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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...

The future of Catford Theatre

Jan

2016

© Copyright Mike Quinn and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons LicenceLewisham Council has launched a consultation on the future of Catford's Broadway Theatre. They say:The Broadway Theatre is a Grade II listed building in the heart of Catford. It was built in 1932 and is an outstanding example of Art Deco design. The ...

Trelawney album launch at Montague Arms

Jan

2016

'Imagine Scott Walker fronting The Associates and then covering David Bowie’s Cat People, but straight outta Kernow' (The West Briton)South London's number one Cornish band Trelawney have been featured at Transpontine before - their song Beast of Blackheath is partly a reference to the crushing of the 1497 Cornish revolt which came to a bloody ...

The Fat Walrus, 44 Lewisham Way

Jan

2016

It was supposed to be the impossible pub.An establishment that had been through various incarnations in recent years, without attracting a sustainable customer base. Too far from New Cross for passing trade and too close to New Cross to enjoy a captive market. The Old Haberdasher - an adequate sort of place - was perennially ...

Thameslink, Southeastern and Southern most unpopular trains in Britain

Jan

2016

Greater Brockley's train providers have scored a 1-2-3 in the public vote for the worst train company in Britain. The Evening Standard reports:"Three train firms serving London faced passenger fury today after being named as the worst in Britain despite soaring profits."Thameslink came bottom, with 73 per cent for passenger satisfaction, followed by Southeastern on ...

Seven Dwarfs, One Tree Hill

Jan

2016

If there's a statute of limitations on pantomimes, St Augustine's Church doesn't want to know. They say:Its Panto time again (oh no it's not..) Pirate Pantomimes who previously brought you Jack and the Beanstalk and Sleeping Beauty, present 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'. St Augustine's Church on Saturday 6th February 3.30pm and 7.30pm plus ...

Naughty Bus

Jan

2016

Rebecca wants help bringing a bus to justice. She writes:Last Thursday, our car was parked overnight at the end of Harefield Road, near the sorting office. When we went to the car at about 1:30pm, it had obviously been hit by a bus. There was red fibre glass everywhere and the wheel was bent out.The ...

Adventures in the Anthropecene – talk in Sydenham

Jan

2016

Tomorrow night (Wednesday 27th January 2016, 7:30 pm), Gaia Vince - author of Adventures in the Anthropocene - is giving a reading at Sydenham's fine Kirkdale Books. The book, which won the 2015Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books, looks at 'Growing evidence from around the globe... that we are living in a permanently changed ...

Cemetery Issues – Southwark Woods

Jan

2016

The Council is acting on their massive plan for Nunhead's Camberwell New Cemetery including cutting down trees on the side of One Tree Hill and the excavation and mounding over of old graves. Plan includes digging up or mounding over and removing headstones of every grave over 75 years old (that is, every grave). This ...

Vote for Brockley Max on Wednesday 27 Jan at the Ladywell Assembly

Jan

2016

If any of you live or work in Ladywell, we would love your support for the Brockley Max festival, tomorrow (Wednesday) at the View attachment 3378 View attachment 3378 Ladywell Assembly, 7pm at Gordonbrock school. We need your vote for funding for the fantastic Art In The Park community event with art workshops, live music, ...

Big Bird Watch, Jan 31

Jan

2016

The Friends of Hilly Fields are holding a Big Birdwatch event this Sunday 31 January from 10.30 - 12.30 to coincide with the RSPB national event.Join a guided walk or grab a bird ID sheet and go round by yourselves. Activities for children include making bird feeders and fat balls. The RSPB will also have ...