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Featured local business - Clubtek

Forest

SE23

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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...

Greenwich Peninsula deal paves way for delivery of 10,000 new homes

Nov

2013

Developer Quintain has sold its minority stake in the Greenwich Peninsula regeneration scheme to its joint-venture partner Knight Dragon in a deal which will ensure the delivery of approximately 10,000 new homes on the 147 acre site.Commenting on the deal, Sammy Lee, Director of Knight Dragon said:“Greenwich Peninsula represents a unique opportunity to deliver one ...

Lou Reed in Greenwich 1972

Oct

2013

So long Lou Reed (1942-2013), coolest musician of the 1960s by a long shot (well along with the rest of the Velvet Underground anyway). Everyone knows that John Cale from the band went to Goldsmiths in New Cross, but Lou was always more New York. But of course there was a transpontine connection.In July 1972, with ...

Everything Means Nothing to Me: Elliot Smith Night in Greenwich

Oct

2013

I can't believe that it's ten years since the sad death of singer Elliot Smith. There's a tribute night tonight at Oliver's piano and jazz bar in Greenwich (9 Nevada Street SE10), with proceeds going to men's suicde charity CALM.

Jay-Z on the Jubilee Line

Oct

2013

When playing at the O2 in Greenwich there's really only one quick way to and from central London - on the tube. Hence Jay-Z being spotted on tube at Waterloo last night on his way to gig (photo by GoodguyGoodguy). And yes that's Chris Martin from Coldplay standing behind him.Rihanna also took the Jubilee line ...

The Greenwich Comedy Festival 2013

Oct

2013

This year's Greenwich Comedy Festival, switched from summer to autumn, will include venues across the borough, including the Greenwich Picturehouse and Woolwich's Big Screen.Greenwich Theatre will host Richard Herring, Aisling Bea, Pete Firman, David O'Doherty and Alexie Sayle. The Sunday Special night at Up The Creek Comedy Club will turn into an 'all dayer’ event on ...

Lowry’s Deptford Painting

Oct

2013

The L.S. Lowry exhibition at Tate Britain closes on October 20th. I took my mum and we tried to find the original of the print we had in our 1970s front room like so many other people at that time - but to be honest a lot of the pictures were very similar and we ...

Lewisham and Greenwich create new NHS Trust

Sep

2013

A new Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust will be formed on 1 October 2013. The Trust will be responsible for Lewisham Hospital and community services in Lewisham, and for Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Greenwich.Lewisham Healthcare says:Services are not changing following the merger, and patient appointments are unaffected. Lewisham Healthcare and Queen Elizabeth Hospital serve similar ...

Campaign launched to protect Greenwich and Deptford trains to Charing X and London Bridge

Jul

2013

A campaign has been launched by a group called the Greenwich Line Users to prevent major cuts to South Eastern train services.As discussed on the South East London transport forum, the planned three-year disruption of services from South East London through London Bridge is due to begin in 2015:- 2015/6 Charing Cross services will not stop at ...

David Shenton: Cartoons of Gay Life and Death

Jun

2013

Space Station 65 in Kennington is currently hosting These Foolish Things, an exhibition of works by cartoonist/illustrator David Shenton. Shenton's work has been featured in the UK gay press since the late 1970s, in publications such as Gay News and Capital Gay, as well in a range of other papers and magazines from Positive Nation ...

Save our Fire Stations

May

2013

Boris Johnson's life threatening closure programme for London fire stations is still formally in the consultation phase, with The London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority (LFEPA) holding public meetings across London boroughs. Some have already happened, but several key South London events are coming up in the next week as follows:- Lewisham, Wednesday, 22 May 7-9pm ...