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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...

Freshly Packed at Deptford Lounge

Aug

2013

Next Saturday 17th August, Something Human present FRESHLY PACKED: EAT TO LIVE by Peruvian performance artist Lorena Lo Peña at the Deptford Lounge (Giffin Street SE8):'Eat to Live investigates excess and self-destructive behaviours when the body is used as the main site of punishment. Based on autobiographical experiences, the performance addresses bulimia and binge eating, highlighting how eating disorders are ...

OUT’ed – for our notoriety!

Aug

2013

TIME OUT picks up our spate of tree vandalism Perhaps if you agree that "all publicity is good publicity", then our appearance in TIME OUT in early August was a coup (and judging by the spike in our visitors on 5th August, people were interested in reading more ...)Click on the image below for a readable ...

‘Go Home’ Racist Van Meeting in New Cross

Aug

2013

On July 22nd 2013, the Home Office sent its infamous 'Go Home or Face Arrest' vans out on the streets in parts of London, targeting undocumented migrants. The next day, a shopkeeper in Peckham (Sally from Persepolis) tweeted that a racist had shouted that she 'f*** off back home'There's no surprize in this sequence of ...

Baby Massage at St Hilda’s church

Aug

2013

Shadows from Norwood

Aug

2013

Author David Hambling has transplanted HP Lovecraft's horror mythos from New England to SE19 in his collection 'Shadows from Norwood'. The seven stories features local landmarks including the Crystal Palace ('The Monsters in the Park') and the underground River Effra ('Two Fingers'). Inevitably there's a story called the Dulwich Horror of 1927 ('The Dunwich Horror' ...

Free Animation Workshop for Children

Aug

2013

Will Brockley’s buses cope with passenger growth?

Aug

2013

The London Assembly is asking Brockley Central readers to complete this survey. They explain:Nearly 6.5 million passengers in London travel by bus each day on 700 different routes. Will London buses be able to cope with the additional demand triggered by the capital’s rapidly rising population? As London grows by the equivalent of two full ...

Immunisation saves lives – so just do it

Aug

2013

Here's a table from the British Medical Journal from 100 years ago (16 August 1913 to be precise). It is an analysis of deaths in London in the second quarter of that year, i.e. April to June. Note that in that three month period there were 549 deaths from measles in London, including 285 in ...

Sultan Centre, Lewisham Way

Aug

2013

Spotty Vinyl Records

Aug

2013

I was intrigued by this sign outside the Hob in New Cross Road for 'Spotty Vinyl Records'.In fact it's a few boxes of second hand vinyl inside Dig This Nursery & Garden Centre, next to the pub opposite New Cross Gate station. Worth a browse for passing crate diggers, and you can pick up a ...