tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73195270819743401692024-03-07T07:11:23.387+00:00Brockley CentralThe online home for all things Brockley (SE4), Deptford, Ladywell, Lewisham and New CrossBrockley Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13002178846618300251noreply@blogger.comBlogger6412125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319527081974340169.post-55653469305204345262018-08-15T23:01:00.001+01:002018-08-15T23:01:16.135+01:00Spoons hopes to add nine flats and a pub terrace to Brockley Barge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Wetherspoons has <a href="https://planning.lewisham.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=_LEWIS_DCAPR_96237">submitted plans</a> to redevelop The Brockley Barge as a mixed use development, which would incorporate nine new apartments.<br />
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The plans would dramatically transform the structure of the pub (built in 1868) with the proposed residential
apartments being positioned above the ground floor of the public house and
extending to the south of the three-storey front façade of the
building.<br />
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The internal layout retains the public house use at ground floor level
with the enclosed beer garden to the rear and creates a new customer area on
the first floor with access to the terrace. The first-floor terrace would be opened up to use by customers of the public house
and will have a 1550mm high glass balustrade mounted behind the existing
parapet.
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The second floor of the public house
would be for staff and will include toilets with changing facilities, store rooms,
office space and a staff room.<br />
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This is an important one to get right. The Barge is central Brockley's only remaining pub and a focal point for the community. A terrace could be fun, but anything that compromises this community asset or spoils its clean lines is to be treated with caution.<br />
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BCer Cynthia writes: "I would love to know what readers think of these plans."Brockley Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00885516250171622516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319527081974340169.post-35913372274840931262018-08-15T21:31:00.001+01:002018-08-15T21:31:12.995+01:00TfL proposes to trim 171 and 172 routesTfL is proposing to shorten two Brockley bus routes as part of a rejigging designed to reduce central London congestion. 853 reports:<br />
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Route 171 from Catford Bus Garage and Brockley to Holborn would be cut back from Holborn to Elephant and Castle under the scheme.<br />
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And the 172 from Brockley Rise faces being trimmed back from Clerkenwell to Aldwych.<br />
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The scheme affects routes from across London, and also brings a permanent end for Routemaster services a step closer, proposing reducing the “heritage” services on route 15 along Fleet Street using the vintage vehicles to summer weekends and bank holidays only.<br />
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The consultation will start next month.<br />
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<a href="https://853london.com/2018/08/15/tfl-plans-permanent-cutbacks-for-routes-53-171-and-172-in-huge-bus-axe-scheme/">For the full article, click here</a>. Thank you to Joe.Brockley Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00885516250171622516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319527081974340169.post-68349600425148027842018-08-01T09:30:00.000+01:002018-08-01T09:30:03.070+01:00The Telegraph Hill Community Choir<div>
The Telegraph Community Choir write:<br />
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We are a group of enthusiastic singers. We meet once a week on Tuesday evenings from 7.30 to 9pm at the Telegraph Pub on Dennett's Road.</div>
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We sing lots of rounds, and harmonies, on folk songs, sea shanties, pop, African and world folk, in fact, any songs with heart and soul. </div>
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We are very mixed bunch, some of us have not sung since childhood, others are more seasoned singers. </div>
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Our leader, Lizzie, has worked in music all her life, and sings professionally. She is also a music teacher, workshop leader, and songwriter. One of her songs was recently short listed in a big song competition in Scotland, and she has also composed for BBC TV. </div>
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We are a fun, lively group, who welcome new people, we are expanding all the time. Please come along. Each session costs £6.<br />
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<a href="http://www.southeastlondonchoir.com/">Click here for full details</a>Brockley Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00885516250171622516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319527081974340169.post-40527473391378031712018-07-29T11:21:00.000+01:002018-07-29T11:22:11.407+01:00Time is a flat circleI've been sent two mysterious local circumferences that need explanation. The former is presumably the temporal shadow of <a href="https://brockleycentral.blogspot.com/2011/02/i-remember-when-all-this-was-trees.html">the Hilly Fields bandstand</a>, but what's the latter?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">David asks: "</span><span style="color: #14171a; font-family: "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: x-small; letter-spacing: 0.2666666805744171px;">I recently discovered that some of the shapes on Hilly Fields are the outlines of huts from WW2 but what is the rather large circle?"</span></span></td></tr>
