March 2017 - Page 5 of 5

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...

Sparrow to give Lewisham a big sexy hook I think you are going to really dig

Mar

2017

Lewisham may never get the Polpo it was promised, but it is welcoming something similarly delicious-sounding. The Evening Standard reports that a new restaurant called Sparrow will open on Rennell Street, close to Lewisham Station:"A couple who met while working at St John are opening their own restaurant in Lewisham."Terry Blake and Yohini Nandakumar will ...

Volunteer at local social groups for over 60s

Mar

2017

Are you passionate about helping older people stay independent and reduce social isolation? Do you have weekday daytime availability? E.g. 2-3 hours either weekly or fortnightly. Link Age Southwark offers friendly volunteer support to older people in Southwark, to combat loneliness and isolation through befriending and social groups. We particularly need help running our social ...

Thameslink works cause St John’s headache

Mar

2017

Martin writes:We are having a nightmare in St. Johns with the ongoing railway work. Network Rail have converted the woodland area opposite the station into a works depot for the broader Thameslink project. They have done this without planning permission and consultation.For those of us living around it, it has become a noisy 24 hour ...

V22 Ladywell Bridge

Mar

2017

V22, an art organisation that provides studio and workshop space for creatives, is opening a new facility beneath Ladywell Bridge. They say:V22 are pleased to announce that we are taking a ten year lease on seven arches under Ladywell Bridge which lead onto the station and back onto the park. The studios have good height ...

Lucifer Over Lancashire – the Pendle Witch Trials

Mar

2017

This Thursday night (March 9th 2017), South East London Folklore Society will be examining The Pendle Witch Trials of 1612 - some of the best recorded and famous witch trials of the 17th century.SELFS host Nigel Hoyle has a rather fine folk music project, The Cunning Folk, and they have written a song about the Pendle ...

Budgens4Life

Mar

2017

Pratik from the Crofton Park Budgens writes:You may have seen some recent press reports regarding the closure of 36 Budgens stores nationwide.In July 2016, The Food Retailer Operations Limited (TFR) bought 36 stores from the Co-op and traded them under the Budgens brand.However, due to financial issues the company TFR experienced, it has gone into ...

Printworks: All that’s fit to print

Mar

2017

Friend of BC, James, has been to The Printworks in Canada Water and after an all-day rave at our new resident super club, he is keen to tell you how impressed he was by the soundproofing. The party animal writes:We descended on London’s newest, and perhaps only, super club – Printworks – on Saturday, for ...

Deliciously Ella (probably doesn’t do) Crofton Park

Mar

2017

UPDATE: After some sleuthing by BCer Joe, it appears this is a false alarm. The address mentioned relates to a recruitment firm. Which makes more sense, if we're honest. Sorry for the mistake.@BrockleyCentral just seen in a magazine @DeliciouslyElla opening in SE London #croftonpark pic.twitter.com/WmzrUCe4Up— Kim McGowan (@McGowanKim) March 6, 2017Deliciously Ella, the 'natural eating' ...

East London Line trains could get juiced to 24tph

Mar

2017

The most recent minutes from TfL's Programmes and Investment Committee notes that they are exploring the possibility of using new digital control systems to amp-up the East London Line service and deliver 24 trains per hour, rather than the current peak of 16.Digital signalling effectively means that computers drive the trains and can do so ...

Fair Funding for Lewisham Schools

Mar

2017

Cassie writes:The National Fair Funding for All Schools Campaign is holding a public forum for parents, teachers, head teachers, governors and councillors in Lewisham to raise awareness about the proposed cuts to schools’ budgets.The event will be chaired by Lewisham parents who are engaged with the National Fair Funding for All Schools'campaign and will be ...