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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...

SE London Women Against Rape – Lewisham demo, 1980

Aug

2017

I found this browsing at the interesting digital archive of feminist magazine, Spare Rib. The July 1980 issues records a 300 strong march through Lewisham on May 10 1980, called by South East London Women Against Rape - a group set up 'by Lewisham women after some of them had become involved in helping a ...

Waterintobeer launch birthday celebration with the Brockley Brewery and Dulwich Hamlet FC

Aug

2017

The Waterintobeer team write:Brockley's home brewing supplies and beer shop, waterintobeer (on Mantle Road), has teamed up with Brockley Brewery and Dulwich Hamlet FC to celebrate its first birthday.To celebrate its first birthday, owner Tim has collaborated with Brockley Brewery to create an exclusive orange peel porter and for the first time, you'll be able ...

Death Race 2017: Telegraph Hill Soap Box Derby

Aug

2017

To take part in the event, your car needs to have some sort of steering mechanism!The first ever Telegraph Hill Soap Box Derby will take place on September 10th. Organiser Martin writes:Absolutely anyone is welcome to build a cart, show it off, race it round the course (if you're over 10)... and then pick up ...

Lewisham house prices rose 1.67% in year after Brexit

Aug

2017

CityAM has published a map of the house price changes recorded in each London borough in the 12 months since Brexit, and shows that Lewisham experienced a rise of 1.67% between June 2016 and July 2017.The map, based on data from Emoov, displays risers in blue and fallers in red. Lewisham, which has experienced some ...

Brockley Mess for sale

Aug

2017

Would it not be easierIn that case for the governmentTo dissolve the peopleAnd elect another?- The Solution, Bertold BrechtMidtown cafe The Brockley Mess is up for sale. The estate agents say:"Contemporary coffee shop & restaurant for sale situated in a desirable location within Brockley. Well-presented trade area measuring approximately 1,066 sq ft (GIA) for 51 ...

Sound System: Dave Randall talk at Rye Wax

Aug

2017

Coming up tonight (15 August 2017) at Rye Wax in the Bussey building on Rye Lane Se15, a Q&A with Brixton-based musician Dave Randall (Faithless, Slovo) about his new book 'Sound System: the political power of music':'Musicians have often wanted to change the world. From underground innovators to pop icons, many have believed in the ...

Stretching: The Truth

Aug

2017

Fences across South London, including these ones on Brookmill Road in Deptford, enjoyed a past life as medical stretchers during World War II.A new campaign group, called the Stretcher Railing Society, is trying to raise awareness of their historical significance before they are ripped up by developers.Wow- never knew these existed! Here they are on ...

Nice Thing One and Thing Two

Aug

2017

Arcadia according to Claude with a view of Sellafield Power Station” 2014. Kaori Homma.Brockley artists, Glenn Mottershead and Kaori Homma, are the featured artists at Ladywell shop Casilda’s Nice Things on Thursday 31st August 2017. Both will be taking part in a meet-and-greet session from 6pm. Free tickets available here.Glenn Mottershead creates abstract photography, they ...

The Marquis of Granby – past and present

Aug

2017

This postcard of New Cross pub the Marquis of Granby in 1911 was unearthed by @se23LDN.This new face for the pub was created in 2017 by Artmongers, paid for by Anthology.

Women In Front – A Public Art Exhibition of Women’s Work in WW1 Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th September 2017, 11am-4pm

Aug

2017

Women In Front - public art exhibition commemorates the contribution of women to the war effort at home and at the front in the First World War. As the war progressed with mounting casualties and the introduction of conscription, over 1 million women were employed for the first time in occupations previously reserved for men. ...