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...
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Deptford campaigner launches bid to throw off Lewisham anchor

Mar

1

2016

Hugh: You know, I've attempted to enjoy your family on a personal level, on an ironic level, as a novelty, as camp, as kitsch, as cautionary example...nothing works.- The SimpsonsA month early, dilettante campaigner, broadcaster and author Ray Woolford has announced that, after the triumph of his Estate Agent Cafe and Deptford Heritage Festival, his next ...
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Brockley Central · Deptford · elections

New homes to replace Brockley Road car lot

Mar

1

2016

Brockley was once one large dumping ground for cars, pockmarked with hardscrabble scraps of land that served as car dealerships, garages or impromptu van hire car parks. Gradually, through better enforcement, new road layouts and developers' thirst for places to build housing, these spots are disappearing. That is good, but what follows is not always.The ...
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Brockley Central · Brockley Road · homes

Refugees Welcome Here meeting in New Cross

Mar

1

2016

Tonight (Tuesday 1st March, 7 pm), Stand up to Racism South East London is holding a 'Refugees Welcome Here' public meeting in Room 137a, main building (RHB), Goldsmiths University, New Cross, SE14 6NWSpeakers include:Imam Shakeel Begg - Lewisham Islamic CentreVicky Foxcroft, MP - Labour, Lewisham DeptfordShakira Martin - NUS Further Education Vice PresidentDenis Fernando - Stand up ...
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Goldsmiths · New Cross · racism · refugees · Transpontine

Viictorian New Cross Studio Photographs

Mar

1

2016

Some more vintage studio photos from the New Cross area.Frustratingly there is no detail about the subjects, but they tell us plenty about London hair and clothes styles in late Victorian London.The first  few were taken at R.F. Barnes's studio, Mortham House, Lewisham High Road, New Cross. According to Photo London, the full address was ...
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19th century · New Cross · Peckham · photography · Transpontine · Victorian