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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...

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.

Ladywell “best value in zone 3”

Oct

2016

We haven't had a property porn story for a while, but here's The Evening Standard with a piece of research by estate agents Hamptons, who reckon that Ladywell is both the best value area in Zone 3 and had the fastest-rising property values in the last 12 months. They report:George Quinn, sales manager at Mark ...

The London Migration Film Festival, November 11-13

Oct

2016

London Migration Film Festival (LMFF) will take place over three days from 11-13 November, 2016 across two venues in southeast London, including Deptford Cinema and Buster Mantis.Eight feature length films will be screened as part of the festival, along with a number of shorts. Between films there will be two panel discussions with academics, artists, ...

Ladywell Loves Pasta

Oct

2016

The first businesses have started moving in to Ladywell's new mixed-use development, the irritatingly-named PLACELadywell, 261 Lewisham High Street.Among the first is Italian deli, We Love Pasta, a fresh pasta specialist.Thanks to Paul for the tip-off.

Foxcroft: Why I spoke about the loss of my daughter

Oct

2016

Last week, during Baby Loss Awareness Week, Brockley MP Vicky Foxcroft delivered a moving speech in the Commons, talking about the loss of her own daughter, Veronica.Now, in an article for The Guardian, Vicky has written about the motivation for her speech. She says:"In contemplating [my] decision, I struggled with whether I was able to ...

A Roman Stone Coffin in Deptford

Oct

2016

You can spend many hours browsing round the old Ordnance Survey maps of London and elsewhere that the National Library of Scotland has made available, free of charge.A feature of the 1893 map is that it includes some archaeological information, along with contemporary street plans. According to this map, a stone coffin was found in ...