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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...

For Coffee Lovers

Mar

2015

This long-deserted unit in New Cross is going to be a Costa.Oh hello new coffee place in new cross - I've been waiting for you cc @BrockleyCentral pic.twitter.com/XIaxfEmseZ— Melanie (@tompino) March 20, 2015

Music Monday:Jude Woodhead

Mar

2015

Forest Hill based Jude Woodhead has a new EP out (available here on bandcamp and on soundcloud). 'Deep Transport' includes five of Jude's own tracks plus a remix of a King Krule track. 17-year-old Jude, who plays keyboards and trumpet as well as producing, is also one of the contributors to the new photography/art/music blog Essy ...

Standard fare for Bakerloo Line

Feb

2015

Property journalists - their boosterism makes BC look coy. Today's Evening Standard has got in as quickly to the Bakerloo bonanza as it advises its readers to.Today's Homes & Property section predicts that South East London will be transformed by the Bakerloo Line extension, which is coming sooner rather than later and highlights New Cross ...

The Gina Cabaret, Saturday 28th

Feb

2015

GERTY: I hope life on Earth is everything you remember it to be. - MoonOrganiser Gina explains:The Gina Cabaret gives me a creative outlet and an opportunity to bring together creative talents. The reason I chose Macmillan is because one of my closest friends had cancer and Macmillan proved to be, and still is, a ...

Cafe Cremated

Feb

2015

Following last week's news that Cafe Crema was put up for sale, the owners have confirmed that they have found a buyer.With a very low rent, a captive market in the shape of Goldsmiths students and a strategic spot on the high street, it's a good prospect. It's also encouraging for New Cross' prospects that ...

The Money Shot: News Shopper discovers Swinger Haunt in New Cross

Feb

2015

Don Jon: Money shot? There is no real life money shot. Real girls won't do that shit. You just gotta cum into the fucking condom.- Don JonThe News Shopper has trawled swingers forums to discover "London's last remaining sex cinema" in our midst and reports that the New Cross venue is a hang-out for people ...

Cafe Crema for sale

Feb

2015

Cafe Crema, one of New Cross' oldest and most eccentric venues, is up for sale, with the leasehold, valued at £65,000. Popular, lively and the host of an eclectic range of events, what it lacks in comfort or convenience, it makes up for in character. Located on an improving high street, it will hopefully go ...

The Rose Pub & Kitchen, opening today

Jan

2015

The Rose Pub in New Cross is opening tonight. The venue replaces the Hobgoblin. Here are the full details, courtesy of Transpontine:The Rose Pub & Kitchen (to give it its full name) opens on Thursday 29 January 2015 at 6 pm, complete with 'pizza from the wood burning oven'. They're also advertising for kitchen porters. It's under ...

An anti-Jewish/pro-Nazi doctor from New Cross: 1943

Jan

2015

On Holocaust Memorial Day 2015, the presence of elderly survivors at events at the Imperial War Museum and elsewhere is a reminder that the terrible time of the Shoah is still within living memory for some. Seventy years after the liberation of Auschwitz, others would like us to forget it, or to relativise away the ...

Isle of Sheppey talk at Goldsmiths

Jan

2015

I know there's a few Isle of Sheppey enthusiasts out there, so thought I would share this poster I spotted at Goldsmiths in New Cross for a talk by Professor Len Platt on 'The Isle of Sheppey: culture, identity and the representation of place'.The free event on Tuesday 10th February, 4:30 to 6:00pm will feature ...