Deptford Archives - Page 13 of 32

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...

Creak: Immersive sewer theatre

Sep

2015

The Albany Theatre team write:On Saturday 26th September, enter Victorian Deptford with the Toshers who worked in the sewers... Take a low tide wade and find hidden treasures!Be taken back to Victorian Deptford by Penny Dreadful Productions and find out about the life of a Tosher working in the sewers in the area.Come and visit ...

Other people’s blogging – Deptford High Street evolution

Aug

2015

Deptford Dame has found an application to knock down a hideous block of flats on Deptford High Street and replace it with a modernist hotel.The hotel will be located near the station and complement the Deptford Project, which is nearing completion. It also promises to add another evening drinking venue to a street that has lost several ...

Deptford junction is among Britain’s top cycle injury hotspots

Aug

2015

As part of its campaign to increase cycling in British cities The Times has worked with Esri UK to produce an interactive map, which documents each incident in which a cyclist was injured or killed in 2014. With 75% of incidents taking place at a junction, they have listed the eight most dangerous junctions in ...

Oskar Jakobsen at fourFold

Jul

2015

Brockley-based curator Lanny Walker is staging an exhibition by Oskar Jakobsen at fourFold gallery at the Enclave art base in Deptford tonight. Oskar will be there this evening to discuss his work.Click here for more details.

Three Feathers & The Old Witch: Two Deptford Fairy Tales

Jul

2015

More English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs (1894) includes a tale called 'Three Feathers' which the author states was 'Collected by Mrs Gomme from some hop-pickers near Deptford' (presumably the folklorist Alice Gomme).'Once upon a time there was a girl who was married to a husband that she never saw. And the way this was, ...

Goldsmiths Sayes Court Institute: for ‘bona fide artizans and working people’ only (1896)

Jul

2015

In the late 19th century, the Goldsmiths Institute in New Cross had a satellite 'Sayes Court Institute' in Evelyn Street, Deptford. According to the 1896 Goldsmiths handbook (a copy of which is in the Special Collections archive in Goldsmiths library), the building (pictured) included a gymnasium hall, reading room/games room and four classrooms.Membership was restricted ...

New art gallery and studios opening in September

Jul

2015

The long-awaited new gallery at the Seager Distillery (9 Brookmill Road) is finally taking shape.The Deptford development has been through many incarnations and the gallery was demoted from a location at the front of the building to a side street entrance, but it is now confirmed to open in September, incorporating seven artist studios and serving ...

Duke slammed for angry rant

Jul

2015

The reigning BBC slam poetry champion, David Lee Morgan will be performing his brand new 2015 Full Edinburgh preview show, BUILDING GOD at 8:00pm at The Duke, Deptford (125 Creek Road, SE8 3BU) on July 19th.With special guest, Bird Radio performing from 7:15pm. The event is free.

Slam poetry at The Duke

Jul

2015

Coming up at the Duke in Deptford on Sunday July 19th (5 pm - 9 pm), Platform 7 present: '2014 UK & reigning BBC slam poetry champion, David Lee Morgan performing his brand new 2015 Full Edinburgh preview show, BUILDING GOD, 8:00pm [watch David from 2014 here]With special guest, Bird Radio performing his stunning new album ...

Asda opens on Deptford High Street

Jul

2015

Asda has opened its new small-format store at 5-9 Deptford High Street. The opening is part of the chain's southern strategy and puts it head-to-head with Tesco further down the street. Asda plans another store opening in Lewisham.Full disclosure: Asda is a client of my employer.