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Featured local business - Clubtek

Forest

SE23

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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...

Music Monday: Down on Deptford Creek by The Alan Tyler Show

Dec

2017

Alan Tyler was the lead singer of The Rockingbirds, who in their early 1990s indie/country rock hey day put out a couple of albumns and a series of singles and EPs on Heavenly then Cooking Vinyl records. A couple of years ago the Alan Tyler Show recorded their song 'Down on Deptford Creek':The water’s rising with ...

Crofton Park Vinyl

Dec

2017

What a record looks likeWill writes:We are setting up a vinyl record shop in Crofton Park Library. Most of the proceeds will go directly towards funding the running of the library and improvements to it.We will be working closely with the already established and successful Crofton Books, who are also based at the libraryThere will ...

Feral Horses in Deptford Market Yard

Dec

2017

Feral Horses is a new art investment company, which allows everyday schlubs to take a punt with relatively small amounts of money.We are still working but things are starting to get serious ahah :) pic.twitter.com/PJL9mY3apr— Feral Horses (@FeralHorses) November 29, 2017The London-based fintech firm picks up-and-coming artists and allows its customers to buy and trade ...

Xmas Family Magic Show 30th December 1 – 3pm & 4 – 6pm The Ivy House

Dec

2017

Xmas Family Comedy Magic Show – Saturday December 30th 1 – 3pm & 4 – 6pm@ The Ivy House, 40 Stuart Rd, Nunhead, London SE15 3BE Doors Open 30 minutes early. Interval between two Magical acts from Klassy Magic & Amigo’s Magic Magic before your very eyes, Mayhem, comedy, one lucky person to have their ...

The Walworth Beauty

Dec

2017

The Walworth Beauty (2017) by Michele Roberts is a novel featuring two entwined stories set in the same area of south London over a 160 year period. One thread concerns a man working for Henry Mayhew carrying out research into the lives of prostitutes in the early 1850s. Unknowingly retracing some of his steps in ...

Shop Small in Brockley

Dec

2017

I have recently changed jobs, moving to a new agency, which means lots of new clients I have to remember to disclose if I ever mention them. I am currently surrounded by lots of people working diligently to support American Express' Shop Small campaign (tomorrow), which gives Amex card holders £5 credit when they spend £10 ...

Police seek South London sex attacker caught on Brockley CCTV

Dec

2017

The police are asking for the public to help identifying a serial sex attacker, who was caught on CCTV in Brockley following an attack on a 15-year-old girl. The BBC reports:CCTV footage has been released of a man police want to speak to about 25 sexual assaults of women and children.The Metropolitan Police believe the ...

#LoveItLEWISHAM

Nov

2017

Lewisham is bidding to host London's new Borough of Culture festival. Two winners will receive £1m from the Mayor of London to stage events in 2019 and 2020.Ladywell cartoonist Martin Rowson has produced this artwork to back the bid, which you can support here and by using the hashtag #LoveItLEWISHAM

Browns Doubles Down

Nov

2017

Browns of Brockley has always been too popular for its tiny footprint, so the news that it is expanding in to the vacant Speedicars office is an early Christmas present for dedicated Brownies.The team confirm that they inked the deal a week ago and will soon be expanding, giving them more space and flexibility in ...

Footage from Hilly Fields, 1962

Nov

2017

Thanks so much to Tony Gabis for sending the link to this fabulous piece of footage from 1962, when he was 6 years old. Hilly Fields 1962