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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...

Half Nelson – Rock’n’Roll & Wrestling at the Amersham Arms

Feb

2016

Half Nelson is back at The Amersham Arms in New Cross this Saturday 13th February, with a night of wrestling and rock'n'roll. The last event there in October was one of the best nights I've had out locally for ages, very funny but with some serious acrobatics thrown in, and the house band in Mexican wrestling ...

180 Brockley Road revealed

Feb

2016

The wrapping has now come off 180 Brockley Road to the extent that we can see what impact it will have on the streetscape from both Coulgate Street and Brockley Road. I like the massing and mix of materials, especially the metallic roof. I'm not sure how much fun it would be to have floor-to-ceiling windows ...

Hilly Fields Wassail

Feb

2016

Wassailing is an old custom of drinking to the health of fruit trees to ensure a good harvest, most commonly associated with cider apples producing trees in the West Country. Tomorrow (Sunday 7th February) there's a Hilly Fields Wassail with music and refreshments at the orchard by the park's stone circle. It starts at 4 ...

Experimental music night at Vinyl Deptford

Feb

2016

This Saturday February 6th there's a night of experimental/improv music at Vinyl Deptford, the record shop and coffee bar at 4 Tanners Hill,London, SE8: 'a chance to to hear some rarely heard international musicians...Bernadette Zeilinger - (AT - recorders)Diego Mune - (AR - guitars)+ from BerlinMiriam Seiberstadt- (saxes)Lisa Simpson- (sewing machine)+Sue Lynch (sax, flute, clarinet)Richard ...

Coming soon: The Habit

Feb

2016

Another new local dining option is looming on the horizon. The Habit is a "modern British bistro" aiming to open next month, adding to Nunhead's small but pleasingly formed high street. A short walk there and back again may be in order.Actually looking like a restaurant! We are aiming to open next week,will keep everyone ...

How Does it Feel to be Loved back at Montague Arms

Feb

2016

Indie pop/soul club How Does it Feel to be Loved? is back at the Montague Arms tomorrow night (Saturday February 6th), scene of its packed New Year's Eve party recently:'We're doing a series of one-off nights at venues in south London for the early part of 2016, and the first of these is at the ...

Deptford High Street pilots money-back app for parking

Feb

2016

Deptford High Street is piloting a new app called MoreForMe that allows people to get money off their shopping in return for a minimum spend in local shops, offsetting local parking charges. Lewisham Council says:"The free MoreForMe app, developed by Better Cities, can be downloaded onto a smartphone or tablet and works once an activation ...

Lewisham Way crossings live to fight another day

Feb

2016

Don't cross the people of Brockley. TfL have responded to the public consultation about the fate of traffic crossings on the A20 - the Algernon Road crossing at the foot of Loampit Hill will go but those on Lewisham Way will stay. They say:Last year we held a consultation on a number of changes to ...

Fed up with the appalling train service on crofton park loop?Public meeting on Sat 3 Feb &petition

Feb

2016

https://www.change.org/p/thameslink-a-decent-train-service-for-crofton-park-and-the-catford-loop There is a petition to sign, and a meeting on Saturday 6 February at 3pm in the Rivoli. Our MP is apparently going to be there. Thought I would share as I stumbled across this and I am sure there are plenty of people out there just as annoyed as me with the rubbish ...

International football stickers on South London streets

Feb

2016

Some football stickers spotted on my rounds today, mostly in vicinity of Millwall FC. Every sticker tells a story...'No one likes us we don't care' is well known as the Millwall cry, but what about Sham Army? The latter refers to followers of 70s punk band Sham 69, also mentioned on sticker. The band took ...