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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...

Joan Littlewood (and Brendan Behan) in Blackheath

May

2014

This year is the centenary of the birth of Joan Littlewood (1914-2002), one of the most influential figures in 20th century British theatre. Among many other things she founded the radical Theatre Workshop and directed iconic plays including Shelagh Delaney's A Taste of Honey and Oh What a Lovely War (1963).Joan Littlewood - not sure ...

On Blackheath, September 13th / 14th

May

2014

On Blackheath, the festival they tried to ban, is taking place on September 13th / 14th and tickets are now on-sale.

White Panther Party 1972 – ‘hassled by the pigs’ in Abbey Wood and beyond

Feb

2014

The White Panther Party was a radical and anti-racist organisation originally established in the Detroit area in 1968 with the aim of bringing together white radicals to act alongside the Black Panther Party. It had its roots in the counter-culture, with one of its founders being John Sinclair - manager of the proto-punk band the ...

Amnesty International Book Sale in Blackheath

Nov

2013

Next week is the annual Amnesty International Book Sale in Blackheath, a regular date in the diary of all south London bibliophiles. Here's the details:'The Blackheath and Greenwich Group of Amnesty International is holding its annual fund-raising book sale on Saturday 23 November at the Church of the Ascension, Dartmouth Row, London SE10 (10 minutes ...

Free parking this Christmas for Small Business Saturday

Nov

2013

Lewisham Council writes:Lewisham Council is to offer free car parking on three Saturdays in the run up to Christmas.Shoppers will be able to park for free all day in all council-run car parks in Blackheath, Catford, Deptford, Forest Hill, Lewisham and Sydenham on Saturday 7, 14 and 21 December.The start of the free parking offer ...

Win the chance to start Blackheath Fireworks on Saturday 2 November

Sep

2013

After Greenwich Council realised it could free-ride on the Blackheath firework display and save its cash to splurge on regal backslapping, Lewisham Council sought innovative ways to fund the event. The Council writes:For the first time, Lewisham Council is inviting residents to enter a prize draw with a first prize of ‘pressing the plunger’ to ...

Centenary of Emily Davison’s Derby Protest – Blackheath-born Suffragette

Jun

2013

One hundred years ago today, on the 4 June 1913, suffragette Emily Wilding Davison was hit by a horse at the Epson Derby. She died in hospital four days later. Emily was a militant campaigner for votes for women as a member of the Women's Social and Political Union, and had endured nine periods of imprisonment ...

History Corner: Charles II returns from exile via Blackheath and Deptford.

May

2013

On this day in 1660, King Charles II entered London on return from exile in Holland. Having landed at Dover on May 25th, he spent time at Canterbury and Rochester before making his way into the capital on his 30th birthday, May 29th. The journey is described in a contemporary pamphlet 'England's Joy or a relation of the ...

Two new Lewisham pocket parks created

Mar

2013

A press release from the Mayor of London's office says:From fruit and veg patches to water features, work is beginning on the first of the Mayor’s 100 ‘pocket parks’ – transforming underused urban spaces into mini oases across the capital in a £2m scheme.‘Pocket Parks’, which are around the size of a tennis court, are ...

Music Monday: Trelawney

Feb

2013

Trelawney, as the name suggests, are a band whose music is born out of Cornwall, but are based in South London, spread across Brockley, New Cross and Blackheath. They cite their influences as 'including the Associates and Suede, through to more recent bands like Wild Beasts'.Their song Beast of Black Heath is titled in 'reference to the Beast ...