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Bakerloo line to Catford? Yes please!
Unless you've been hiding under a rock for the last few days it won't have escaped your attention that there is a proposal on the table from TfL to bring the Bakerloo line to Catford. I've completely...
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Safer Brownhill Road
A quick post to draw your attention to a petition that has been set up by Natasha Clarkson, a fellow Corbett Estate resident, asking for TfL and Lewisham Council to look at improving the safety of two...
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WAVES Lewisham events at the Deptford Lounge
To mark international day for the elimination of violence and women and girls WAVES (Women Against Violence Expressing Solidarity) are holding a number of events at the Deptford Lounge on 29 November....
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A date for your diary - Lewisham Bloggers' Meet - 30 January 2015
I know you're all thinking about Christmas, but here's a thoroughly non-festive date for your diaries in January. I'm afraid that in the best traditions, we are completely ignoring dry January, though...
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Train services from Hither Green as of January 2015
Unless you've been hiding somewhere under a rock, it won't have escaped your notice that Southeastern train services are changing from January 12th 2015. It's all part of the Thameslink Programme,...
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2014's top posts
OK, this is utterly self-indulgent given I've only posted 25 times all year, but here is a run down of my top 7 blog posts of the year (why 7? Well, that's all I can get Blogger's stats to tell...
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Lewisham's borough-wide 20mph plans - a good news update
Not just an excuse to use this picture again, I promise...At next Wednesday's Mayor and Cabinet (14th Jan), a paper is being presented for a decision on the plans for implementing a borough-wide 20mph...
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Cleverly's Bakerloo bungle...
A bit late on this one, but it's still worth a mention. Despite the cries of joy around large parts of South East London at Boris's announcement of the proposed Bakerloo line extension, it seems...
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Don't mention the prefabs - Lewisham Council plans new "pop up" housing
Lewisham Council announced last week that it plans to put "pop up housing" on the site of the former Ladywell Leisure Centre, to provide temporary homes for 24 families, plus some community facilities....
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Update on the Safer Brownhill Road campaign
I wrote back in October about the Safer Brownhill Road campaign, set up to try to make TfL take action to improve the safety of the crossing at Stainton Road and to install a crossing at Torridon Road....
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More through trains from Catford to Kentish Town are coming!
I'm late to this, but Govia Thameslink Railway, who run the trains through Catford amongst other things, launched a consultation on their proposed timetable changes for 2015 last year, with a closing...
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Ace's Bar applies for change of use
Ace's Bar on Verdant Lane has applied for change of use to class A4, from its current designation of A3 (takeaway) and A5 (restaurant) use. A4 use means a "drinking establishment" and would allow the...
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Catford Bridge Tavern fire - some pictures and some speculation on what the...
On the evening of Sunday March 1, Catford residents started to hear via twitter that the Catford Bridge Tavern was on fire. As this pub was, for a short time, my much-loved local, I had to go down and...
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The General Election in Lewisham East
(picture from Heidi Alexander on Twitter)It won't have escaped your attention that there's a general election coming. Unless of course you live under a rock. I live in the Lewisham East constituency so...
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Pollution monitoring in Catford and Hither Green - some shocking results
Back in February a small group of us undertook some air pollution monitoring in Catford and Hither Green (basically covering the Corbett and Culverley Green estates and slightly beyond). This was made...
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Catford's "poo patrol" take matters into their own hands
Residents of Catford's Corbett Estate have decided to act over the levels of dog poo being left around the allotments on Hazelbank Road. Overnight these chalk markings have appeared, encircling the...
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Was Labour's purge worth it?
Last month the was a huge hoo-hah over the fact that the Labour party had been weeding out non-supporters from people who had signed up after the general election, removing the vote from people they...
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Free travel on national rail for under 11s - beware the small print!
Back in November, the mayor Boris Johnson announced something that a lot of us with young children living in South East London have been waiting for a long time - free travel on national rail for under...
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Lewisham Council advertises for "Change and Innovation Manager"
This job dropped into my inbox on Christmas Eve, courtesy of the Civil Service jobs search website email updates and it immediately caught my eye...It's a secondment to Lewisham Council from Whitehall...
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This shouldn't take long, I've only posted 13 times in 2015 (and five of those were in January...).13. Lewisham Council advertises for "Change and Innovation Manager", 29 December 2015, 207 views. Not...
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Catford Bridge Tavern latest
After not much activity for a while, a planning application has been submitted for the Catford Bridge Tavern and it is due to be heard on Thursday 18th February.The proposal has been submitted on...
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Lies, damned lies and bad statistics: analysis of the EU referendum result...
I'm still recovering from the shock of Thursday's EU referendum vote, and am becoming increasingly irritated at the level of the debate since the result was known on Friday - some of the statistical...
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Weekday morning train service from Hither Green from September 2016
About 18 months go I posted about the changes to trains from Hither Green as a result of the Thameslink Programme.These changes are about to come to an end and a new timetable will be in place from the...
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Catford's first million pound house
I have been speculating for a while that this was coming, but I think this is the first... And how. Catford now has million pound homes, with this one selling for a whopping £1.2 million on 26 August...
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Update on Catford Town Centre Plan and the Catford Bridge Tavern
It's a full Lewisham council meeting tonight - the first since February where the public have been able to ask questions. That's democracy in action for you. But anyway, that aside, it's a good...
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