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Any ideas what this could be? Unearthed behind bramble and ivy on the Buckthorne Railway Cutting. <a href="https://twitter.com/harbro?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@harbro</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Eco_CP_Library?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Eco_CP_Library</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BrockleyCentral?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BrockleyCentral</a> <a href="https://t.co/KjgfYbyNmX">pic.twitter.com/KjgfYbyNmX</a></div>
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<script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> Brockley Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00885516250171622516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319527081974340169.post-38835922074346256202018-07-13T11:49:00.002+01:002018-07-13T11:49:50.804+01:00Purple Rain on Coulgate Street<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Brockley Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00885516250171622516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319527081974340169.post-2313269045038690302018-07-11T12:01:00.003+01:002018-07-11T12:01:56.950+01:00Breakspears Mews Summer <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Brockley Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00885516250171622516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319527081974340169.post-19733156416507417322018-07-09T09:04:00.000+01:002018-07-09T09:04:07.429+01:00BrocSoc calls community meeting to discuss Ashby Mews developments<b>Brockley Society Public Meeting - Ashby Mews – Gates and Resurfacing</b><br />
<b>Thursday 19 July 7.30pm</b><br />
<b>Myatt Garden School, Rokeby Road, SE4 1DF</b><br />
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Feelings have been running high about developments in Ashby Mews. BrocSoc has called a public meeting to discuss the issue. They say:<br />
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Locked gates recently installed at the Ashby Road end of Ashby Mews, SE4, followed by<br />
resurfacing a stretch of the mews in tarmac have caused a significant number of residents<br />
to contact Brockley Society to complain. We are holding a meeting to gauge local opinion,<br />
explain the legal and planning ramifications and consider the next steps.<br />
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Everyone is welcome, whether you oppose or support the changes, simply walk through<br />
the mews, or are just interested in the Brockley Conservation Area. Those responsible for<br />
the gates and tarmac and those whose properties are affected are also welcome.<br />
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Brockley Society’s position is as follows:<br />
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1. Resurfacing the Mews in tarmac<br />
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Brockley’s mews are an integral part of the character of the Conservation Area. We view<br />
black tarmac as inappropriate and believe it damages the character of the mews and may<br />
also cause flooding or water seepage as no drainage is provided. Lewisham Planning<br />
department is currently looking at enforcement. Planning and ownership in the mews is<br />
very complex but we believe several solutions are worth exploring, including for this<br />
section to remain resurfaced with a more sympathetic and sustainable topping material.<br />
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2. The Gates<br />
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The gates are inappropriate for the location: they are far too tall for gates on a public road<br />
and contravene other guidelines in the Brockley Conservation Area. We believe they<br />
should be reduced in height or removed entirely and replaced by a better “gallows” gate,<br />
like those which exist in all Brockley’s other mews. The one currently in Ashby Mews,<br />
behind the new gates, could have been modified.<br />
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3. The Right of Way<br />
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Ashby Mews is a private road. However, it is also a public right of way – and has been for<br />
at least 120 years. This means the public have an established legal right to use the mews<br />
as a footpath. Locked gates block the right of way. We believe that unimpeded pedestrian<br />
and emergency vehicle access must be restored to the mews as soon as possible.<br />
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Brockley’s vibrant and open community has developed over many decades through the<br />
work of Brockley Society, Brockley Open Studios, Brockley Cross Action Group and many<br />
other community activities, campaigns and projects. Closing off a right of way and creating<br />
a gated community is totally at odds with this.Brockley Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00885516250171622516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319527081974340169.post-23629920389243092172018-07-03T21:56:00.000+01:002018-07-03T21:56:31.993+01:00The Mantle Road Summer Street Party, July 8<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The waterintobeer party organisers say:</div>
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Brockley's West Side will be hosting a summer party this Sunday, with beer/homebrew shop waterintobeer and newly revamped restaurant Norbert joining forces for the first time.<br />
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The Mantle Road bash will include a barbecue, live music… and of course, beer!
