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Featured local business - Clubtek

Forest

SE23

Hill

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...

The Blackheath Fireworks 2015

Oct

2015

Lewisham Council have confirmed that Blackheath Fireworks is once again set to entertain thousands of people this year on Saturday 7 November at 8pm.This fantastic event is still one of very few London fireworks celebrations which is free to enter and annually attracts over 80,000 people from all over London. Lewisham Council is once again ...

Charity Ball to raise money for Lewisham Hospital

Sep

2015

Ed and Natalie write:On Christmas day last year we had a son, Arthur, who was born 11 weeks prematurely and sadly passed away 5 days later in the neonatal intensive care unit at Lewisham Hospital. The care he received from the team there during his short time was amazing. To this end, we have decided ...

The Brockley Deli at the Conservatoire

May

2015

More evidence that this area is a foodie centre of excellence: Brockley is exporting its deli expertise to Blackheath with the opening of The Brockley Deli at the Conservatoire in Blackheath. Ahead of yesterday's launch, founder Zoltan explained:"The Brockley Deli at the Conservatoire' is now open for business! We are really pleased to be working ...

On Blackheath, September 12th / 13th

Feb

2015

Tickets for the On Blackheath music festival went on sale today. A full price weekend ticket costs £79, but there is a £10 discount for local residents, including SE4 addresses. Elbow and Kelis are among the headliners. Click here for details.If anyone went last year, please tell us what it was like.

Brockley eclipses Blackheath in Time Out awards

Nov

2014

Duke: He's worried! You cut him! You hurt him! You see? You see? He's not a machine, he's a man! - Rocky IVFor the last few weeks, Time Out has been asking people to vote for their favourite local venues in neighbourhoods across London. The results are now out and despite being randomly bundled together ...

Two Book Sales

Nov

2014

A sign of a good secondhand booksale is when you come home with as many books as you can carry but still finding yourself thinking about a book that you wish you had bought. In my case that would be a nice hardback edition of 'Giordano Bruno and the Hermetic Tradition' by Frances Yates which ...

Blackheath Fireworks 2014 – Back the Bangs

Oct

2014

Bonfire Night is apparently November 1st this year. Lewisham Council writes:Blackheath Fireworks, one of the biggest free displays in the capital, will light up the skies on Saturday 1 November from 8pm. A funfair will be open from 4pm and food and refreshments from 5pm.And this year, there will be specially-themed music to accompany the ...

Help to Buy vs Mansion Tax

Oct

2014

In recent days, two maps have appeared which throw a bit more light on the state of the Lewisham housing market.The first is in The Telegraph, which has mapped the boroughs according to the number of homes bought through the Help to Buy scheme. The areas in dark red are those which have made most ...

Amnesty International and Lewisham Pensioners Forum Book Sales

Jun

2014

Two of South London's great regular charity book sales coming up in next few weeks.Amnesty International's Blackheath summer booksale is on Saturday 21st June at the Church of the Ascension, Dartmouth Row SE10 8BF from 9 am to 5 pm. A couple of weeks later on Sunday July 6th, Lewisham Pensioners Forum have their six monthly ...

The OnBlackheath Beach, from June 20th

Jun

2014

To coincide with the arrival of music festival, OnBlackheath, the Blackheath Conservatoire will be turned into a beach from June 20th. They say:"The seaside is coming to Blackheath this summer as the grounds of the Grade II Listed Conservatoire will be transformed into an urban sandy beach with a pop up café, street food, beach ...