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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...

Brookmill Pub reopens on August 30th

Aug

2016

The Brookmill Pub on the St John's / Deptford border will open its doors on August 30th. They are planning to open to minimal fanfare, with a view to staging a proper launch in September.The pub has undergone a major refurbishment from its new owners (who also run The Great North Wood in West Norwood). ...

Future Shorts Deptford

Aug

2016

Deptford bar / restaurant / art venue Buster Mantis is hosting Future Shorts, the largest short film network in the world, for a one-off pop-up cinema screening of its Summer 2016 season of short films.Buster Mantis promises "a full evening's worth of entertainment with food, craft beers, cocktails, DJs and special guests."Advance tickets £4, with ...

Deptford Craft Market, August 20th

Aug

2016

Rice Paper Tales at The Deptford Lounge

Aug

2016

Georgie writes:Rice Paper Tales is inspired by Tiet Van Nguyen, a Vietnamese story teller of some of the most beautiful, funny and captivating Vietnamese folk tales.Trikhon is looking to provide a uniquely Vietnamese alternative to all-time favorite British Fairy Tales with some classic Vietnamese folk tales. A fantastic way to introduce children to tales from ...

The Royal Standard reopens

Jul

2016

Having previously served as a common room for a hostel, The Royal Standard, on Tanners Hill, opened this weekend as a fully-fledged pub.It's been given a pop-art makeover and a new food menu, which is a little thin in terms of veggie options but otherwise stacked with pub classics.Gill writes:"Went last night for the opening ...

Coming soon: The new Royal Standard

Jun

2016

A fresh lick of #paint for our #relaunch! #royalstandarddeptford #gastropub #exteriors #pubsoflondon #deptford #pub pic.twitter.com/yaPQS5WVGI— The Royal Standard (@TRSDeptford) May 31, 2016 The local pub renaissance continues. The Royal Standard on Tanners Hill, the hostel bar that has been frustratingly closed to the general public for years, is currently being refurbished as a gastropub. The ...

Save Deptford Cinema

May

2016

The Deptford Cinema is a community space on Deptford Broadway that is now under threat and needs your support to get the Council to provide business rate relief.Campaigner Sam writes:About two years ago, I saw a post on the Brockley Central blog advertising a new community project. Lewisham was one of only two London boroughs ...

May Day 2016: Jack in the Green in Deptford and Greenwich

May

2016

Another May Day, another procession through the streets of Deptford and Greenwich with the Fowlers Troop, featuring the Deptford Jack in the Green. As in previous years it all started at the Dog and Bell pub in Deptford, before heading eastward down to the Cutty Sark, Greenwich Park and various pubs. Of course the area is changing, ...

Stuff of note

Apr

2016

I've been very slack about updating the site recently, apologies. Here are some of the things I should already have posted about by now:Brookmill Park River Clean UpJoin Thames21 and the Friends of Brookmill Park for a clean up of the River Ravensbourne and its banks on April 23rd 11am to 1pm This is the ...

The No Frills Band & 20 years of South London folk sessions

Apr

2016

The No Frills Band are playing at the Birds Nest (Church Street SE8) in Deptford on Saturday afternoon - April 9th 2016, so expect some fine traditional folk music. Check facebook for details, but they should be up and running by 4 pmLast time I saw them play was only last Saturday on the steps outside Carnegie Library ...