Recently another shop closed at the bottom of Brockley Rise - Bubbles Food & Wine (next to the scooter shop) - it was a small convenience store and I have no idea why it closed as it seemed to happen suddenly. At Christmas time it was taken over for a while by a business selling Christmas Trees - squatted I assume as they left quite a mess behind with trees dumped on the pavement.

It is next door to another property which has been empty for a long time, was an Indian restaurant for a while but I have forgotten the name, it has a black painted frontage.

With these two properties empty, and the Honor Oak boarded up, plus another property (next to Soundheart) that seems to have been empty for years, that area is looking quite dismal now. Obviously the Honor Oak situation has its own issues, but I don't know why all these other shops are empty - there are lots of houses, schools and a doctors nearby so plenty of people walking past them. I for one often go to West 9 over the road for basic groceries, newspapers etc.

Soundheart is a fantastic little shop and it is a shame it does not have a better shops as neighbours.