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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...

Deptford Craft Market, August 20th

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2016

Benedict team junks old decor

Aug

2016

Benedict's, the Crofton Park coffee shop, is closed for refurbishment. They promise they will back soon with an improved look and menu.

Lewisham borough goes 20mph from September

Aug

2016

From September 2016, all council-managed roads in the London Borough of Lewisham will have a 20mph speed limit, to reduce accidents and all the horrible things associated with them.Roads that are managed by Transport for London (red routes) will not be included at this time. These are primarily the South Circular (A205), New Cross Road ...

Lewisham health visiting threatened by Jeremy Hunt’s cuts

Aug

2016

Health visiting and school nursing services are facing cuts in Lewisham as a result of a £4.7 million reduction in the public health grant that the Council receives from central government. Lewisham Council is consulting on how it will make these cuts (consultation here - closes 14 August), and local NHS campaigners Save Lewisham Hospital ...

Man of Action

Aug

2016

“If there be any truer measure of a man than by what he does, it must be by what he gives.”- Robert SouthHeroism must be recognised. Jenny writes:My nine year old son organised a litter collection on Arica Road. We had been away for a while and our front looked a mess so I cleared it ...

Gruff to Dragonfly Place

Aug

2016

Local architects Gruff have relocated from their office next to The Orchard on Harefield Road to a much bigger studio in Dragonfly Place, Brockley Cross.Founder Rhys writes:"We have been growing steadily over the last few years and basically outgrown our Harefield office, which we’ll be very sad to leave. However we haven’t gone very far ...

BeBright nursery opening on Telegraph Hill

Aug

2016

BeBright Project is a nursery for 6 months to 5 year olds and a training centre for small businesses and Early Years Practitioners, which has opened in The Old Library above the Hill Station Cafe in Telegraph Hill (Kitto Road).Opening in September, you can get more details via its Facebook page here.

More Lewisham 1977 Photos from Anti-Fascist Demo

Aug

2016

The London Metropolitan Archives Collage London Picture Archive, 'Collage' has lots of great photos from across the capital. The Lewisham section includes some photographs by Chris Schwarz from the anti-National Front mobilisation of August 1977 (sometimes referred to as the 'Battle of Lewisham'). Here's a couple of details from the photos, full set here. This is from the demonstration ...

Mama Shelter

Aug

2016

Helen writesBus Stop 59359 is opposite Brockley Jack Pub in Crofton Park. The shelter has just been removed.Many with mobility issues relied on that bus stop after they had visited local amenities such as the bank, post office, hairdressers and cafes. It allows them to be independent and avoid isolation. It's also good for local ...

Free Nazanin Ratcliffe

Aug

2016

Former Brockley resident Nazanin Ratcliffe has now been in jail in Iran for four months, having been detained while attempting to fly back from a family holiday there. Her two year old child who was with her at the time is now with relatives in Iran while her British husband is in London campaigning for her ...