SE Forum gets Peckham area

The SE London forum www.southeastcentral.co.uk now has a Peckham area - so get on there and get talking!

Works on a shop on Bellenden

I've spotted building work going on in the shop next to Apollo Photocopiers - am wondering if this may be a new business?  Watch this space...

missing cats etc

Yesterday we saw one of the kittens on a missing cat poster (Marvin) ... But all of the posters have vanished.. so either the cat was no longer missing - but back home and just happened to be out without a collar? Or the posters have been ripped down? Anyway - I am hoping the former. But it did make me think about how many missing cat posters there are on and around Bellenden Rd. Have pointlessly mused on why this might be and come up with some options:

1) Loads and loads of cats - so some will always go missing, but it just seems like a lot

2) They are all choosing to live in the feral cat colony up in the choumert rd car park (gangs for cats)

3) There is a cat rustler (making cat pie  or a cat fur coat? Or just selling them on)

4) They are being 'got' by something like a fox (unlikely)

Anyway... am going to keep musing this...

Carve in the Community: 20th-28th Aug

If you fancy trying some stone carving, you can head down to Peckham Square (just by Peckham Pulse) for 'Carve in the Community' (d'you see what they did there... ) which is happening 20th - 28th Aug from 11-1pm then 2-5pm each day.  more here:

Choumert Rd Graffiti Art

The corner of Bellenden Rd and Choumert Rd is now sporting an exciting new summer look - in the form of some stencil graffiti art - look:

Turns out it is actually the cover of an album by Jehst - which is called The dragon of an Ordinary Family.

Anyway - I like it!

Summer Art clubs at Peckham Space (2-27 Aug)

I noticed that Peckham Space (on Peckham High Street - close to the end of Bellenden Road) is holding free summer art clubs.  Which sound nice - apparently there is no booking needed,  you just turn up. I am guessing it's aimed at kids for the school holidays, but it doesn't actually say... Anyway - you can go and design an SE15 postcard and then they will display it. Quite cool.  It's open Tuesday - Friday 11am-5pm or on Saturday 11am - 4pm and runs throughout August (2nd - 27th).

Elephant and the Nun Festival 5th-14th Aug

I saw something about a festival called the Elephant and the Nun - but internet searches don't actually tell you very much - this is what I found:

Start date: August 14

Start time: 12:00 pm

End time: 06:00 pm

Description: 

The Elephant and the Nun is a new festival in the centre of Southwark from August 5 to 14 which will bring alive the areas from Elephant and Castle to Nunhead with a feast of creative indoor events and activities over 8 days, ending with a large outdoor festival on Sunday 14th August in:

• Camberwell Green
  Lucas Gardens
  Brunswick Park
  Peckham Space

Between these four spaces there will also be a programme of street performers, walks, cycle rides and activities linking the festival together.

Which all sounds nice - but would like to know more!