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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...

A Roman Stone Coffin in Deptford

Oct

2016

You can spend many hours browsing round the old Ordnance Survey maps of London and elsewhere that the National Library of Scotland has made available, free of charge.A feature of the 1893 map is that it includes some archaeological information, along with contemporary street plans. According to this map, a stone coffin was found in ...

SoLo Craft Fair, December 10

Oct

2016

Catherine writes:The SoLo Craft Fair has already taken place across eight different locations and involved 150 creative traders. Now it's coming to Deptford.It's an event designed to showcase all elements of creativity, an event which really has something for everyone no matter your age or interests.With five events planned across South London pubs, shoppers will ...

Cinetopia Presents Monochrome Modern

Sep

2016

La Haine, Oct 13Gill from Deptford film club Cinetopia writes:Cinetopia returns with a season of six great black and white films made in the age of colour.Despite the dominance of colour, black-and-white films have never really gone away and in recent years there’s been a resurgence of directors choosing black-and-white over colour.Cinetopia invite you to ...

Deptford Market Yard

Sep

2016

Little Nan's - Deptford Market Yard pioneersThis week, Little Nan's bar opened a permanent home in Deptford Market Yard, becoming part of the first wave of businesses to open in the new development next to Deptford Station.The bar joined hairdressers The Box and African print fashion label Be London among the first wave of businesses ...

Children’s Art Workshop, September 24th

Sep

2016

Rebecca writes:As part of Deptford X Festival, developer of the Deptford Foundry, Anthology, invites you to join a free workshop for an afternoon of laughter, play and art exploration.Join artist Hannah Clayden to explore ideas around laughter and architecture, in a free family workshop that children will love! Come along for some large scale collaborative ...

Little Nan takes up residence in Deptford Market Yard

Sep

2016

Tonight, Little Nan, the itinerant geriatric party planner, will be throwing open the doors of her permanent new home at Arch 14 in Deptford Market Yard.The Yard is a new space right next to Deptford Station, with bars, shops and restaurants occupying the arches of the old railway ramp. Nan writes:2 years ago, Little Nan's in ...

Deptford X 2016

Sep

2016

Deptford X is London’s longest-running contemporary art festival – a showcase for emerging contemporary artists, with a strong foundation of support from art-world professionals.Deptford X takes place in multiple locations across Deptford over 10 days from Friday 23rd September to Sunday 2nd October 2016.Festival Director Patrick Henry worked with five top curators to choose exciting ...

New homes on Tanners Hill complete

Aug

2016

Affinity Sutton's development at the top of Tanner's Hill is complete. The 60 new homes are set along a short, newly-built road that runs parallel with the train track.It's a neat way to use the land and add some decent new homes to the area, but the colour scheme could have been a little jollier.Shared ownership is ...

Festa, Folkestone Gardens

Aug

2016

Festa Sul Prato is a new restaurant in the slightly unlikely surroundings of Folkestone Gardens in Deptford. Between the railway bridge and the skate park sits this pretty little Italian place with an ambitious menu that would make other park cafes blanche.The Festa team lyricises:"FESTA opens at eight. We have a Tai Chi group outside ...

Work begins at Convoys Wharf

Aug

2016

High Over Sayes Court and Convoys Wharf from Sayes Court on Vimeo.Enabling work has finally begun at Convoys Wharf, which occupies a large proportion of Lewisham's tiny stretch of Thames-side. The site has lain dormant for years, obstructing the Thames Path and wrecking any chance of Deptford developing a coherent riverside.When complete, the site will ...