January 2014 - Page 2 of 14

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...

Robin Hood – Edward Alleyn Theatre. 20th-22nd Feb

Jan

2014

Lewisham Council targets cuts of another £10m

Jan

2014

A Lewisham Council worker writes:I thought you might like to know that all staff in Lewisham got an online notice yesterday that the cuts in Lewisham have now gone up by another £10 million. They will now be a staggering £95 million. To quote: "we must deliver £42m savings by April 2015. The scale of ...

The Brockley Way: Part 2

Jan

2014

Brockley Way is relatively secluded and suffers from regular and spectacular flytipping escapades. Brockley's Twitterati have been highlighting some of the worst abuses in an attempt to deter dumpers and show the Council how urgent the issue is. This is another peach.@BrockleyCentral @EnviroLewisham Another day, another massive flytipping on Brockley Way. pic.twitter.com/sPrnGdIznh— Kester Jones (@mrkesterj) ...

5 Reasons to train at Urban Fit & Fearless

Jan

2014

Supermarket Self-Checkout – is scanning kind of scabbing?

Jan

2014

Always been a Marc Almond fan musically, and I think we can claim a bit of him for South London as he lived around the Bermondsey Street area for quite a while (not sure he still does). In fact he's just about to release an exciting-sounding London-themed album 'The Tyburn Tree' with John Harle, which ...

FONC- Friends of Nunhead Cemetery Themed Tours 2014

Jan

2014

Thameslink shows off shiny new Crofton Park trains

Jan

2014

The BBC reports that the new Class 700 trains which will serve Crofton Park on the Blackfriars route from 2017 have been unveiled. Train designers don't tend to surprise and delight, so this one looks much like other trains you may have seen, except that there will be more than twice as many carriages, seating ...

Estate agent creep at Crofton Park

Jan

2014

Another Crofton Park shop space will fall to an estate agent.Alastair notes that planning permission has been given for "the commercial ground floor at 322 Brockley Road (the building over the road from the current KFH estate agents in Crofton Park). The plans show a new rear extension being put in (increasing floor space) a ...

Old Ad Exposed on Platform 2, London Bridge

Jan

2014

Peckham Rent Strike 1930s

Jan

2014

In the 1930s, Peckham was the scene of a successful rent strike. The focus was the Nigel Buildings tenements, which I think were situated roughly where the Troy Town flats are now off Nigel Road SE15. I found this account online, source seems to be an article (undated) in The Morning Star and I believe ...