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Featured local business - Clubtek

Forest

SE23

Hill

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...

Music in the Park, August 22nd

Aug

2013

Simon writes:I'm writing about a new music night we're running in Hilly Fields.It's a little experiment to see how something like this will work up there.The cafe is very small, so numbers are limited, so advice would be to turn up early-ish.We would like to start getting some more live music going in Brockley so ...

The Walpole Vanishes

Aug

2013

The Walpole Inn in New Cross Road has now been completely demolished. It closed last year, and planning permission has been granted for a hotel to be built there. The adjoining buildings that lately housed the tattoo parlour and hairdressers have also gone.When I went past a couple of months ago, most of it had ...

Lovers Rock in Brockley

Aug

2013

This week, BBC Radio 4's "Sounds Like London - 100 Years of Black Music in the Capital" focused on Lovers Rock, the female-friendly reggae sub-genre that Brockley helped shape.Jamaican-born producer Dennis Harris set up a record label called Lover's Rock in the 1970s on Upper Brockley Road, along with John Kpiaye and Dennis Bovell, giving the ...

Running Course at Dulwich Park

Aug

2013

Best Indian restaurant or takeaway in SE15?

Aug

2013

Peckham Rye Village Hall Experience

Aug

2013

You do all know this is happening tomorrow (Saturday) don't you?The Village Hall Experience is a free event on Saturday 17th August 2013 from 1 pm as part of The Elephant & The Nun Festival. It takes place at The Old Lido, Peckham Rye, London SE15 (that's the bit of Peckham Rye nearest to Rye ...

Lovers Rock

Aug

2013

Telegraph Hill kids’ theatre workshop

Aug

2013

The Beehive present a Creative Theatre Workshop for 5 to 8 year-olds, which will culminate in a performance of Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream.The workshop is facilitated by Abigail Kessel, Katy Robb, and Victoria Waddington (Katy is a member of St Catherine’s congregation).It will feature contemporary dance, singing, drama, prop making and scenery painting and promises ...

Biodiversity in the City

Aug

2013

Native vs. Exotic Tree PlantingBiodiversity is the term used to describe the degree of variation of life forms within a given territory, or ecosystem (see this Wikipedia article for a comprehensive account: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiversity). So, the Brockley Conservation Area could, at a stretch, be described as an ecosystem. How we support local biodiversity is something that ...

Back to School Private Tutors

Aug

2013