November 2016 - Page 4 of 5

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...

Eat a Rainbow, November 20

Nov

2016

The Field team write:Join us for our free official launch event for Eat a Rainbow, at 'The Field', New Cross. We will have pizza making, fruit & veg kebabs, a vegetable carving competition, kids activities and more!We are a social enterprise that runs a low cost fruit and veg stall outside the Post Office on ...

United Kingdom: David Oyelowo & Rosamund Pike in the Rivoli

Nov

2016

'United Kingdom' is a new movie starring David Oyelowo and Rosamund Pike, based on the true-life interracial romance between Seretse Khama (first president of Botswana) and his wife Ruth Williams. The couple first met in London in the 1940s, and the film seems to have used the Rivoli Ballroom as a location for some of ...

Robin Hood Ballads at South East London Folklore Society

Nov

2016

Coming up tomorrow (Thursday 10th November 2016) at South East London Folklore Society, Bob Askew will be given a talk on 'Robin Hood Ballads: The ‘Real Robin Hood’?'The Robin Hood Ballads are the source for the core stories of the Robin Hood figure that we know today. They have been sung, recited and read for ...

Coming soon: Parlez

Nov

2016

A licencing application has been made to Lewisham Council for 16 Coulgate Street, the large new unit created right next to the south eastern entrance of Brockley Station.The new owners are planning to open a restaurant called Parlez and have lodged an application to serve food and alcohol until midnight at weekends. They have also ...

Good Hope Cafe, Ladywell

Nov

2016

Loving the vibe @GoodHopeCafe @PLACELadywell - look forward to coming back to try the full menu! pic.twitter.com/kJrEvQdLHo— Rebecca Elliot (@RebeccaMCox) November 6, 2016Good Hope is another new arrival at pop-up development PLACE / Ladywell. The cafe chain, created to honour the memory of murdered teen Jimmy Mizen, began in Hither Green and has expanded to ...

Charity help

Nov

2016

Hello all, Someone within the community died recently after a short battle with Illness, they were a selfless person and a very happy and helpful person, he has left behind a wife, 2 children and 2 grandchildren, this has broken the family and they are struggling currently, and i would like some help with fundraising. ...

REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY 9th NOVEMBER 10.55am – 12noon (approx)

Nov

2016

We will be holding our Remembrance Day event again this year. This will start on Sunday 9th November at the Ladywell Cemetery Cross of Sacrifice at 10.55am and, after the two minute silence and wreath laying, proceed via two or three relevant points to the war memorial in the Brockley Cemetery for the laying of ...

Silver Road gallery and cafe, Lewisham

Nov

2016

This one came out of nowhere! Silver Road is an extraordinary new experimental music and performance venue in a converted water tank, at Number 1 Silver Road, Lewisham (near the Renaissance swimming pool). The team says:"We are open as a café in the day time and offer vegetarian food, cakes, and amazing coffee! We've also ...

Van Gogh in South London

Nov

2016

As a young man, the artist Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890) spent a couple of years living in London. Thanks to his practice of sending regular letters to his brother Theo and others, we know quite a lot about his time here including his movements across South London. The complete letters are available online thanks to the ...

Coming soon: Brickfields Bar

Nov

2016

A new bar / restaurant is opening on Brockley Road, brought to us by the team behind The Orchard.The Orchard (Harefield Road) was among the first of Brockley’s new wave of restaurants, bars and cafes that people went to as an active and positive choice rather than out of a sense of duty to local ...