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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...

Deptford Town Hall restored

Nov

2014

Deptford Town Hall, the Grade II-listed building on New Cross Road, has been unwrapped, following recent restoration work.The building is owned by Goldsmiths, University of London and the work is part of the college's strategy to enhance its estate, which sits at the heart of New Cross and does much to define the area.Like the ...

The People’s Kitchen – November 27th

Nov

2014

The Our New Cross team writes:Our New Cross is a forum for everybody who lives, works and studies in New Cross. We aim to protect and improve our area through projects, events and developing a Neighbourhood Plan.The People's Kitchen is a neighbourhood forum with a difference. It's a chance to meet other people in the community ...

Filipino Pop Up – November 22nd

Nov

2014

To the growing list of local pop-up cuisines can now be added Filipino food. The Adobros team are hosting a Filipino night at New Cross cafe No 178. They say:If you've ever wondered what Filipino food is - or if you already know the answer - then this is the moment you've been waiting for: ...

A rum do at The LP Bar

Nov

2014

Thursday, 20 November, from 7:30 PM to 10:00 PM The LP Bar writes:Following the success of the debut, whiskey-themed event in October, Spirit of New Cross is back for November with rambunctious tales of rum - and of course plenty of it to taste, too.Spirit of New Cross brings local residents and the liquor-curious from ...

Little Nan and Birdie Num extend their partnership

Nov

2014

The advantage of being a pop-up is that every finger you lift is a news story. Tristan from Little Nan's Bar writes:Just to let you know that along with her regular Friday & Saturday evenings Little Nan's Bar is now taking midweek evening bookings round her temporary home inside Birdie Num Num's Cafe in New ...

The Lewisham Fringe Festival – Bigger than Jesus

Nov

2014

4:48 psychosis, November 13th and 15thThe Lewisham Fringe Festival is a season of plays and events at The London Theatre, New Cross. The Festival launched earlier this week and runs until November 16th, with 30 different performances in-between.Highlights include Jesus Camp the Musical (November 15th) and child-friendly play How Planes Fly (November 16th).

The Field Opens Tomorrow in New Cross

Oct

2014

If you've been down Queens Road SE14 recently you might have noticed a lot of activity going on at the single storey building next to the Doctors surgery. The building at 385 Queens Road has been semi-derelict for a while, but a group of people have been renovating it having struck a deal with the ...

Saigon Streat, New Cross

Oct

2014

The Amersham – Loved by Time Out

Oct

2014

The Amersham Arms made Time Out's "Eight London pubs we love" list, with the magazine's Comedy Editor, Ben Williams, singling out Happy Mondays as the best reason to love it. He says:What looks like a small, cosy pub from the street also looks that way inside: there are wood-panelled walls, Chesterfield sofas and fairy lights ...

The boots of history – an ‘anti-sexist’ response to the ‘Battle of Lewisham’ 1977

Oct

2014

An interesting online archive has recently been assembled from the 1970s/early 80s libertarian Marxist group East London Big Flame. Feminism was a big influence on the group, including the men within it, some of whom were involved in establishing the magazine/group 'Achilles Heel: for a men's anti-sexist politics'. The site includes a special issue of ...