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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...

Big Name Bottlers

Jul

2016

Salthouse Bottles is a new beer shop opening soon in Brockley. No, not that one.The brainchild of a team with an impeccable local pedigree and led by Richard Salthouse, formerly of Jam Circus and The Royal Albert, it promises to be good.More details soon. Click here to follow them on Twitter.

Superhumans at The Rivoli

Jul

2016

Channel 4's new Paralympics trailer is out. 2012's Public Enemy comfortably beats 2016's Big Band sound but this one has the Rivoli Ballroom and Brockley Central is contractually obligated to document any appearance of the velvet walls.After the Avengers, this is the second superhuman team to base themselves there.Thanks to Transpontine for spotting it.

Heidi Alexander backs Owen Smith

Jul

2016

“All I kept thinking about, over and over, was 'You can't live forever; you can't live forever.”- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby Lewisham East MP Heidi Alexander, whose resignation from Shadow Cabinet helped to trigger the upcoming Labour leadership election, has thrown her support behind challenger Owen Smith, declaring her support at this morning's ...

Paralympic ‘Superhumans’ at Rivoli Ballroom

Jul

2016

Channel 4 are the latest to make use of the Rivoli Ballroom in Crofton Park, filming part of the uplifting 'We're the Superhumans' trailer for the Rio Paralympics there.See previous posts on the star-studded Rivoli Ballroom

Spiderwall

Jul

2016

A tough day, stumbled into something joyful in Peckham. Investigating further, I tried the door - well it said 'Open' - and found myself inside MOCA gallery on Bellenden Road, SE15. The colourful floral/coral/what was it? sculpture had spread inside over the walls and ceilings - Spiderwall by Bologna artist Francesca Pasquali. On closer inspection it ...

The Lewisham 3 Peaks Challenge – 16 July

Jul

2016

The Lewisham 3 Peaks Challenge is a sponsored walk taking place on 16 July 2016, starting at 11.00am in Hilly Fields Park, SE4. It will follow the route of the new 3 Peaks Green Route, which links up the hilly parks of Hilly Fields, One Tree Hill and Blythe Hill with the shops and cafes ...

Brockley GO

Jul

2016

The Nostalgia-Telly industry of 2030 will have trouble putting together "I Love 2016".This summer's diet of football humiliation, Islamic terrorism, the Zika virus, Brexit and left-wing political implosion will be hard to make banal jokes about.But Pokemon Go promises to be the year's hula hoop and it's no surprise that in a year when reality ...

‘Dig that Crazy Beat’ – Friday night at The Savoy in Catford, 1960

Jul

2016

From the Daily Mirror, 1 October 1960:'The Mirror drops in for a night out at The Savoy in Catford SE6''from Dixon Scott, Catford, Friday Night''Lots of hugging - but no kissing! Tell her you love her - but no kissing! Ask her to marry you as you whirl around the dance hall - but no ...

Noak reopening

Jul

2016

Noak has pivoted again... The Mantle Road bakery recently closed but is reopening shortly in a new incarnation. The owner writes:Our new menus will have a modern focus and reflect the Australasian training of the new kitchen team. We are so excited to show you what we can do. We really believe you'll love it.Our ...

Coming soon: Aloosh

Jul

2016

Maddy's Fish Bar in New Cross, which closed last year, has been replaced by a Lebanese grill called Aloosh. Nice to see life return to this spot. Thanks to Whaity for the news.