Deptford Archives - Page 24 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...

Spooky Deptford in new Kate Mosse book

Nov

2013

The Mistletoe Bride and Other Haunting Tales is a new collection of short stories by Kate Mosse (no not her). One of the stories, The Princess Alice, is set in Deptford - the narrator lives in a flat in Glaisher Street and finds a diary after browsing for books among 'the second-hand sellers who set ...

Get involved with the Old Tidemill School and Garden

Nov

2013

Naomi writes:Old Tidemill School, Frankham Street, SE8 4RN Come and discover Deptford’s hidden gem, the Old Tidemill School and Wildlife Garden.Old Tidemill School will come alive with a hive of activity, every Saturday throughout Autumn/Winter, come design and make with us D.i.W.O style, have fun and get involved.On Saturday 16th November, ITV will be filming ...

Deptford Comment – 1970s newsletter

Nov

2013

I've come across a couple of mentions of an early 1970s publication called 'Deptford Comment'. The following advert for it was published in underground paper International Times (April 9 1970, no.77): 'Policy to provide information and arouse concern about injustice, discrimination, apathy and neglect. Caring about what happens to ordinary people in Deptford. It is ...

David Grandorge photography in Deptford

Nov

2013

Now showing at the Peter von Kant gallery (25 Tanners Hill SE8), David Grandorge's Without Sun. The core of the exihibition is a remarkable series of photographs taken at Svalbard Satellite Station in the Norwegian zone of the Arctic Ocean, where NASA, the European Space Agency and others have installations.For those of us brought up ...

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 ...

Bonfire Against Austerity

Nov

2013

The People's Assembly Against Austerity has called a national day of protest and civil disobedience tomorrow (Tuesday 5 November). They say: 'Campaigners will highlight the human cost of the government’s cuts programme which has seen many local services decimated, jobs lost, wages frozen and the benefits which supported some of the neediest in our community ...

Mayor calls in Convoys Wharf

Oct

2013

The Mayor of London has called-in the £1 billion plan to redevelop Convoys Wharf in Deptford after the developer Hutchison Whampoa lost patience with Lewisham Council over the protracted decision-making process. Building Design reports:Hutchison Whampoa lost patience with the local authority, accusing it of making “unreasonable and unwarranted” demands and of pushing the scheme’s viability ...

Johnson caves in to Convoys Wharf Developers

Oct

2013

The plans by Hutchison Whampoa to redevelop the former Royal Dockyard site on the Deptford riverfront at Convoys Wharf have been widely criticised. Essentially they offer an identikit riverside tower block scheme with cursory social housing and little reference to the site's rich history, not to mention a huge impact on the local transport, health ...

History Corner: WW2 Stretchers as Railings

Oct

2013

Mereton Mansions in Brookmill Road, Deptford was formerly Carrington House, a homeless hostel. The railings outside have an interesting history too - they are made from metal stretchers used by ARP (Air Raid Protection) during the Second World War.Similar examples of this recycling can be found elsewhere in London. I spotted these on the East ...

New Cross & Deptford Free Film Festival 2014

Oct

2013

There's been some great events in the New Cross & Deptford Free Film Festival since it started in 2012 - see NXDFFF for previous posts. Planning is starting for the third festival to be held next Spring. If you are interested in film, have an idea for an interesting venue or event, or just want ...