Hullabaloo, Deptford

Hullabaloo is a new Indian cafe on Douglas Way, Deptford. It joins a growing list of food options in the area and is a stone's throw from Deptford Market Yard.Its website gives nothing away, so if you've had a chance to try it out, please share your thoughts here.

SMASHfest Supervolcano

It's SMASHfestUK week!The pop-science and theatre festival aimed at kids of all ages has taken over the Deptford Lounge and The Albany during half term and is staging a range of free Supervolcano-themed events.The 2017 centrepiece is a five metre-high cryovolcano that will erupt, shooting 1500 ping pong balls high into the sky above the ...

Deptford High Street improvement works start this week

A map of the improvement worksThe Deptford Dame reports:"Lewisham Council has got some funding from Transport for London to pay for improvements to the north end of Deptford High Street and the six-month programme of construction work is set to start this week."The work will involve widening the pavements, planting trees, installing new seating, traffic ...

Coming soon: Winemakers Deptford

The Winemakers Club in Farringdon will serve as a modelNew wine bar and restaurant from the team behind the Winemakers Club in Farringdon, opens later this month, replacing Hungry Boy on Deptford High Street. The Drinks Business reports:Winemakers Deptford is set to open at the end of this month and will comprise a bar and restaurant, as ...

Death of an Italian Deptford Anarchist (1907)

'ANARCHIST DISCIPLE’S DEATHThe body man of a man found shot through the head, at Lambeth Meadow, Plumstead on Wednesday morning, was on Thursday identified as that of Leone Povinelli, Italian ice-cream vendor, residing at 25, Brookmill Road, Deptford. Emilio Nella, a companion of the deceased, who lives at the same address, saw the body during ...

Blue is the new Green is the new Orange

Jesse: It may be blue, but it's the bomb.Tuco: Tight! Tight, tight, yeah! Oh, blue, yellow, pink. Whatever, man. Just keep bringing me that.- Breaking BadCo-Ops are the new Sainsbury's. Two new convenience stores are about to open in the area.Still rushing from the critical success of its re-brand from green to crystal blue, the company ...

Feeding the poor at Christmas in Victorian New Cross

Charitable appeals from Victorian New Cross:'Poor Children's Dinners Sir, —The time is drawing very near when it is  customary to give the poor little destitute children a Christmas dinner of roast beef and plum-pudding, also weekly dinners during the succeeding three or four months. May I be permitted to invite the attention of your readers to ...

Deptford Market Yard opening night tonight

Today's the official opening of Deptford Market Yard and the special offers from participating businesses include:Win & Ruby10% off all dayPlain BearChance to win 25% off in store activities, Instagram competition plus free limited edition tote bag when spending over £70Gitas Portal GP are celebrating their 5 year anniversary with celebratory fun in store including a ...

Deptford Sounds Today

A couple of interesting musical events in Deptford this afternoon/evening (Saturday 19  November):First up from 5 pm at Vinyl Deptford (cafe/record shop at 4 Tanners Hill),  there's a progamme of 'live experimental, electronic and improvised music presented by Hither Green's foremost underground label Linear Obsessional Recordings'Line up includes:UNNAMABLE TRIO - A new trio brought together ...

The London Migration Film Festival, November 11-13

London Migration Film Festival (LMFF) will take place over three days from 11-13 November, 2016 across two venues in southeast London, including Deptford Cinema and Buster Mantis.Eight feature length films will be screened as part of the festival, along with a number of shorts. Between films there will be two panel discussions with academics, artists, ...