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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...

Viictorian New Cross Studio Photographs

Mar

2016

Some more vintage studio photos from the New Cross area.Frustratingly there is no detail about the subjects, but they tell us plenty about London hair and clothes styles in late Victorian London.The first few were taken at R.F. Barnes's studio, Mortham House, Lewisham High Road, New Cross. According to Photo London, the full address was ...

Norman Jay at Bussey

Feb

2016

Norman Jay is one of my all time favourite DJs, with deep roots in soul, disco and funk, through to soulful house and beyond. I've had some memorable nights and days dancing to him, most notably at his Good Times sound system at Notting Hill Carnival. I still miss his Sunday radio shows on BBC ...

South London Herbs – Nicholas Culpepper (1653)

Jan

2016

The 17th century London herbalist, astrologer and radical republican Nicholas Culpepper was the author of The Complete Herbal (1653). As well as containing lots of information about herbs and their (presumed) medicinal properties, Culpepper also records places where some plants are to be found growing, including various South London locations:Langue de Boeuf - 'It grows ...

The Peckham Rye Music Festival

Jan

2016

Georgia writes:A brand new independent multi venue weekend festival for London launches this May.The Peckham Rye Music Festival will have over 40 world class artists, labels, record shops, workshops and seminars in the mix to create a fresh and exciting vibe in this ever evolving, creative and buzzy corner of London.- 8 local venues already ...

Open the Window: soundscapes from South London to the World

Dec

2015

For the third Christmas Eve in succession, Hither Green-based experimental/improvisational music label Linear Obsessional has released a compilation based on inviting submissions in line with a chosen theme. This year's premise was simple: 'open your window and record two minutes of what you can hear. Interacting with it live if you wish, or editing and ...

Music Monday: Live at the Montague Arms

Mar

2015

When the Montague Arms (289 Queens Road SE15) closed in late 2011, many people feared it was gone for good. Stan and Bet, who had been working there for many years, had passed away, and the famous contents of the pub had been put up for sale Today though the pub is going strong having ...

Peckham 33-45-78 RPM

Jan

2015

'Peckham 33-45-78 RPM' is an exhibition celebrating the history of record shops in Peckham presented by The British Record Shop Archive. It is open at 91 Peckham High Street (next to the Peckham Space) and runs until January 29th, 11 am to 6 pm, including weekends - free entry. I had a look in yesterday and ...

Postman’s Park

Dec

2014

Postman's Park in the City of London (north of St Paul's Cathedral) is famous for its 'Memorial to Heroic Self Sacrifice', opened in 1900 with plaques commemorating people who died saving the lives of others. I was there recently and spotted several South Londoners:Alexander Stewart Brown of Brockley, Fellow of the Royal College of SurgeonsThough suffering from severe ...

The Peckham Coal Line

Nov

2014

From green bridges to fungal tunnels, everyone wants to do a High Line. New York's smart use of an disused elevated railway line that runs through its old meatpacking district is an urban design phenomenon, attracting millions and offering a unique experience in a crowded city.The Peckham Coal Line is a new project, which comes ...

Aussie rules Peckham

Oct

2014

If you can’t make a girl come why even bother? That always seemed to me to be like writing questions in a letter.- Bret Easton Ellis, The Rules of Attraction A Peckham-based Aussie Rules team is looking for players. Marianna writes:The South East London Giants are an Australian Rules Football ("AFL") team whose home ground ...