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Featured local business - Clubtek

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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...

Greenwich Community Food Co-op Box Scheme

May

2013

Greenwich Community Food Co-op has been going as a not-for-profit organisation since 2002 with the aim of providing 'fresh fruit and vegetables at reasonable prices through the provision of market stalls throughout the borough of Greenwich'.Now they are expanding their 'local affordable box scheme' delivering 'ethically and locally produced fresh fruit and vegetables'. You can ...

BNP plan march on Lewisham

May

2013

Just got back from opposing the English Defence League in central London. Considering it was a sunny bank holiday, they failed to make a big breakthrough in terms of numbers in the aftermath of the killing of Lee Digby. But we shouldn't be complacent, the opposition was only of a similar size, and at times the EDL ...

Music Monday: Life on Mars (Bowie on the Beckenham-Lewisham bus)

May

2013

'David Bowie: Five Years' was an interesting documentary shown on BBC2 at the weekend. Bowie must have one of the most documented lives of any musician, so I did wonder if there could possibly be anything new. But there was some great footage I hadn't seen before and some interesting interviews.His 1971 song 'Life on Mars' ...

Reggae bass shakes Telegraph Hill Park

May

2013

A little taste of carnival in Telegraph Hill Park this afternoon, with several hundred people relaxing on the grass bathing in the sun beams and the fine sounds drifting across from the sound system in Arbuthnot Road. The beer and the barbecue helped too - at one point the queue for the latter stretched round the ...

Woolwich Killing

May

2013

Is there anything useful left to say about the killing of soldier Lee Rigby his week? Writing a South East London blog with occasional pretensions to a critical political perspective I feel like I should, and the local connections to the story are not limited to the scene of the killing in Woolwich's John Wilson Street. ...

RumBQ Street Party by Telegraph Hill Park

May

2013

This Bank Holiday Sunday 26 May 2013 sees a free street party in Arbuthnot Road SE14, next to Telegraph Hill Lower Park. RumBQ will feature the Unit 137 reggae sound system, with DJs including: - Hylu & Jago- DJ Snuff- Ed West- Decks Ray Spex- LionbeatThey say: 'This is a FAMILY FRIENDLY event, please bring ...

History Corner: John Evelyn of Deptford

May

2013

John Evelyn (1620-1706) has cropped up a few times for me in the last week. The seventeenth century diarist, writer, gardener and government official is remembered in the names of the local Evelyn Street and Lewisham's Evelyn Ward, among other places.Portrait of Evelyn by Robert WalkerLast Saturday I gave a history tour of the Deptford riverfront to ...

Save our Fire Stations

May

2013

Boris Johnson's life threatening closure programme for London fire stations is still formally in the consultation phase, with The London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority (LFEPA) holding public meetings across London boroughs. Some have already happened, but several key South London events are coming up in the next week as follows:- Lewisham, Wednesday, 22 May 7-9pm ...

See Red Women’s Workshop: feminist posters from SE5/SE17

May

2013

See Red Women's Workshop was a feminist screenprinting collective based in Walworth/Camberwell from around 1974.According to Jess Baines: 'See Red's activities included the designing and printing of their own posters and calendars, as well as taking on design and print commissions for other organisations. See Red developed a range of feminist posters that attempted to ...

Music Monday: 30 years of Band of Holy Joy

May

2013

It is now 30 years since Band of Holy Joy were formed in New Cross, and they're still going strong (albeit with some big gaps along the way!).One of their first releases was a 1984 cassette 'More Favourite Fairytales' put out by Glasgow-based Pleasantly Surprised. The sleevenotes say: 'Holy Joy were formed in the summer of ...