Hoppin' on the Hill

Thomas writes: Everyone is invited to a Swing Dance Party with Hoppin' on the Hill, Thursday 30th May at The Hill Station, Kitto Road, SE14.

Frankie Manning's (The 'Ambassador of Lindy Hop') 99th Birthday Special! LIVE music from The Teenage Men, playing Swing, Jive, R&B, and more. Plus local DJs The Telegraph Hill Mob.

Lindy Hop lesson 7.30pm Dancing til late from 8.30pm £8 / £5 party only.

Opening Knight

Roy: Someday. That's a dangerous word. It's really just a code for 'never'. 
- Knight and Day

After the closure of Mr Lawrence's shop and the fire at Jam Circus, the Crofton Park fight-back starts here. Pop-up brewmasters Late Knights have confirmed that they plan to open a bar on the site of Mr Lawrence's former off licence by the end of July.

If you want to know what lies in store, visit Beer Rebellion, their other bar in Gipsy Hill, just opposite the station, which they say the new place will emulate.

Beecroft Garden School

Beecroft Garden primary school on Brockley Road has been rebuilt and rebooted and results have improved. This film helps to tell the story.

Brockley Councillor Foxcroft selected as our next MP*

Cllr Vicky Foxcroft has been chosen from a list of six women to replace Dame Joan Ruddock as Labour's next Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Lewisham Deptford, and thus our next MP.

Ruddock was not the most visible MP, so it will be nice to have a Brockley resident in the role after the next election.

UPDATE: *Please note, this headline is intended to be a damning satirical indictment of the effect that the combination of the FFP electoral system and party political tribalism has on local politics. It does not mean that BC is happy about the fact that the result is a certainty.

Little Nan's Big Day Out

Little Nan's Bar in Deptford is venturing out during the day. Tearing herself away from Countdown, Nan says:

I am launching my monthly Lunchtime Afternoon Tea Party and Tabletop Sale on Sunday 26th May. Tabletop Sale is Free Entry to visitors (get in touch to sell!) - selling family heirlooms, vintage bric a brac, fashions, art works and more! 

We're serving the Hendricks Gin Lunchtime Tea for £18, which includes an English Afternoon High Tea (Nan Style), Unlimited Tea and a Free Hendricks Gin Cocktail. All the savoury & sweet treats are either home made from Little Nan's vintage recipes or from local bakers and treat makers. The quality of the food will be excellent and so will the Big Portions! Nan can't have you wasting away! Full details here.

Image rights

Yesterday, we threw off the shackles of Blackberry and finally got a smart phone that can do stuff.

This means today, we celebrate our new Brockley Central Instagram account with a couple of shots from Brockley Road including this one of Gently Elephant's first birthday present to itself, a new awning and one of Patchwork Presents' NHS campaign window on Harefield Road. It's a bit blurry, but we will get better...

Please join us on Instagram.

Brockley Sainsbury's delayed

The new Sainsbury's Local on Mantle Road, which was originally due to have opened by now, will not open until the summer.

A BCer with some inside knowledge of the project who asked not to be named says: "The store opening date has been pushed back to a likely date in July as a result of building work delays."