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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...

John Roan Resists Meeting

Apr

2016

Last November staff at The John Roan school in Greenwich took strike action against plans to turn the school into an Academy. While 'academisation' (horrible word) was put on hold, it is now back on the agenda nationally with the Government threatening to make every school an Academy whether they want to or not, as well as ...

The Sail Loft, Greenwich

Feb

2016

11 Victoria ParadeLondonSE10 9FRThe Sail Loft is a new Fuller's pub on the Deptford-Greenwich border.A large glass box overlooking the river, it opened in January and is already hugely popular. I visited a couple of weeks ago and booking ahead to get a table at the weekend was essential.A 21st century interpretation of The Trafalgar, ...

HSDY Boat Party

Jun

2015

The some-time Brockley retro-night takes to the water

Peace meetings in First World War Lewisham

May

2015

Opposing the First World War was a difficult business, with harassment from the authorities and from pro-war mobs. In 1916, Nellie Best of the Women's Anti-Conscription League was jailed for 6 months for deterring recruiting, and the Lewisham Borough Peace and Anti-Conscription Council passed a resolution demanding her release (Daily Herald,15 April 1916).Sylvia Pankhurst, the ...

Cleaner, greener, safer future temporarily spoils Greenwich cycle path

Feb

2015

Dr. Ian Malcolm: Yeah, yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn't stop to think if they should.- Jurassic ParkThe driverless car future moved up a gear this week with the start of autonomous vehicle trials on Greenwich Peninsula, one of three sites in the country to host pilot ...

Speed Dating at the Curlew Rowing Club

Feb

2015

This is a little out of Brockley's sphere of influence, but it is a slow news day, it's one of the closest options if you want to take up this particular sport and BC used to go to their neighbours, the Globe Rowing Club. So... Speed Dating at the Curlew Rowing Club in Greenwich! Tiffany ...

Silvertown Tunnel vision

Oct

2014

This week, TfL launched a public consultation for the planned Silvertown tunnel, which would link Greenwich Peninsula to the Royal Docks. The plan would reduce the strain on the Blackwall Tunnel, create a direct road link between two of London’s biggest development areas and provide an alternative option whenever the Blackwall Tunnel decides to have ...

Film and TV studio planned for Greenwich Peninsula

Sep

2014

Part of the proposed residential schemeThe Wharf newspaper reports that developers Knight Dragon have revealed plans to build a film and television studio at Greenwich Peninsula.With the 147 acre site now acquired from cash-strapped Quintain, Knight Dragon can now let their ambition off the leash and - with the UK's film studios running at full ...

Greenwich lifts Carbuncle Cup for the second time

Sep

2014

For those who wish Lewisham would pool its sovereignty with Greenwich - a cautionary tale. Woolwich Central, which is essentially a giant Tesco hovering above a car park in the middle of town, has won the Carbuncle Cup - making it two wins in three years for the borough after the Cutty Sark restoration won ...

New solar energy co-op for Lewisham

Jun

2014

An electricity micro-generation co-operative for Lewisham and Greenwich residents is being set-up. Camilla from South East London Community Energy writes:SE Londoners are being given the opportunity to: increase the use of renewable energy, invest in the future and reduce energy poverty through a new initiative. A group of local people recently formed the SELCE co-op ...