October 2015 - Page 3 of 10

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...

The Brockhill Crescent Smoke Monster Mystery

Oct

2015

David Lives in Brockhill Crescent, West Brockley, in a house that backs on to allotments. The users of those allotments light bonfires on a regular basis, and the smoke keeps flooding into his house, which he says is affecting his health, as well as forcing him to keep doors and windows closed and block his ...

One Tree Hill Up Dawson’s Creek

Oct

2015

James Van Der Beek: I ordered you some food. I, uh, I don't really know what girls eat.Busy Philipps: Oh, sweetie, we don't. We don't eat. We just live in caves, having our periods, until it's time to have sex with the first guy who buys us a wine cooler and reminds us of our ...

Ashby Road development to deliver nine more homes

Oct

2015

The former Council offices at 1-3 Ashby Road are now being converted into nine residential units. Previous attempts to turn it into a mental health centre fell through.

Lewisham burial records added to Deceased Online

Oct

2015

At FOBLC we get a lot of requests to help families find the graves of their ancestors and we're delighted that the burial and cremation records for Lewisham have now been added to Deceased Online. This central database of statutory burial and cremation registers for the UK and Republic of Ireland offers a unique searchable resource for ...

HOME IS WHERE THE ART IS – Lee Green Open Studios

Oct

2015

Sat & Sun Nov 14th-15th & Nov 21st - 22nd 2015 Lee Green Open Studios in south east London returns for the 16th year this November with 47 artists ranging from a Royal Academy exhibiting printmaker to a bespoke musical instrument maker who is taking part for the first time. Other participants include photographers, painters, ...

Piano Lessons – Classical and Brazilian Music

Oct

2015

Hello, I'm Júlia Fernandes! I'm a concert pianist and piano teacher from Brazil who has just moved in to London and is looking for new pupils to learn piano and/or music theory. I have a Bachelor Degree (Magna cum Laude) in Piano Performance from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and I am ...

The Long Halloween

Oct

2015

If you like Halloween and you haven't had enough retro nights to last a lifetime then you are spoiled for choice this year. First up, the Rivoli plays host to Rouge, who say:On October 24th, we are throwing a Halloween Night of the Glamour Ghouls!Music is a throwback 1970's and 80's and disco ghoul funk ...

Mek’ it Blow: police raid New Cross Jah Shaka Blues Dance (1975)

Oct

2015

From the groundbreaking black radical magazine, Race Today (May 1975), a report on 'the atmosphere of tension that has gripped the community of black youth in South London following a police invasion of a blues dance at Malpas Road, New Cross, on Saturday 26th April'. 'More than 200 young blacks danced to the sound of the ...

Refugee fundraiser, November 3rd

Oct

2015

Rachel writes:Come down to Lewisham Town Hall on Tuesday 3rd November from 6.30pm for a night of talks, music and food in aid of refugees in Calais.Thousands of refugees are currently experiencing great hardships and risking their lives in desperate attempts to escape the terrible consequences of military interventions, civil wars and the economic exploitation ...

Green is Good! And we can prove it!!

Oct

2015

In case it were needed, here's more evidence from the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Journal website that street trees have quantifiable positive effects on our well-being and health. The research was done in Canada and correlates data about 530,000 trees with health data relating to 30,000 Toronto residents. Here's just one snippet: The results demonstrate ...