Owners Tim and Helen (wib) and Luca (Norbert) look forwarding to welcoming everyone to enjoy the sun with their neighbours from 12-7pm.Brockley Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00885516250171622516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319527081974340169.post-88771069268213507332018-07-03T16:19:00.002+01:002018-07-03T16:19:37.135+01:0045 Lewisham parks in 12 seconds<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en">
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We walked all 45 Lewisham Parks in one day. Featuring <a href="https://twitter.com/cornish_jack?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@cornish_jack</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/oliverhp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@oliverhp</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/robynbobyn_x?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@robynbobyn_x</a> & <a href="https://twitter.com/katiemaem?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@katiemaem</a>.<a href="https://twitter.com/LewishamCouncil?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LewishamCouncil</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/damienegan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@damienegan</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Ian_C_Thomas?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Ian_C_Thomas</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BrockleyCentral?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BrockleyCentral</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/NewsShopper?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NewsShopper</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/DanRavenEllison?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DanRavenEllison</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/SouthLondonClub?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SouthLondonClub</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Ramblers_London?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Ramblers_London</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/SthLondonPress?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SthLondonPress</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Transpontine?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Transpontine</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/lewishamledger?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@lewishamledger</a> <a href="https://t.co/FUoFabSU3z">pic.twitter.com/FUoFabSU3z</a></div>
— Jack Cornish (@cornish_jack) <a href="https://twitter.com/cornish_jack/status/1013905626626494465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 2, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Brockley Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00885516250171622516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319527081974340169.post-39497930248563327462018-07-02T09:58:00.001+01:002018-07-02T09:58:09.191+01:00Brockley street trees battling drought conditions<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The ongoing hot, dry weather is killing Brockley's young street trees. Volunteers are needed to keep them alive. If you want to be responsible for watering a local tree, please email local group Street Trees for Living <a href="mailto:info@streettreesforliving.org">here</a>.<br />
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To find out more about what's involved, <a href="https://brockleystreettrees.blogspot.com/p/tree-care.html">click here</a>.Brockley Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00885516250171622516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319527081974340169.post-16286739427115379202018-06-27T09:13:00.000+01:002018-06-27T09:13:55.665+01:00The FlixBus fightback begins<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en">
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<a href="https://twitter.com/LewishamCouncil?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LewishamCouncil</a> Can you get this company sorted out? This is on the corner of Ashby road and Wickham Road. They are always parked here, it’s dangerous as well as illegal.<a href="https://twitter.com/BrockleyCentral?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BrockleyCentral</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/MPSLewisham?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MPSLewisham</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/FlixBus?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FlixBus</a> <a href="https://t.co/X46vRzQE8R">pic.twitter.com/X46vRzQE8R</a></div>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Flexibus?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Flexibus</a> it is against law to leave engine running while parked. Your driver refused to turn engine off Wickham Rd SE4. They park here every day, this will stop. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/brockley?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#brockley</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/paris?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#paris</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/paristransport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#paristransport</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/lewisham?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#lewisham</a></div>
— Lawrence B Collins (@mentalmapping) <a href="https://twitter.com/mentalmapping/status/1011276404200296449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 25, 2018</a></blockquote>
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The FlixBus fightback has begun. Years after the van hire companies using our pavements as a storage facility were driven away, Brockley residents are kicking off about the FlixBus coaches that are regularly and illegally parked on our streets, blocking pedestrian ramps and poking round junctions.<br />
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German coach company FlixBus keeps its operating costs low by loading some of those costs on to our streets.<br />
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The problem also highlights the hollowness of the argument that CPZs will deal with dodgy parking in the area. There are already enough laws to punish bad parking, they are simply not enforced.<br />
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FlixBus' social media team have promised to look into the problem of rogue parking, but Lewisham Council, which has promised action on clean air, needs to do the same.<br />
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Brockley Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00885516250171622516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319527081974340169.post-84187882171041740722018-06-21T07:43:00.000+01:002018-06-21T07:43:52.411+01:00Ladywell Baths: The Movie<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVDg4Iv8hEk" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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The Lewisham Buildings Preservation Trust write:<br />
