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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...

More New Cross Venue Memories

Jan

2014

Over at the great Irish blog Cedar House Revolution, I came across some more recollections of the Venue in New Cross (see previous posts on this subject, especially comments here).Damian O’Broin recalls that he 'spent the summer of 1990 – and the one before it – working on building sites in London' and that he ...

A Doll’s House in New Cross

Jan

2014

Coming up later this month at The London Theatre (443 New Cross Road, SE14 6TA), Bromley Little Theatre present ‘A Doll’s House’ by Henrik Ibsen, adapted by Samuel Adamson, directed by Pauline Armour:'Following a ‘sell out’ ‘5 star’ run at Bromley Little Theatre in October 2013, Samuel Adamson’s thrilling adaptation of Ibsen’s classic can be ...

Crisis Bring and Buy Book Sale SE14

Jan

2014

There's a Bring and Buy Book Sale tomorrow (Saturday January 11th) in aid of homeless charity Crisis, at the Telegraph Hill Centre Lounge, Kitto Road SE14 - adjoining St Catherine's Church. The sale runs from 12 noon to 4pm, with prices from 20p (paperbacks mostly five for a £1) to £2 (hardbacks 50p to £2) ...

Three nearby fire stations close as New Cross escapes axe

Jan

2014

Woolwich Fire Station closes shortly. 20 protesters, two security guards, two police & more in nearby van pic.twitter.com/W8xVF1ucjX— Darryl (@darryl1974) January 9, 2014Ten fire stations across London, including nearby stations in Downham, Southwark and Woolwich have closed today. New Cross Fire Station, which was originally targeted for closure, has been spared.

Bert’s Kitchen at the Amersham Arms

Jan

2014

Bert's Kitchen is the new team behind the food at The Amersham Arms.Run by recent Goldsmiths graduate, Rose Walsh, the Kitchen will be serving up a new menu (although of course, burgers still play a central role), with an emphasis on locally-sourced ingredients. She says:"This week we'll be opening the kitchen from 5pm to get ...

Happy Mondays returns for 2014

Jan

2014

New Cross comedy night, Happy Mondays, starts again at the Amersham Arms on January 13th and already has some great headliners booked in, including:13th Jan - Milton Jones27th Jan - Tony Law10th Feb - Josie Long24th Feb - Doc Brown10th Mar - TBC!24th Mar - Robin InceTickeyts cost £5 in advance or £6 on the ...

Light Houses

Dec

2013

'About Face' on Pepys Road, photo by Andew ClarkeThe Light Houses Winter Wonderland event in New Cross/Telegraph Hill on 8 December was fun, with 23 films being screened in street windows, while people wandered around checking them out (some went further and supplied mulled wine and seats to sit and watch).The next three were all on ...

Music Monday: John Lunn, from minimalist funk to Downton Abbey

Dec

2013

New Cross/Telegraph Hill resident John Lunn has become one of the country's most successful composers for TV, commended in particular for his music for Downton Abbey. In September he was awarded his second Emmy for Outstanding Music Composition for his work on the show (he discusses the music here).In the 1980s, Lunn was a member of 'systems ...

Transpontine Christmas Trees

Dec

2013

'It's coming on Christmas, They're cutting down trees,They're putting up reindeer, And singing songs of joy and peace'Peckham SquareWaterloo stationMy favourite so far - a 'tree' made of books made of trees in Goldsmiths library- the sharp eyedmay spot Derrida's Of Grammatology, Jameson's Postmodernism and Fanon's Black Skin, White Maskscontributing to the festive cheer!

New Cross and Lewisham Local History Talks

Dec

2013

New Cross Local History Group meets regularly (usually every third Thursday of the month) at New Cross Learning (next to Iceland on the New Cross Road). Their next talk, on Thursday 12 December (6:30pm), is on The London Christian Endeavour Convention of 1914 and the World Convention of 1926'.Meanwhile the next Lewisham Local History Monthly ...