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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...

Happy Mondays this summer

May

2015

From one bunch of jokers to another... Happy Mondays returns to the Amersham Arms for their Edinburgh preview season with another stellar list of headliners:18th May - Mike Wozniak (Star of C4's 'Man Down')1st June - Sara Pascoe15th June - James Acaster29th June - Bridget Christie13th July - Ed Byrne20th July - Reginald D Hunter27th ...

Roofer

May

2015

Roofer Needed??

May

2015

General Election 2015 – the Lewisham Deptford candidates

May

2015

On the eve of the general election, here is the list of candidates for the Lewisham Deptford constituency. Pro-tip: If you want to know what the corresponding candidates in neighbouring constituencies are all about, simply swap their names in to the list below.This election, the unifying theme is housing. Proposed solutions differ, but everyone is ...

Suppose they gave a festival and no-one came

May

2015

This is why Brockley Central has a pathological fear of hosting parties.The bizarre Deptford Heritage Festival-cum-pre-election-stunt turned out to be as entertaining as one of the organiser's interminable political videos. The "festival" was put on by Ray Woolford of local political party People Before Profit and "took place" over the May Day weekend.Like our very ...

Pasta workshop and Cheese&Salami Tasting

May

2015

Not the usual supper club! Pastificio Mansi and Capo Caccia Fine Food are hosting a pasta making workshop AND a cheese and salami taste experience. During the evening you will handcraft and sample a variety of filled pasta, coupled with a tasting of the best Pecorino cheeses & charcuterie from Sardinia. This event is BYOB. ...

Time to Cull Parakeets

May

2015

It is time to eradicate these green-feathered interlopers, which should be considered a threat to native birds. [...]

Brockley’s 11-feet-wide house sells for half a million quid

May

2015

Game over. This house, nicely designed to make efficient use of available space but nonetheless tiny (84 square metres) and wedged in an existing terrace, on a main road, next to a supermarket - has sold for a mere £490,000.In the context of the current London market, the price is profoundly unsurprising. But it is ...

Poppies and postcards.

May

2015

In 2014, the temporary portacabins were removed and instead of having the contractors reinstate grass on the hill, we decided to commemorate the start of WWI by sowing a meadow. We purchased over 1Kg of seeds from the National Wildlife Centre and with the invaluable and enthusiastic assistance of students from the neighbouring Prendergasts School, ...

Coogan targets values voters in Brockley

May

2015

@brockleycentral Choosing those tricky marginals then MT @winstonwes Coogan and @tom_watson campaigning in Brockley pic.twitter.com/XS5RVTokuN— Peter T (@Chimpman) May 4, 2015Last night, Steve Coogan starred in a brilliantly effective party political broadcast on behalf of the Labour Party, asserting his values and asking those who shared them to vote Labour. During the day, he hit ...