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Ladywell Baths comes back to life in this short film by local filmmaker, David Stock, in collaboration with Lewisham Buildings Preservation Trust.<br />
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Historic, grade II listed building, Ladywell Baths, and the recollections of people who have passed through its doors over the past century, will be commemorated in a new, short film, “Memories of Ladywell Baths”, to be shown at Curzon Goldsmiths on 8th July 2018.<br />
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Local film-maker, David Stock, in collaboration with charity, Lewisham Building Preservation Trust, has produced a short film which uncovers and documents the stories of people who have lived, worked and played in this iconic building, now known as Ladywell Playtower.<br />
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Built in 1884, Ladywell Baths became one of the first public swimming pools in the country. It attracted thousands of local people, including athlete Eric Liddell, whose gold medal win in the 400m at the 1924 Olympic Games inspired the film Chariots of Fire. In 2004 Ladywell Playtower was closed, and following a serious fire in 2006, the Victorian building fell into disrepair.<br />
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In 2017, after many years of campaigning by local residents and Lewisham Building Preservation Trust to bring the derelict building back into use, Lewisham Council put proposals for its restoration out to tender. In November 2017, the Council made the decision to award the redevelopment of the building to Curzon Cinema in conjunction with developers Guildmore.<br />
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From dance parties to boxing rings, midnight swims and floods, not to mention a few ghostly tales. Hear stories of this iconic building from those who were there.<br />
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The film will be followed by a Q&A with the director, David Stock, and some of the film participants.<br />
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Sun 8 Jul 2018, 2:00PM<br />
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Tickets £5.00 + booking fee of 8.5%<br />
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SE14 6NWBrockley Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00885516250171622516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319527081974340169.post-68151105331021743392018-06-20T08:51:00.002+01:002018-06-20T08:51:46.275+01:00Lewisham-led schools: Primary good, Secondary badLewisham Council-run primaries have squeaked into the top 20 best-performing schools in England at Key Stage Two, in a new research produced by the Education Policy Institute.<br />
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The independent research group found that Lewisham's schools were among the country's best once factors including prior attainment of pupils and levels of disadvantage were taken into account. The top 20 is dominated by London schools. Lewisham is ranked 20th.<br />
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That's the good news, but Lewisham's biggest challenge is of course its secondary school provision, and at that level, the performance is poor, with our Council-run schools ranked 177th out of 218 providers. The Harris Federation, which runs a number of local schools was ranked second in the country at Key Stage Two and fifth at Key Stage Four.<br />
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<a href="https://epi.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/EPI-Academy-LA-Performance_.pdf">For the full report click here.</a> Thanks to Ian Duffy for the tip off.Brockley Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00885516250171622516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319527081974340169.post-56769147684133869742018-06-19T21:18:00.001+01:002018-06-19T21:18:49.259+01:00The Hilly Fields Summer Fayre 2018<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Brockley Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00885516250171622516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319527081974340169.post-3530523815435756372018-06-18T12:39:00.000+01:002018-06-18T12:39:08.398+01:00Brockley Streets<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Let's Push Things Forward: The Streets exists to fight this kind of abuse</td></tr>
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Brockley Streets is a new community campaign group dedicated to improving local roads for pedestrians and cyclists.<br />
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By encouraging better road design and re-routing traffic, The Streets want to stop cars prangin' out or squeezing down roads that don't fit but they know it. They say:<br />
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We want to create positive change for the benefit of all residents and visitors to Brockley by<br />
increasing road safety for everybody inside and around the Brockley Conservation Area.<br />
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We want to give priority to cyclists, pedestrians and public transport, reduce pollution from traffic going through the area and prevent the use of our streets as rat-runs by non-local traffic.<br />
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We are not about the CPZ and we do not represent any particular view for or against (people have asked us this question in the past).<br />
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There is a London-wide initiative by TFL and the Mayor of London called 'Healthy Streets' designed to help communities improve local traffic issues and we would like to help shape these developments in Brockley.<br />
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To find out more, <a href="http://www.brockleystreets.co.uk/">visit their website</a> and to get actively involved, <a href="mailto:brockleystreets@gmail.com">email them here</a>.Brockley Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00885516250171622516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319527081974340169.post-76528553983728249262018-06-15T09:34:00.002+01:002018-06-15T09:34:28.533+01:00Coulgate Pop<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Browns of Brockley has a spiffy new Peter Max-style pop-art makeover, painted over tts black canvas.Brockley Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00885516250171622516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319527081974340169.post-22465880858025066422018-06-10T13:33:00.004+01:002018-06-10T13:33:48.658+01:00BrocSoc slams Ashby Mews changes<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The tarmac-covered north end</td></tr>
