October 2016 - Page 2 of 6

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...

Brockley on Deliveroo

Oct

2016

Food delivery platform Deliveroo is about to launch a new Brockley section and has been on a hoovering spree in SE4, adding Noak, Salthouse Bottles and The Brockley Grill to its roster. These pages are not up and running to take orders yet, but the roll-out is happening on Friday.Masala Wala was also canvassing opinion from ...

Lewisham’s Caribbean Front Room

Oct

2016

Goldsmiths writes:From October 26-29, experience a unique installation at Lewisham Shopping Centre, recreating a 1970s Caribbean front room and a week of free live making and crafting workshops with Goldsmiths designer, Rose Sinclair.The arrival of Caribbean women on the Windrush in 1948 started a new story about how textiles travel and how knowledge and culture ...

Thurston Moore at Goldsmiths

Oct

2016

Sonic Youth guitarist Thurston Moore is playing a night of improvised music with David Toop and Tania Chen at Goldsmiths in New Cross next month. The performance on 4 November 2016 takes place in Goldsmiths Great Hall described by Goldsmiths as 'a place with strong experimental energy'. Well John Cage played there (in 1980) and ...

Brockley Christmas Market, December 17

Oct

2016

The Brockley Christmas Market will return to Coulgate Street on Saturday, December 17th from 12pm-6pm.Organised by the Brockley Cross Action Group, it will be the 10th annual event and the first since the street's makeover.The cost of a stall is £60 and you can email brockleycrossactiongroup@gmail.com for an application form. The closing date for applications ...

The Allotment closes

Oct

2016

@BrockleyCentral Oh no!! Closing Down signs up at the Allotment in New Cross. A real loss for the neighbourhood. 😢— Marshall Manson (@marshallmanson) October 24, 2016Fresh produce store The Allotment is closing down after five years of heroic trading on New Cross Road. After a spree of local openings, it's a pity to see a ...

Thunder & Lightning, Ladywell

Oct

2016

The pop-up palace at 261 Lewisham High Street, PLACELadywell, has found another tenant.Morgan writes:I have been lucky enough to get one of the small retail units in the block next to the Italian deli at PLACELadywell.Thunder & Lightning opened at the weekend and sells hand picked ladies vintage pieces and also cool kitsch UK made ...

‘Dancing went on as the police kept watch’ – Peckham 1967

Oct

2016

'Denying police charges, an angry wife who stood with her husband in a court witness box, described a chief inspectors's evidence as a 'tissue of lies' after allegations that couples had been seen dancing through midnight at an unlicensed Peckham Road club. Plain clothes police had mingled with couples drinking and dancing at the Blue ...

Green is green: The Brockley Tree Fundraiser

Oct

2016

Work by Isobel Kimberley will be shown during the eventWe're organising a storytelling evening at Number 57 Loampit Hill to fundraise for the Brockley Society Tree Committee.The event will feature ordinary people telling true stories. No notes, 5 mins. Must be your own story. Not compulsory to tell a story but you may find you ...

Pretty In Pink, November 12

Oct

2016

Asda Lewisham opens

Oct

2016

The new Asda store in Lewisham is now open.Situated on the ground floor of Thurston Central, opposite Glassmill Leisure Centre it's a large format store, spread over 15,000 square feet and offering 100 car parking places.Opening hours are 6am-11pm Monday to Saturday and 11am-5pm on Sunday.Full disclosure: Asda is a client of mine.