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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...

Goldsmiths and Lewisham: Shared Histories

Apr

2013

'Goldsmiths & Lewisham: Shared Histories' is an exhibition opening this week in New Cross and Deptford with the aim of 'exploring the intertwined histories of Goldsmiths and its local community' via 'an insight into the area as a centre of creative work over the past century'. It will run from 24 April to 3 May 2013 across four sites: Goldsmiths' ...

In the Neighbourhood

Apr

2013

A few things going on locally that people have asked us to mention:Hill Trader Community Shop 'The Hill Trader Community Shop is an exciting new pop up shop in the Hill Station Café, run by local people for local people. As part of what we’re doing at the Hill Station, Kitto Rd, SE14 we have opened this ...

Save Lewisham Hospital Public Meeting

Apr

2013

The Save Lewisham Hospital campaign is holding a public meeting on Thursday 25th April, 7 pm in the Great Hall at Goldsmiths College in New Cross, with speakers including Colin Leys, John Lister, Louise Irvine, Rachel Maskell and Pat Smtih. They say: 'Lewisham Hospital is still under threat of closure of its A+E and maternity. The magnificent ...

Sunflower bomb New Cross

Apr

2013

We're calling it. We've had 12 solid months of the worst weather BC can remember. It is time for a change in fortunes. A glorious late spring and a scorching summer are going to happen. In preparation, New Cross sun worshipers are planning to sunflower-bomb New Cross High Street. Sarah from Grow Wild writes:One thousand ...

New Cross and Deptford Free Film Festival 2013

Apr

2013

New Cross and Deptford Free Film Festival takes place from 26 April to 5 May and as the names suggests will feature free film showings in lots of interesting venues locally - including Fordham Park, Sanford Housing Co-op, the Amersham Arms, Big Red Pizzeria, the Hill Station, Goldsmiths, Telegraph Hill Park, Tidemill Old School, London ...

Goldsmiths and Lewisham: Shared Histories

Apr

2013

The Goldsmiths team write:The intertwined histories of Goldsmiths, University of London and its local community in Lewisham are to be explored in a special exhibition of works of art and historical artefacts. 'Goldsmiths & Lewisham: Shared Histories' will run from 24 April - 3 May 2013 across four sites in New Cross and Deptford.The collaborative ...

New Cross Panther Latest

Apr

2013

Yesterday's Sun reported:A WOMAN fled and dialled 999 yesterday after she spotted what looked like a wild panther in a cul-de-sac. Cops searched the street — close to a primary school — but could find no trace of a beast. A source told The Sun: “She was terrified. She described it as a huge, black ...

Comment: What Will Boris’ Cycling Vision Mean for Lewisham?

Apr

2013

What impact will Boris Johnson's cycling vision have on Lewisham? The post Comment: What Will Boris’ Cycling Vision Mean for Lewisham? appeared first on alternativeSE4 - a blog for Brockley, Ladywell, Crofton Park and Telegraph Hill. [...]

Panther on the loose in New Cross

Apr

2013

The Sun reports that a wild panther has been spotted in New Cross, adding that the sighting comes "eight years after a man was mauled by a 6ft-long panther-like cat in nearby Sydenham."A source told The Sun: “She was terrified. She described it as a huge, black wild cat with large fangs and a long ...

I have travelled the buses late at night

Apr

2013

One of Margaret Thatcher's many reported contemptible utterances was that '"A man who, beyond the age of 26, finds himself on a bus can count himself as a failure" (though actually there's some doubt exactly what she said, when, or even whether she said it all!).Was it prophetic that just two days ago The Band ...