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Featured local business - Clubtek

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I was already a regular visitor to Clubtek’s DJ shop when it was in Penge, but now they're even handier in Stanstead Road, just a few doors down from Shannon’s Garden Centre - another old favourite. It’s by no means just for DJs and bands...

Brockley & Ladywell Cemeteries in the snow

Jan

2013

Trains from Peckham Rye and Nunhead disrupted/cancelled 21/01/13

Jan

2013

Hilly Fields Events – Sunday 27th January

Jan

2013

A busy weekend of events in Lewisham coming up with the demonstration against the closure of Lewisham A&E on Saturday and two events in Hilly Fields on Sunday.First up sees Hilly Fields taking part in a national survey, The Big Birdwatch. Details below:Following the bird watching is the return of the annual Wassail event at ...

Local community events

Jan

2013

Lots of community events coming up, details below:VERTICAL VEG - A Gardening Workshop - Talk with Mark Ridsdill SmithSaturday 26th January 2:30 - 3:30pm St.Mungo's Centre, Hither Green SE13 6JQCost £5. To book a place contact: LewishamGardens@gmail.comMark, of Vertical Veg, will share the secrets of how to grow food successfully in containers,on balconies, window sills ...

Aspinall’s Enamel of New Cross

Jan

2013

If the demolition of the Thurston Road Industrial Estate is a sign of the times then Aspinall's Enamel of New Cross is a symbol of how manufacturing was once very much part of the Lewisham industrial landscape. [...]

Deptford and New Cross in the Snow Today

Jan

2013

St Paul's Church, Deptford (above and below)Deptford Project, Deptford High StreetMargaret McMillan ParkFordham ParkNew Cross RoadTelegraph Hill Park'Save New Cross Fire Station'(threatened with closure)

Brockley Common Edible Garden UPDATE

Jan

2013

Valerie has emailed with an update on the edible garden at Brockley Common which is looking well with the soft fruit cuttings (Josterberry and Raspberry) planted late last year coming through and budding. The Lavender, Globe Artichoke and Strawberries are all flourishing and there is a large amount of lambs lettuce ready to pick.Next session ...

Bourgeois Decadence. In Catford.

Jan

2013

The Daily Mail (17 January 2013) reports this Lewisham story with its usual mix of salaciousness and outrage:'A French bistro is set to lose its licence after a council launched an investigation into it holding 'sex parties' in the basement. Bosses of the Le Bourgeois eatery - situated on the ground floor of a 1960s ...

View at Deptford

Jan

2013

The etching 'View at Deptford' was sketched by the artist John Sell Cotman (1788-1842). The contemporary of Turner was born in Norwich and later taught drawing at King's College School in London, with his pupils include Dante Gabriel Rossetti. I wonder where in Deptford this was? The date is also unknown.The drawing is in the ...

What next for the Heygate Estate?

Jan

2013

In the time since the Heygate Estate at the Elephant and Castle was emptied out (with the exception of some remaining leaseholders), it has led an active afterlife. Perhaps most notably it has been a favoured film and TV location for directors seeking gritty urban decay. In Harry Brown (2009) for instance it features as a ...