Knit Nights in Honor Oak

Gemma writes:

The Honor Oak Knit Night meets at The Honor Oak on alternate Tuesdays to knit, natter and have a drink (with the next meeting being this Tuesday 8/11).

We are a recently established group of knitters and crocheters who are looking to increase the club.  Everyone is welcome, regardless of ability.

For more information, I can be contacted at this email address, via twitter @gemski_lou and also we have a Facebook group.

Greenspaces: Mayow Park, Sydenham

If you're looking for an alternative to Hilly Fields, Telegraph Hill and Blythe Hill for an autumn walk, then Mayow Park in Sydenham is worth a visit.

Lewisham's oldest municipal park is a broad, shallow grassy bowl - a little featureless but handsome and well looked after. It's also great for sport, with plenty of open space, a cricket square, tennis, a bowling green and a great junior zip slide.

Visit http://friendsofmayowpark.blogspot.com/ for more news and information about the park.

Deptford's Stinking Bishop?

Thames Water has begun the second phase of its public consultation on its plan to build an access tunnel off Deptford Church Street for the Thames Tunnel super sewer project, which gave rise to a local campaign called Stop the Stink. The plans will mean some disruption during the construction and the permanent legacy of some large pipes sticking out of the ground.

Here's the location:

And here's what Thames Water says it will look like once they're done with it:

The proximity of the church doesn't bother BC too much. The plans are fairly unobtrusive and London's ancient buildings sit side by side with all sorts of odd things, which adds to the city's higgledy-piggledy charm. For us, the bigger issues are the disruption caused by the works, the loss of green space and of course, the threat of stink.

In relation to the loss of space, the proposals state:

"The site would be returned as an open space once construction works have been completed, and we have illustrated the potential for an enhanced space to be created for the benefit of the local community. We would work with the local community and council during the development of our design and
construction to work up the detail of the space.

"The majority of the proposed permanent works on this site would be below or at ground level, so would not significantly affect the amount of open space available at the site. All of the existing trees located in the centre of the site would be lost, but high quality tree planting would form part of the enhanced space to be created."

Of the stink itself (bearing in mind that as a riverside community, Deptford ought to gain from a raw sewage-free river), the planners' response is:


"Odour effects at this site are expected to be negligible because we have developed an Air management plan to minimise possible odour and air quality effects arising from the operation of the tunnel. The technology we are proposing to use at this site includes the use of passive below ground carbon filters that will remove possible odour before air leaves the ventilation equipment."

Click here for the full document and tell us what you think.

Music and movement classes in Honor Oak

Kim writes:

Tippee Toes music and movement group is coming to Brockley from Thursday 10 November at 2pm. 

Classes run for 45 minutes and are fun, friendly, interactive and varied. Sessions include: action songs, puppets, musical instruments, movement props, parachute and bubbles. We are located at The Scout Hut, (behind St Saviour's church, off Brockley Rise), Herschell Road, SE23. 

Please feel free to email kim@tippeetoes.co.uk or call: 0790 361 8432. Website: www.tippeetoes.co.uk

"The longer you stay the more you learn about these little pockets of interesting stuff."

Indebted to Transpontine for this one, but here is a beautifully shot video by Goldsmiths students, selling the joys of South East London to the wary. Nicely done gang, although we can't help but feel it could use more Brockley.

Pat-a-cakes

358 Brockley Road, London, SE4 2BY 
07725 641 284
stace@patacakeslondon.com 

Pat-a-cakes, the Crofton Park cake shop, is now open. Please post your reviews here.

Deptford Checks In

To cope with the influx of tourists visiting Brockley Market, Travelodge has built a new hotel next to Deptford Bridge Station. Opening soon, it will soon be followed by a four star hotel next door, also under construction.