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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...

Drone Folk at Rye Wax

Apr

2016

Tomorrow afternoon (Sunday 2.00 pm to 6:00 pm) at Rye Wax in the Bussey Building SE15:'Cunning Folk Music invite you to a free afternoon of drone folk at RyeWax. Analogue synthesis combined with singing & playing. An eclectic selection of artists collaborating in an experiment in cross genre pollination.The bill is expanding. At present confirmed artists include ...

Stuff of note

Apr

2016

I've been very slack about updating the site recently, apologies. Here are some of the things I should already have posted about by now:Brookmill Park River Clean UpJoin Thames21 and the Friends of Brookmill Park for a clean up of the River Ravensbourne and its banks on April 23rd 11am to 1pm This is the ...

Party Island, New Cross

Apr

2016

Brockley Market’s Time Out takeover

Apr

2016

Brockley Market is the star of the latest edition of Time Out, which has donated a whole page to Mike+Ollie, the Blackwood Cheese Company, Nathan the Butcher, et al.Thanks to Kerstin for the scan.

Lack of nightlife shields Lewisham from gentrifiers’ unblinking eye

Apr

2016

The phantom of gentrification is retreating from this borough, according to new research by Cambridge University, which found that areas like Lewisham with high deprivation scores and relatively few visits by strangers are the slowest to gentrify.This area's fabled "hidden gem" status grants it some immunity to the dread forces of microbreweries and sour dough ...

John Roan Resists Meeting

Apr

2016

Last November staff at The John Roan school in Greenwich took strike action against plans to turn the school into an Academy. While 'academisation' (horrible word) was put on hold, it is now back on the agenda nationally with the Government threatening to make every school an Academy whether they want to or not, as well as ...

Somerville Adventure Playground Build Day

Apr

2016

The new building at Somerville Adventure PlaygroundSomerville Adventure Playground in New Cross (in Queens Road opposite the Montague Arms) has been going through a period of redevelopment with a new building and refurbishment of the playground in the lead up to its reopening in May. This weekend - Saturday 16th April (10 am - 3 pm) ...

It’s not who you are underneath, but what you brew that defines you

Apr

2016

Behold the new gateway to Brockley.Brockley Brewery have cut a deal with Speedicars and created a new sign on Coulgate Street to welcome visitors as they disembark at Brockley Station.We have arrived.

Bonfire profanities

Apr

2016

Smokey Satsuma writes:At the risk of being incendiary (...) would it be possible to make an appeal against bonfires?Brockleyites seem to be increasingly using them as a way to dispose of rubbish. One bonfire can create a huge amount of smoke, and for those of us without hermetically sealed windows and doors that leads to ...

Ben Smith – Cityscapes

Apr

2016

CITYSCAPES is an exhibition of paintings and drawings by Ben Smith at Xavier White’s Gallery in Blackheath: 'Ben Smith draws and paints the urban fabric of South London, drawing from life and creating paintings in his studio, aiming to portray the depth, repetition and interchangeability of the contemporary cityscape. The works exhibited at Xavier White’s front room ...