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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...

Croydon racist protest outnumbered

Sep

2021

A small far right anti-refugee protest in Croydon was outnumbered by opposition on 4th September. Only around 20 racists got it together to turn up at Lunar House (Home Office UK Visas and Immigration HQ), where they complained about being let down by the no shows and being surrounded by anti-fascists numbering between 150-200.Far right ...

Elizabeth Colgate (1834-1918) pacifist and anti-slavery campaigner

Sep

2021

On the Ladywell entrance path to the dissenters chapel in Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries stands the headstone of Elizabeth Colgate. It can be seen from the main path towards the left just before you reach the chapel. The headstone commemorates a remarkable political and social activist of the Victorian era who campaigned against the key social ...

Dub London – nights of raving

Sep

2021

'Dub London: Bassline of a city' closed last week at the Museum of London, a small exhibition documenting the impact of reggae sound system culture in the capital. Exhibits included a speaker stack from Channel One sound system, photographs and a vinyl selection provided by London reggae record shops. Naturally, South East London featured prominently, with ...

Extinction Rebellion back on Blackheath – if not now, when?

Aug

2021

As part of this month's Extinction Rebellion 'Impossible Rebellion' in London, some supporters have been camping out on Blackheath, as they did in 2019 and as their Climate Camp predecessors did back in 2009.'If not you, then who? If not now, the when? Demand Climate Action''Let's nurse the earth''Welcome to Blackheath Camp', a Greenwich XR ...

London Open House Festival 2021 – book your tours of Brockley & Ladywell cemeteries on Sunday 5th September

Aug

2021

Open House Festival 2021SUNDAY 5th SEPTEMBER 2.15 – 3.15pm Short Tour of Brockley Cemetery 2.30 – 3.30pm Short Tour of Ladywell Cemetery Both tours start from the Ladywell Cross of Sacrifice BOOKABLE ONLY VIA THE OPEN HOUSE WEBSITE The Chapel will be open and our publications will be on saleOpen House Festival London will take place from the 4 - 12 ...

Music Monday: The Battle of Lewisham 1977

Aug

2021

Long time New Cross balladeers Ceri James and Mark Sampson have collaborated on a new single, 'The Battle of Lewisham 1977', released last week on the anniversary of the historic anti-National Front demonstration in New Cross and Lewisham (see lots of previous posts here for background to this)Syd Shelton's iconic image from the 'Battle of ...

Elias and Frances Ford: great-great-grandson traces his family’s history

Aug

2021

A few years ago I was given a very old family bible. In the back pages were detailed all its owners from 1724 to 1860 and this started my interest in discovering my family history. I’d heard various names mentioned in the past by my parents and grandparents but have to admit that I never ...

New Crass Massahkah on South Bank

Jul

2021

Linton Kwesi Johnson’s New Craas Massahkah poem, about the 1981 New Cross Fire, is on display by the South Bank Centre where the track is being played on the hour every hour until the end of August.

Hilly Fields Quiz 2021

Jul

2021

As usual, the Friends of Hilly Fields produced a Hilly Fields Quiz for the BrocSoc Midsummer Fayre on Saturday. And as usual there were ten tough(ish) questions. Nobody got all the questions right but three people got 9 out of 10 right and will share the prize vouchers for the Hilly Fields Cafe.We thank everyone ...

Women’s Day for Disarmament 1983

Jul

2021

'Women's Day for Disarmament' took place on May 24 1983, with hundreds of events across Britain. This was the period of the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp against cruise missiles and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament was at its height.In South London events included a temporary peace camp on Clapham Common near to the South ...