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Yesterday, we threw off the shackles of Blackberry and finally got a smart phone that can do stuff.

This means today, we celebrate our new Brockley Central Instagram account with a couple of shots from Brockley Road including this one of Gently Elephant's first birthday present to itself, a new awning and one of Patchwork Presents' NHS campaign window on Harefield Road. It's a bit blurry, but we will get better...

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Brockley Sainsbury's delayed

The new Sainsbury's Local on Mantle Road, which was originally due to have opened by now, will not open until the summer.

A BCer with some inside knowledge of the project who asked not to be named says: "The store opening date has been pushed back to a likely date in July as a result of building work delays."

Raise a tennis packet for Hilly Fields

Patrick Bishop writes:

I’m a Hilly fields local, and work for JustGiving, who you have probably heard of – we’re an online fundraising platform.

I’m also a keen tennis player and regularly use the great free courts that we have on Hilly Fields.  Anyone who plays on them, but if so, you’ll know that whilst the courts are great, the nets themselves are terrible and are completely broken and holey:

Unfortunately, the council haven’t got round to replacing the nets in years, so I’m looking to see whether as a community we can raise just over £200 to buy and install three new tennis nets!!  I’ve just set up a project page on JustGiving to do this and I’d be very grateful for any help.

www.justgiving.com/local/project/hillyfieldstennisnets/

It’s worth saying that JustGiving Projects is a new tool that we’re launching  to help people raise money for local community projects that they really care about (rather than just charities, which is our bread and butter).  Given that the tennis court nets were something that I really wanted to get fixed myself, I thought I would set up a page myself and give it a go.

It’s worth pointing out that people just pledge to support a project, so unless the project gets fully funded, then you don’t donate anything!

Gaggle Cave at the Royal Albert

Sarah writes:

I'm part of the band/all female alternative choir Gaggle and, 30th May - 21st June, we are launching a pop-up concept shop/project space/hang out in the Royal Albert pub's new gallery project space InSitu which is next to the pub on New Cross Cross Road.

We're calling it the GAGGLE CAVE and we will be putting on talks, performances and artists in residence along with selling products and holding dozens of workshops that we hope will empower and enthuse people - from 'Sound Engineering for Girls' to 'Feminist Choirs for Boys'. We'll also be teaching other skills from drumming to welding! The aim is to be as affordable and accessible as possible and we hope it's going to be an exciting few weeks. We really want lots of people who live in the area to sign up to take part.

You can find out most info here: http://www.gaggle.tv if you click on workshops. The Opening hours are Mon – Fri: Midday - 8pm and Sat & Sun: Midday to 11pm.

Brockley: The Lovers' Guide

The Guardian's Blind Date column sends two people on a date and interviews them about the experience: In this case Jim and Leonie, two spunky 26 year olds searching for love in the big city. And Brockley played a key role in their courtship:

What did you talk about? 

Her upcoming trip to India, my previous trip to India, festivals, hip-hop, our love of Brockley…

Would you meet again? 

We share a lot of interests, so I'm sure we'll bump into each other.

Maybe Brockley is more of a second date conversation topic.

Classical Indian music night in Telegraph Hill

Brockley Station goes step-free

London Overground have confirmed that the building work to relocate the cafe on the northbound platform of Brockley Station will be followed by the installation of step-free access.

Builders are currently on site and LO says: "Once the retail unit on the northbound platform has been re-positioned, work on the lift installation can begin."