coffee latest: ex-White Hart opening in New Cross, new coffee shop by Nunhead station and much more

Aug

4

2026

As always lots going on in the SE London beer and coffee zone. Best news is that a new pub is set to open shortly on the site of the former White Hart in New Cross Gate. The Broken Wheel, as it will be named, will occupy the iconic junction of New Cross Road and Queens ...

Comic, Zine and Bookfairs, Summer 2026

Jul

9

2026

It's hard to keep up with the flourishing zine, comics and book fairs happening at the moment, which I see as a very positive sign.This weekend (11th and 12th July 2026) sees the ARC festival of contemporary comics taking place in Copeland Park, Peckham with at least 100 exhibitors.South London Comic and Zine Fair is ...

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