HSDY Boat Party

The some-time Brockley retro-night takes to the water

Sometimes they come back

Battersea Dogs and Cats Home alerts us to this cautionary, yet happy tale of a Brockley cat that went missing, but was tracked down and returned to its family. They say:

The Watt family from Brockley recently thought they had lost their cat Cookie when it had merely strayed a few streets from their house and got lost – luckily when it was bought to the London Battersea rescue centre it had a microchip containing details of the local vet who was then able to track the cat owners down three weeks later.

This story is really important as it shows how valuable microchipping your pets is and as it is National Microchipping Month [which is this one, presumably].

The Sleeping Giant at the Amersham Arms

Ellen writes:

The second installment of ‘The Sleeping Giant’ returns to The Amersham Arms, New Cross on June 23rd.

Organised and curated by Amber Hanson Rowe and Ellen Camilla Rose, the night promises to be an exciting reflection on the local area and young creative people across London. A one night event featuring visual artists and live music acts, the variety is strong.

An upstairs room, light and away from the music hosts 2D visual art work by 15 different artists, a chaotic curation to take in all at once, you’re eyes don’t know where to look first. The downstairs music venue that the South East London pub is known for will have four bands playing on the hour from 8 till midnight with a video showreel featuring a further 12 artists projected in the same space.

New yoga studio opens in Brockley

Dragonfly Place, the live/work development in Brockley Cross, is home to a new yoga studio - Dragonfly Yoga.

Classes start in June and the timetable of yoga and pilates sessions will be seven days a week.

In the absence of a local gym, this is a great addition to the area.

Brockley gets a USP

Hans: Right who's got my rental snake? I'm gonna lose me deposit.
Jez: Wasn't it in the salad spinner?
Hans: Empty. We need to find him while he's still dizzy, cos if he gets his shit together, he is gonna be pissed off.
- Peep Show

"@RZKellehar: Have you lost this snake in re Brockley area? Just found in my garden! @BrockleyCentral @brownsofse4 pic.twitter.com/JKaUYCyZ66"

— tedted (@tedtedtalks) June 2, 2015

We've had BC snake alerts before, that turned out to be slow-worms. But this snake is the real deal. It is apparently safely stowed in a bucket. Its discoverer, Rachel, reckons it might be a California King.

47 and N199 to go all night

With the Jubilee Line becoming an all-night service from September, TfL is proposing to extend the operating hours of two local bus routes, to link up with Canada Water.

This consultation document shows that the 47 and the N199 will offer extended services, with the former running every 30 minutes all night to Bellingham and the latter running every 30 minutes towards Bellingham, except on Fridays and Saturdays, when they will be running every 20 minutes.

The East London Line will start running all night to New Cross from 2017.

Lewisham house prices rising at second-fastest rate in London

The Land Registry's latest London data is out and reveals that the borough of Lewisham has the second-fastest rate of house price rises in the capital in the year to April, with an annual growth rate of 16.4%.

Newham was the fastest-riser, with the cheaper boroughs dominating the top 10.

Back in May, when an 11-feet wide Brockley house sold for half a million pounds, we declared that the area's status as "relatively affordable" was officially over - that the borough had moved in to the middle of the pack. With the average price of a Lewiaham home now at £391,000 - the second highest figure in this top 10 - the numbers back our assertion up.