Potential tenants are coming forward to take on Catford Mews, two weeks after the sudden closure of the cinema and community hub, according to Lewisham Council. The doors were locked at the borough’s only cinema after a row over unpaid rent between its operator, Really Local Group, and the council, which owns the building through […]
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News about Catford, London SE6, from The Greenwich Wire.
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You’re trying to destroy us, Catford Mews firm tells Lewisham Council
The company behind Catford Mews has blamed Lewisham Council for the closure of the cinema – accusing its management firm of not maintaining the building properly and even blocking phone calls about the venue’s future. Really Local Group (RLG) was evicted from Catford Mews on Tuesday after Lewisham said the company had run up over […]
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Catford Mews closure: Problems at sister venues and £650,000 debt revealed
Catford Mews is the third of its owner’s venues to hit financial problems in the past three months, The Greenwich Wire can reveal, a day after a Lewisham Council company repossessed the borough’s only cinema. News of the cinema’s closure was met with a wave of shock after it was revealed that Catford Regeneration Partnership […]
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Catford Mews closes as Lewisham borough’s only cinema repossessed
Catford Mews, the only cinema in the borough of Lewisham, has suddenly closed as the building has been repossessed by its landlord. The three-screen cinema and community hub opened four years ago in a former Poundland store in Catford shopping centre. It also housed independent food outlets and a bar and had been hosting half-term events […]
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Sister Midnight’s plans for community music venue in Catford move forward
A dilapidated social club in Catford could be transformed into a community music venue under plans submitted to Lewisham Council. The Brookdale Club, next to the Catford Centre, was a private members’ club dating back to the 1880s, but has sat empty since 2017. Sister Midnight, which ran a record shop and venue in Deptford […]
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20mph limits coming to parts of South Circular Road, A2 and A20
Parts of the South Circular Road, A2 and A20 in southeast London will have 20mph speed limits put on them in the coming months – including at a notorious junction where locals have campaigned for safety improvements. Transport for London, which controls the capital’s major roads, is imposing the limits on 65km of roads in […]
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South Circular set for changes as Catford town centre plan revealed
Long-awaited plans to remove Catford’s one-way system have been unveiled by Transport for London. The South Circular Road would be rerouted and a new public space created outside the Broadway Theatre under the proposals, which tie in with Lewisham Council’s plans to redevelop much of the centre of Catford. At present the South Circular runs […]
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Broadway theatre reopening puts Catford back in the spotlight
One of SE London’s best-loved venues has re-opened after a £7 million refurbishment. NIKKI SPENCER got a tour behind the scenes of the Broadway theatre in Catford. “Welcome to the beautiful Broadway theatre,” declares the theatre’s manager and principal producer, Carmel O’Connor, as she leads our tour into the stunning 775-seat auditorium and up onto […]
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