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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...

Djeptford Unanchored

Apr

2013

Photo via Lewisham Council, who list it as one of the borough's most important pieces of public artOnce, it would have been as unthinkable as the removal of the Catford Cat, but The Deptford Anchor is gone. It has made way for a new-look Deptford High Street - its fate uncertain. The landmark, which doubled ...

Soundtracks lineup announced

Apr

2013

Soundtracks, the music festival that uses the East London Line to link venues in East and South East London, has announced its lineup for this year.The event, which includes live music from 40 different bands and artists playing on the trains themselves, will include gigs from The Wave Pictures, Woodpecker Wooliams and Tawiah (above).Full details ...

The Station Agent: Hill cafe needs new management

Apr

2013

The Bold Vision team write:Bold Vision, a community development charity in SE14, is looking for a new operator to take over running the vibrant Hill Station Community Cafe on Telegraph Hill. This is an exciting opportunity to build on the existing success of the venture, and to develop a catering business that serves the needs ...

Fibre Optic Broadband

Apr

2013

Brockley’s Twat-cloak

Apr

2013

Last night, Aussie comedian Sarah Bennetto live-tweeted a discussion between a nice woman and a massive twat, who was trying to entice her to sleep with him again, after he cheated on her. The nice woman told the man that she was moving to Brockley and the twat responded that Brockley "doesn't exist." It was ...

Lewisham Gateway construction could begin this summer

Apr

2013

Revised plans for the major mixed-use housing development 'Lewisham Gateway' have been submitted, with the developers hoping to start working on two tall buildings this summer, if permission is granted.Towers A1 and A2 are located at the north west corner of the Lewisham Gateway site, nearest Lewisham Station. Developers Taylor Wimpey and Mace submitted the ...

Baby Yoga – St Hildas – Thursdays

Apr

2013

Kate Tempest: Voice of gritty Brockley

Apr

2013

Kate Tempest is a Brockley performance poet, who recently won a Ted Hughes prize for spoken story. Transpontine and Eastlondonlines have already celebrated her rise and we've been meaning to showcase this Brockley talent for some time, but now the Guardian has forced our hand, by putting her on its front page today.The article discusses ...

Impact of Lewisham Austerity in Numbers

Apr

2013

The Financial Times has put together some stark figures when it comes to the impact of austerity on Lewisham. The post Impact of Lewisham Austerity in Numbers appeared first on alternativeSE4 - a blog for Brockley, Ladywell, Crofton Park and Telegraph Hill. [...]

Austerity measures to cut Lewisham incomes by £600 per head

Apr

2013

The FT has published an interactive map, which shows how welfare cuts will hit local spending power in local areas across the country:But as the government considers further deep welfare cuts in the June spending round, the FT's research underlines the potential risks to economic regeneration and private sector business prospects in poorer areas where ...