October 2014 - Page 7 of 15

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...

My Jamii Cafe, Honor Oak

Oct

2014

3 Honor OakSE23 1DXMy Jamii Cafe is a new cafe-cum-not-for-profit enterprise scheme in Honor Oak.It aims to help young (17-23) people with low educational attainment, minimal literacy and little access to work experience or opportunities to improve their circumstances in the Borough of Lewisham.It also does cake.Break for coffee, cake and a good read @myjamiicafe, ...

Factory-built home plan for Ladywell baths [UPDATED]

Oct

2014

Another bit of residential experimentation in Ladywell. The News Shopper reports that Lewisham Council is considering installing factory-built temporary housing on the site of the former Ladywell baths, while they draw up long-term plans for the site. The units would be semi-portable and low-cost.The Council promises they won't look anything like the units in this ...

Brockley Road Sainsbury’s confirmed

Oct

2014

Simon Hosking of Boultbee, the developers of 180 Brockley Road, confirms the story we reported yesterday - that they have agreed a lease for the main retail unit with Sainsbury's. He says:"The new retail space has been let to Sainsbury’s under a "green lease". It was important to ensure that the retail space reflects our ...

The Best Bar in the World

Oct

2014

Rivoli Fundraiser for Save Lewisham Hospital

Oct

2014

A couple of weeks ago I was out for a run, and we came across somebody on Ladywell Fields who had fallen off her bike and cut her head. There was no panic - we knew we were just around the corner from Lewisham Hospital's A&E Department, and when we called for an ambulance it ...

East side Sainsbury’s to open at 180 Brockley Road

Oct

2014

Well - this is a surprising turn of events. Despite having a branch on the other side of the tracks, Sainsbury's has submitted an application to open a store in 180 Brockley Road, the new development next to the Brockley Barge.The site has space for a supermarket and it had been rumoured that Tesco was ...

The Deptford Stories Festival

Oct

2014

1st – 16th November 2014Preview night: Friday 31st October, 5-9pmFamily open day: 1st November, 11-6pmAnthology Deptford Foundry, Arklow Road Trading Estate, SE14 6EBDeptford Stories, an arts festival celebrating the lives and legends of Deptford will launch on Friday 31st October & Saturday 1st November. It will then continue until 16th November by appointment only. Bringing ...

Building work next to Crofton Park station

Oct

2014

Burston School Strike 1916: a meeting in Bermondsey

Oct

2014

The Burston School Strike in Norfolk was arguably the longest running dispute in British history, and a cause celebre across the country. Tom and Annie Higdon, teachers at the village school in Burston, Norfolk, were sacked in 1914 in a dispute with the school's managing body. Children at the school walked out in support of ...

Le So Over It

Oct

2014

Deptford Dame has spotted that the LeSoCo brand has met an undignified end. From now on, you can call it by a proper name - Lewisham Southwark College.The LeSoCo name was created when Lewisham and Southwark Colleges merged, but proved to be as popular as Consignia and has been consigned to the dustbin of local ...