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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...

UKIP’s vanishing poster in New Cross

May

2014

UKIP's election poster in New Cross hasn't done too well this week. This graffiti appeared earlier this week - it reads 'Stay out of South London, racist UKIP scum':Last night, the poster was torn down. In his interesting review of the elections in Lewisham, Bob from Brockley writes: 'doubt many of my readers would even ...

Deptford Dockyard Closure Announcement

May

2014

The announcement of the closure of Deptford Dockyard, as reported in Welsh newspaper County Observer and Monmouthshire Central Advertiser, 15 August 1868. It mentions that 'The yard employs 800 artisans, 250 of whom have been already discharged or otherwise drafted to other yards, leaving 650 to be similarly dealt with', and that three boats remained ...

South London Strikes and Protests Round Up

May

2014

I haven't had time to cover these in detail, so here's a quick round up of recent strikes and protests in the South London area.Firefighters have been continuing their strikes against changes to their pensions:Striking firefighters at East Greenwich fire station, May 2 2014 (photo from @akaDanielLawrie on twitter)Pickets at Plumstead fire station, May 2 2014Workers at ...

Music Monday: Major Tom in Deptford (or Greenwich?)

May

2014

In 1969, David Bowie made a half hour promotional film called 'Love You Til Tuesday', featuring seven of his songs including the first version of 'Space Oddity'. The film was shot in January and early February 1969 at Clarence Studios. It wasn't released at the time but later saw the light of day when it ...

Grapes of Wrath Anniversary Party in New Cross

May

2014

Tomorrow night (Friday 2nd May ) at Cafe Crema they are celebrating the 75th birthday of John Steinbeck;s The Grapes of Wrath 'and also supporting Hope not Hate's campaign against UKIP and the BNP - with a gig and piano jam hoedown. 8 'til late. £3. Please bring tapping toes and antifascist sentiments'. Music from Reverand ...

May Day Greetings – Wat Tyler’s Deptford May Day 1381 (as imagined By Robert Southey in 1794)

May

2014

All the best you May Day revellers... or like me dreaming of revelling on a stressful day at work.On Monday night, I gave a talk on the history of May Day in South London at a Haunt London event at the Miller pub by Guys Hospital SE1. Sarah Crofts also spoke on the 30th anniversary ...

Bob Hoskins RIP – by the river

Apr

2014

Farewell Bob Hoskins, a great London actor, so here he is (mostly) by the River Thames:By Tower Bridge in the Long Good Fridaywith Helen Mirren in The Long Good Fridaywith Helen Mirren by St Thomas Hospital SE1 in Last Orderswith Michael Caine in Last Orders... scene shot in the Larkhall Tavern in Claphamon the South ...

Eddie Mulholland – 1980s South London Photos

Apr

2014

Some great 1980s London photographs at the Telegraph today, by their photographer Eddie Mulholland from his time at the South London Press back in the day.There's David Bowie on a visit to Brixton (presumably his childhood home in Stansfield Road)...The last days of Peek Freans biscuit factory in Bermondsey (it closed in 1989)...And this one ...

Ruin Lust

Apr

2014

A couple of weeks left at Tate Britain of 'Ruin Lust', the exhibition tracing artists' fascination with ruins from the 18th century onwards. London features heavily, with Transpontine content including:Photographs by Henry Dixon of old inns facing demolition, commissioned by the Society for Photographing Relics of Old London in the 1880s. This one is of ...

Music Monday: Crosswires Festival

Apr

2014

Next Saturday May 3rd sees Crosswires Festival taking place across venues in New Cross and Deptford - the Amersham Arms, the Deptford Lounge and the Albany. There's a great and diverse line up with everything from Irish travellers songs to afro-beat electronica. Most of it's free too, with the exception of the evening session at ...