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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...

New Cross Forum and Neighbourhood Planning

Apr

2014

'Neighbourhood Planning' is the Government's framework that claims to be about 'Giving communities more power in planning local development'. With the backing of the Localism Act 2011, it provides for people to set up a Neighbourhood Forum in their area and agree a development plan that 'establishes general planning policies for the development and use ...

New Cross and Deptford Free Film Festival 2014

Apr

2014

New Cross and Deptford Free Film Festival 2014 kicked off last night with 'Bend it Like Beckham' at the Hill Station Cafe and Superman of Malegaon at the Big Red Pizzeria. Loads more free events at interesting venues over the next week - see full programme here.I will just mention a couple of events with ...

A Love Letter to Deptford

Apr

2014

Some good Deptford photos by Luke Overin at Vice, his 'Love letter to Deptford':'When I was at art school, a tutor gave me a book titled Songs from the Shandy Valley – a collection of poems and illustrations paying homage to the characters that populated Deptford Market and Broadway in the early 1990s. The book ...

Radical Housing Weekend in New Cross

Apr

2014

An interesting programme of talks, films and visits in New Cross this weekend as part of the Radical Housing Network's London-wide Housing Weekender events.On Saturday 26 April there will be films from 2 pm at New Cross Learning, whille in Cafe Crema (306 New Cross Road) talks will start at 1 pm, with speakers including:'Jon ...

Frederick Wiedhofft – New Cross Photographer

Apr

2014

I recently stumbled across a fine photograph Graeme Brooker posted on twitter with the caption '1920. New Cross. George & Nelly Rumble. My great-great aunt & uncle'. The photo was in a frame bearing the name 'F.Wiedhofft, 338 New Cross Road', and a quick search across family history and photography sites will locate many pictures attributed ...

May Day events next week

Apr

2014

Next Monday April 28, Haunt London presents:May Day in South London and the Jack-in-the-Green Day in South London and the Jack-in-the-Gr'The first day of May has long been a time of riots, revelry, ribaldry and the Jack-in-the-Green, a dancing leafy green giant once seen all over London and revived in Deptford thirty years ago this year ...

South London Anti Fascists meeting tomorrow

Apr

2014

On Sunday 27th April far right fragment 'March for England' is planning to march in Brighton, and anti-fascists are mobilising to stop them. According to Anti-Fascist Network'For the last few years there has been an annual far-right event in Brighton held around St George’s Day in April. The “March for England” which is confusingly both ...

Billie and Bowie Murals – Nunhead and Brixton

Apr

2014

A new mural featuring Billie Holiday has popped up in Nunhead - there was previously a photograph of her in the window of that shopfront at 40 Nunhead Green.Also took this photo in Brixton last week of the David Bowie mural on the side of Morley's department store. Painted by James Cochran (JimmyC) last year ...

Music (and poetry) Monday: Joseph O’Connor

Apr

2014

As part of the Irish President's recent state visit to London, there was a night of Irish music broadcast on BBC-4 as 'Ultimate Irish Music at the Royal Albert Hall: A Presidential Celebration'.Truth be told it was a bit patchy, but one of the strongest parts was a reading from the writer Joseph O'Connor, best ...

Hilly Fields Teepees

Apr

2014

Sad as it was to see some trees come down in Hilly Fields in last October's storm (see photos here), it's good to see branches being put to good use to create these little 'teepee' structures. There's three of them close to the Montague Avenue SE4 end of the park