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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...

Music Mondays: Elephants and Castles

Oct

2013

Elephants and Castles is a newish band made up of Robin Spencer, Christopher Anderson and Adam Lucas. The band, who played in New Cross at the Hill Station Cafe earlier this month, 'Met near the Elephant, became friends, became a band. Songs of, for, about, because... Concrete gems, hot air, medal-less martyrs, knee trembling, tv ...

Lou Reed in Greenwich 1972

Oct

2013

So long Lou Reed (1942-2013), coolest musician of the 1960s by a long shot (well along with the rest of the Velvet Underground anyway). Everyone knows that John Cale from the band went to Goldsmiths in New Cross, but Lou was always more New York. But of course there was a transpontine connection.In July 1972, with ...

Amersham Arms Street Art

Oct

2013

I like the latest redecoration of the Amersham Arms in New Cross, especially the 'I love New Cross DJ'......the fox on the corner of Amersham Road... ... and the flamingoes heart.Sorry don't know the detail of the artist(s), or identity of DJ - anyone know any more?See previously: Amersham Arms pandas; 2009 Amersham Arms Murals

New Cross & Deptford Free Film Festival 2014

Oct

2013

There's been some great events in the New Cross & Deptford Free Film Festival since it started in 2012 - see NXDFFF for previous posts. Planning is starting for the third festival to be held next Spring. If you are interested in film, have an idea for an interesting venue or event, or just want ...

Time for a Lewisham Travellers Site

Oct

2013

The shocking case of children being snatched by the state from their own parents in Ireland (and the accompanying press coverage) has highlighted the racism faced by Romani Gypsies and travellers. The rush of the tabloids to imply that travellers across Europe are going around stealing pretty blonde children reminded me of the medieval blood libel that ...

History Corner: Transportation from Deptford to Australia

Oct

2013

The Deptford riverside has been the starting point for many journeys across the oceans, some of them freely chosen adventures, many of them not. One destination was Australia, where convicted prisoners were shipped off to penal colonies from the 1780s (the practice formally ended in 1868, though it had become rare by that point).Reg Rigden's ...

Black Power Mixtape at New Cross Learning

Oct

2013

As part of its Black History Month programme, New Cross Learning (283 New Cross Road) is putting on a free showing of the film 'Black Power Mix Tape' on Wednesday 23 October, 7 pm. The film, made by Goran Olsson, is a compilation of amazing footage of the Black Panther Party and other radical activists in ...

Tibetan Monks Sand Painting in Bermondsey

Oct

2013

Kagyu Samye Dzong London is a Tibetan Buddhist Centre based in the grand surrounds of the former Bermondsey Public Library in Spa Road SE1. Later this week it will host a visit by monks from the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery in India, including the creation of a Sand Mandala, a dance performance and interactive workshops open to ...

Everything Means Nothing to Me: Elliot Smith Night in Greenwich

Oct

2013

I can't believe that it's ten years since the sad death of singer Elliot Smith. There's a tribute night tonight at Oliver's piano and jazz bar in Greenwich (9 Nevada Street SE10), with proceeds going to men's suicde charity CALM.

Teachers Strike in Lewisham

Oct

2013

Teachers picketing Prendergast-Ladywell Fields College yesterdayYesterday's teachers strike seems to have been pretty effective in Lewisham. Martin Powell-Davies (National Union of Teachers) reports that 75% of local schools were either completely or mainly closed. The strike focused on three big issues, as described by the NUT :'Pay – no to dismantling the national pay systemConditions – ...