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Following the installation of a gate across the north end of Ashby Mews, some residents have now decided to tarmac the surface, changing its historic character to something which more closely resembles a business park.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The southern end of Ashby Mews is untouched</td></tr>
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The gates, which we were initially promised would be left open for pedestrians, are now permanently locked to anyone but residents. As a result of this action, the Brockley Society, which exists to protect the heritage of the Brockley Conservation Area, has issued the following statement:<br />
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Brockley Society is aware of the installation of gates at the northern end of Ashby Mews and has advised initiating mews residents (frontagers) that:<br />
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<li>a retrospective planning application is needed</li>
<li>otherwise LB Lewisham will start enforcement action as the gate is too high</li>
<li>even though the Mews is privately owned, all mews frontagers along the whole length should have been consulted and a management strategy should have been agreed to ensure free access is maintained for pedestrians as well as delivery and emergency vehicles</li>
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Despite this advice being given to the organising mews residents it seems to have fallen on deaf ears as they have now had the mews access lane resurfaced early this week with black tarmacadam at the northern end.<br />
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As this destroys the rural character that is such a unique characteristic of the Conservation Area (CA), the Society has escalated its concern via Ward Councillors so as to extend the request to LB Lewisham:<br />
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<li>for enforcement to be investigated or</li>
<li>to require that planning consent be obtained to stop this 'suburbanisation' threat</li>
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On this Brockley Society considers that:<br />
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<li>the resurfacing work fundamentally affects the status of this part of the CA such that it could be withdrawn</li>
<li>other more suitable traditional solutions should have been considered via the Society to avoid this possibility</li>
<li>as the work is defined as 'a hard surface' within the curtilage frontage of each property bordering the affected area then the Article 4 Direction protecting the CA should fully apply and the planning applications already granted/in consideration for bordering properties should be reappraised in view of this ill-considered change</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In contrast to original reassurances, the pedestrian gate is now locked</td></tr>
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Brockley Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00885516250171622516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319527081974340169.post-65339898340309206052018-06-07T22:04:00.002+01:002018-06-07T22:04:33.719+01:00Lewishanimals<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Lewisham is London's second-most pet-friendly borough.<br />
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An <a href="https://dogsmonthly.co.uk/2018/06/07/47640/">analysis</a> of home-rental data on Zoopla by Fasthomes.org found that Lewisham had a higher proportion of pet-friendly ads than any borough except Kensington & Chelsea.<br />
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As rental rates increase across London, pet-friendliness becomes a more important issue.<br />
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With thanks to BCer Chris Wheal, who is friendly to pets.Brockley Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00885516250171622516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319527081974340169.post-43717440871571159802018-06-03T20:10:00.000+01:002018-06-03T20:10:01.280+01:00The Brockley Street Art Festival 2018<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Artist Orbit works on a cosmic piece in Honor Oak</td></tr>
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The <a href="https://twitter.com/brockstreetart">Brockley Street Art Festival</a> is taking place in parallel to the <a href="https://brockleycentral.blogspot.com/2018/05/brockley-max-2018-june-1-9.html">Brockley Max</a>, creating new works of art across the Greater Brockley area. Now in its fourth year, the Festival is spreading its wings. Organiser Ian explains:</div>
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We’re moving the 2018 centrepiece works north of the station this year and and our theme is community spaces.<br />
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Aspire is doing a huge work at Luxmore Gardens near Lewisham Way. At nearby Friendly Gardens, Enos is doing an extended mural working with the designs of students at Prendergast Vale.<br />
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Lionel Stanhope is refreshing his iconic SE4 work near the station and two artists, Orbit and Owain will be repainting the Honor Oak ‘love them, tell them’ corner fence.<br />
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We may also have a new piece by Artmongers, though that may be created next year - it’s big.Brockley Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00885516250171622516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319527081974340169.post-23659114205423123312018-05-30T22:28:00.002+01:002018-05-30T22:28:34.773+01:00Festiball, July 15<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Crofton Park Ryan writes:</div>
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"I’m hosting a family fun day and a dads football tournament down at St Dunstan’s in Catford called Festiball. It’s an urban fete with stalls of kids clothes, toys, books and local crafts.<br />
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"Then there’ll be a bakeoff competition judged by a local VIP.
We’ll have big family picnic while the dads play football with a BBQ and a local craft beer tent.<br />
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"We’re putting on entertainment for the kids, face painters, magicians, balloon blowers and a penalty shoot-out competition.<br />
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"The Football Tournament is World Cup competition, with up to 20 teams involved, all getting a national team from the real World Cup to play for.<br />
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The reason we’re doing this is to raise money and awareness for mens cancer. We’re supporting Prostate UK and a smaller local charity called Ballboys that educates younger boys about the perils of Tesicular cancer.<br />
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We want teams to sign up for the football tournament and families to come to the event to enjoy.
