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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...

London Assembly Member petitions Brockley residents against Heathrow noise

Feb

2016

Brockley resident and London Assembly Member Darren Johnson writes:At present, over 700,000 people live under the Heathrow flight paths; that is, 28% of all people impacted by aircraft noise across Europe. For many people it can mean more than 40 planes an hour passing overhead at the busiest times. People are crying out for respite. ...

Horniman Merman on QI

Feb

2016

The curious'Merman' figure from the Horniman Museum in Forest Hilll featured in a recent episode of QI, with Stephen Fry and guests including Sara Pascoe, Josh Widdicombe, Phill Jupitus and Alan Davies discussing this strange beast.As Fry mentions, recent testing has confirmed that the figure was made from fish body parts supplemented with wood and ...

The Furrow Collective + Loreley + Storywheel: The Goose Is Out! The Ivy House.

Feb

2016

The Furrow Collective + Loreley + Storywheel : The Goose Is Out! The Ivy House, 40 Stuart Road se15 3BE. Friday 25 March. Doors open 7.00PM Tickets available in advance here: http://www.wegottickets.com/thegooseisout Also available over the bar. We have welcomed Alasdair Roberts to the Goose on many occasions, and we are delighted to be welcoming ...

London and Brexit

Feb

2016

Time Out has produced a series of infographics, which show how much of the population of the rest of the country could be squeezed into London. Another of their maps shows that Lewisham's population is roughly the size of Sunderland's (or Newcastle's).The maps are an illustration of London's dominance of the UK. A map based ...

The Telegraph Hill Festival 2016, March 5 – 20

Feb

2016

Sanjit writes:The Telegraph Hill Festival is a 22 year old Festival celebrating life in this part of South London. This year's Festival majors on community, participation and experimentation.There are free events and taster sessions - everything from art classes to yoga. - all taking place at Telegraph Hill Centre St Catherine's Church plays host ...

The Sail Loft, Greenwich

Feb

2016

11 Victoria ParadeLondonSE10 9FRThe Sail Loft is a new Fuller's pub on the Deptford-Greenwich border.A large glass box overlooking the river, it opened in January and is already hugely popular. I visited a couple of weeks ago and booking ahead to get a table at the weekend was essential.A 21st century interpretation of The Trafalgar, ...

Leonard Manasseh at Hilly Fields

Feb

2016

We are always interested to see photographs from Hilly Fields over the years, but this find on the internet last night is fantastic. Currently condemned by the council, the bowls pavilion was actually designed by one of the leading British Architects of the 1960s, Leonard Manasseh RA.

City Ramblers Revival : The Goose Is Out! The White Horse, Thurs 10 March.

Feb

2016

Our first night at The White Horse Peckham. City Ramblers Revival : The White Horse 20-22 Peckham Rye, London SE15 4JR Thursday 10 March . Doors open at 7.30 PM . Live music from 8.00 PM £7 on the door. "Some open spots for unbooked singers" Descendants of fifties skiffle band (or group, as bands ...

Ode to Malpas Paul

Feb

2016

Dicky Fox: The key to this business is personal relationships.- Jerry MaguireJournalist Simon Usborne has produced a paean to veteran Malpas Road barber Paul Neophytou. Writing in the Independent, he saysI have known Paul for 28 years but only learned his second name this week. "My name is Neophytou," he says while dropping a gown ...

Job vacancy: IWMF Operative

Feb

2016

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a full-time Integrated Waste Management Facility (IWMF) Operative. As a member of the mechanical biological treatment (MBT) team you will be required to work within an operational environment where we produce a refuse derived fuel (RDF) from municipal solid waste. IWMF operatives are responsible for the industrial cleaning and ...