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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...

Twinkle Park – Sounds in the Park today

Jun

2013

Grateful to the Deptford Dame, who alerted us to this star in our firmament:‘Sounds in the Park’ is presented by Twinkle Park Trust and Friends in partnership with Parksfest 2013, a series of free events organised by Friends of Greenwich Parks and supported by the Royal Borough of Greenwich.This Summer Festival will take place in ...

Gaggle Cave Opens

Jun

2013

The Gaggle Cave opened on Thurday night in InSitu, the new art space attached to the Royal Albert on New Cross Road. The Gaggle choir sang a couple of songs outside, and there's lots of stuff happening there over the next few weeks. There's quite a few fee paying workshops; among the free stuff is ...

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 ...

History Corner: John Evelyn of Deptford

May

2013

John Evelyn (1620-1706) has cropped up a few times for me in the last week. The seventeenth century diarist, writer, gardener and government official is remembered in the names of the local Evelyn Street and Lewisham's Evelyn Ward, among other places.Portrait of Evelyn by Robert WalkerLast Saturday I gave a history tour of the Deptford riverfront to ...

Little Nan’s Big Day Out

May

2013

Little Nan's Bar in Deptford is venturing out during the day. Tearing herself away from Countdown, Nan says:I am launching my monthly Lunchtime Afternoon Tea Party and Tabletop Sale on Sunday 26th May. Tabletop Sale is Free Entry to visitors (get in touch to sell!) - selling family heirlooms, vintage bric a brac, fashions, art ...

Freshly Packed / Always Check the Label

May

2013

Annie writes:Something Human, in partnership with Brockspace, are pleased to present a series of live performance works entitled FRESHLY PACKED / ALWAYS CHECK THE LABEL. This line-up of work will take place across the summer of 2013 and aims to bring new, experimental work and build new audiences for live performance work in Brockley, southeast ...

The Deptford Food Court

May

2013

The Greenwich Co-Operative Development Agency is launching a new street food court in Deptford on May 18th as an accompaniment to the regular market. It sounds sufficiently different to other local options, including Brockley Market, to be a genuinely interesting new local option.

May Day 2013 – what happened?

May

2013

The Shard shines through the May Day blossom in St Johns Churchyard SE1So how was May Day and the holiday weekend for you? On May Day itself the Fowlers Troop made their way through Deptford and Greenwich with the Jack in the Green - pictured here outside the Rose and Crown in Greenwich.Photo from Diana ...

Harry Haward

May

2013

Nice piece by Celia Topping in last week's Time Out London magazine about Resonance FM, broadcasting its eclectic mix from Borough High Street to the capital. Among the contrbutors interviewed is Harry Haward of DAGE (Deptford Action Group for the Elderly):''Nice to meet ya,’ growls Harry Haward. His gnarled hand encloses mine in a powerful grip. For ...

Faircharm Workspace approved

May

2013

The proposed redevelopment of Faircharm trading estate in Deptford as the Faircharm Creative Quarter was approved by Lewisham Council on May 2nd.The plans submitted by developers Workspace will open up the site and lead to an increase in employment, but workshop space will be lost, forcing some of the incumbents to relocate, meaning some high quality ...