It’s on the 15th July and we’d love it if you could help us out in any way possible.<br />
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<a href="http://www.festiball.net/">www.festiball.net</a>Brockley Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00885516250171622516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319527081974340169.post-48429890211360169192018-05-28T22:24:00.000+01:002018-05-28T22:24:10.307+01:00Crofton Park Trains All Messed Up. Bibbidi bobbidi boo."Well, serves you right, spoiling people’s best dreams."<br />
- Cinderella<br />
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Until now, the Cinderella Line group, which campaigns for a better Crofton Park service, has operated in a parallel universe, where people just ask for things and public transport organisations deliver them promptly and efficiently.<br />
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Now, thanks to massive disruption on the Thameslink line, they have rejoined the rest of us in the real world. They write regarding the ongoing problems passengers are experiencing:<br />
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<i>The message we have been feeding back to Thameslink, based on our experience is that this is simply unacceptable and cannot continue.</i><br />
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<i>As always, it's the pressure from all our supporters that allow us to keep holding Thameslink to task so please continue to stand with us so we can do this. Our MP Vicky Foxcroft has already been in touch with Thameslink.</i><br />
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<i>Why do services keep getting cancelled?</i><br />
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<i>The national timetable planning process across the entire national rail network has been significantly delayed. Railway timetables are normally published 12 weeks in advance, however, rewriting the timetable from scratch across such a huge network is a massive undertaking and was not completed until a few weeks ago.</i><br />
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<i>In addition to running passenger services, the timetable changes define the scope of engineering work to the track. This, in turn, affects the deployment of trains and train crew and the access they have to train maintenance depots. Less time than usual has been available to re-plan the driver allocations as well as the train stabling and maintenance requirements.</i><br />
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<i>On top of all of this, there simply arent enough drivers trained to drive all of the new routes. Train drivers can’t simply turn up and drive any train – they need to understand and be cleared for, the routes that they drive.</i><br />
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<i>We anticipate that it will get better as time goes on, however right now, Thameslink have been unwilling or unable to confirm how long this disruption might last so check before travelling and have a plan B.</i><br />
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<i>Why are some of our services back to 4 carriages after being told they would always be 8 carriages?</i><br />
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<i>Due to the implementation of the new timetables, SouthEastern have been drafted in by Thameslink to run some of our services on a temporary basis.</i><br />
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<i>SouthEastern use older trains that can be split in two, and as they have a shortage of trains on their own network it means that some of our services may run short.</i><br />
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<i>Why aren't there any more fast services from Catford? Our journey times have now increased for some services?</i><br />
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<i>On the Cinderella Line, there is limited capacity for our Thameslink passenger services to run. The only way for us to have more services overall is for all our trains to stop at all stations, so they move in unison – exactly like they do on the tube.</i><br />
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Since Thameslink either can't or won't be clear about how long we might have to endure the current issues, thinking up alternative routes and checking before you travel are about the only things we can do.
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<a href="http://www.acinderellaline.com/single-post/2018/05/28/Why-arent-we-feeling-better">For the full horror, click here.</a>Brockley Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00885516250171622516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319527081974340169.post-11661611786380259062018-05-23T14:47:00.001+01:002018-05-23T14:47:28.269+01:00Hilly Fields CPZ proposed<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Lewisham's neverendum on CPZ's continues. This time, the Council has proposed a zone that covers the back streets of Ladywell and a patch of the Brockley Conservation Area that runs from Hilly Fields to Lewisham Way down Tressillian Road.<br />
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Mike writes:<br />
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"Lewisham Council are consulting yet again for a Ladywell CPZ extension, calling it the 'Ladywell Study Area'. It seems extensive too. We are one road outside one of the 2 areas and knew nothing of it until we saw a sign on a lamp post today."<br />
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Another BCer Jane adds:<br />
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"I'd be interested to hear what other people think. I think it’s crazy. Once we have that one it will spread across the whole area."<br />
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The arguments for and against CPZs are well rehearsed. They promise to make it easier for locals to park, but cost money and faff for local residents. They risk harming local small businesses, but also could reduce local traffic as fewer chancers from outside the area look for inner London parking spots.<br />
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Brockley Central proposes five tests for parking zone membership:<br />
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1. Does it solve a significant problem?<br />
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No one has the divine right to park outside their house. Even people with young kids or heavy bags (I have had both in my life). Most of the time, most people can park within a stone's throw of their front door. For those with disabilities, disabled bays are an option. Do we really need to inconvenience an entire area just because a few people have to walk a few yards sometimes? Are the Brockley roads covered by this scheme really that bad?<br />
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2. Could it have negative consequences for those outside the zone?<br />
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Time and again, CPZ's create problems on their borders for people just outside the zone. The Council's attitude seems to be that this is an appropriate punishment for those who have the impudence to vote against one in their area and the solution offered is more CPZ, and so the inexorable expansion continues. If we're going to have these things, why not go the whole hog and make the whole of SE4 a CPZ? That is the unspoken question in the consultation.<br />
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3. Would it be properly enforced?<br />
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The galling thing is that we already have plenty of parking restrictions that are ignored by rogue traders and the anti-social because the Council doesn't enforce existing rules. We have a French coach company regularly parking across public rights of way, with impunity. Without proper enforcement, this is just a tax on the law abiding.<br />
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4. Is the cost and hassle worth it?<br />
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Taking all this into account, does the cost-benefit analysis work for residents? It's not just the money, it's also one more bit of admin to deal with, compounded when friends come to visit.<br />
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5. Are there bigger priorities?<br />
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EV charge points and car club bays are in short supply. What is being done to encourage greener forms of car-use? Do we need more short-stay bays to support local businesses? Will residential bays diminish the opportunity to address these challenges.<br />
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<a href="https://lewisham-consult.objective.co.uk/portal/ladywell_controlled_parking_zone">Click here for the online consultation</a>.Brockley Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00885516250171622516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319527081974340169.post-29562997994250849102018-05-21T19:19:00.001+01:002018-05-21T19:22:20.848+01:00Wild swimming comes to Lewisham<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Our new Lewisham Mayor has pulled a rabbit out of the hat in first weeks in post.<br />
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Beckenham Place Park will receive £440,000 of funding from the Mayor of London to create a wild swimming pool, as part of a major development project, which will be overseen by Brockley Councillor Sophie McGeevor. <a href="https://www.lewisham.gov.uk/news/Pages/Beckenham-Place-Park-gets-%C2%A3440,000-boost-.aspx">Lewisham Council explains:</a><br />
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The award is part of the mayor of London’s push to make London the world’s first National Park City. Beckenham Place Park was one of six winning projects to get a share of the £2m funding pot from the mayor’s Greener City Fund.<br />
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We will use the funding to:<br />
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<li>support the restoration of the park’s Georgian lake, which will create a new wildlife habitat and be used for open water swimming</li>
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It's great to see such an ambitious and imaginative project in the borough. More please.</div>
Brockley Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00885516250171622516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319527081974340169.post-38912201423719652542018-05-21T11:46:00.003+01:002018-05-21T11:46:40.185+01:00Budgie, regard!<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en">
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MISSING: My neighbour’s little boy’s much-loved budgie, Nelson. Last seen on Manwood Road. If you see or even hear him, please let us know. Thank you <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SE4?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SE4</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/croftonpark?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#croftonpark</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ladywell?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ladywell</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BrockleyCentral?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BrockleyCentral</a> <a href="https://t.co/NAvgYKbpOV">pic.twitter.com/NAvgYKbpOV</a></div>
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Brockley Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00885516250171622516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319527081974340169.post-86828876802666115242018-05-19T14:37:00.001+01:002018-05-19T14:37:40.909+01:00Labour chooses Daby to fight Lewisham East election<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en">
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Congratulations to <a href="https://twitter.com/JanetDaby?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JanetDaby</a>, Labour’s candidate for Lewisham East! <a href="https://t.co/OdJ2mT3Lua">pic.twitter.com/OdJ2mT3Lua</a></div>
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Lewisham East has dodged a Momentum bullet. Janet Daby - the sensible, moderate, serious candidate on the Labour shortlist for the upcoming by-election - has been selected as their prospective MP.<br />
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Daby likes talking about housing, health and education rather than lurking in chatrooms muttering about Zionists. Her analysis of political problems extends beyond personal anecdote and posture. She cares about Lewisham more than she does about re-writing Venezuelan history. Needless to say, she was a local choice rather than a national plant.</div>
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Given Labour is a shoo-in in this election, this is an important outcome and a signal that Labour's Lewisham grassroots are resilient.</div>
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Full list of candidates coming up.</div>
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