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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...

‘Go Home’ Racist Van Meeting in New Cross

Aug

2013

On July 22nd 2013, the Home Office sent its infamous 'Go Home or Face Arrest' vans out on the streets in parts of London, targeting undocumented migrants. The next day, a shopkeeper in Peckham (Sally from Persepolis) tweeted that a racist had shouted that she 'f*** off back home'There's no surprize in this sequence of ...

Shadows from Norwood

Aug

2013

Author David Hambling has transplanted HP Lovecraft's horror mythos from New England to SE19 in his collection 'Shadows from Norwood'. The seven stories features local landmarks including the Crystal Palace ('The Monsters in the Park') and the underground River Effra ('Two Fingers'). Inevitably there's a story called the Dulwich Horror of 1927 ('The Dunwich Horror' ...

Immunisation saves lives – so just do it

Aug

2013

Here's a table from the British Medical Journal from 100 years ago (16 August 1913 to be precise). It is an analysis of deaths in London in the second quarter of that year, i.e. April to June. Note that in that three month period there were 549 deaths from measles in London, including 285 in ...

Spotty Vinyl Records

Aug

2013

I was intrigued by this sign outside the Hob in New Cross Road for 'Spotty Vinyl Records'.In fact it's a few boxes of second hand vinyl inside Dig This Nursery & Garden Centre, next to the pub opposite New Cross Gate station. Worth a browse for passing crate diggers, and you can pick up a ...

From Gardens Where We Feel Secure

Aug

2013

Some common or garden (or is that commoner garden?) events coming up locally:Common Growth Community Garden Workshops'First up is the kid's workshop on Wednesday 7th of August called herb spiral fun. It is suitable for children of all ages and runs from 10.30-12.00, and will involve fun learning activities, games and singing.After that there will ...

New Cross Sunflowers

Aug

2013

If you've been out and about in New Cross recently, you can't have failed to notice the proliferation of sunflowers planted in June and July. The 1000 Sunflowers for New Cross project is designed to create a bee-friendly environment as well as to brighten up the New Cross Road and surrounding area. It has involved ...

Blurt at the Birds Nest

Aug

2013

Free on Sunday 4 August at the Birds Nest (Deptford Church St):Avant punk legend Ted Milton and Blurthttp://www.tedmilton.net/http://www.reverbnation.com/blurtSTARTS EARLY AT 6PMFREE**With Guests** Mouth 4 Rusty - New Album just released this Junehttp://mouth4rusty.bandcamp.com/Olympic Clamp Downhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1P4bCmtw-Uhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQIPTFx_vksPsychoyogi has electrifying new members and will play songs from the new album Opulent Trip: www.psychoyogi.bandcamp.comwww.psychoyogi.com

History Corner: medical negligence in 1920s Deptford

Aug

2013

In the 1920s a New Cross doctor was involved in a tragedy that led to his prosecution for manslaughter. Dr Percy Bateman lived at 423 New Cross Road and in July 1924 he was called in by a midwife to assist in a difficult childbirth. The mother, Mary Ann Harding, 'was the wife of a ...

Lewisham Hospital Judgement Day

Jul

2013

Wednesday July 31st is an important day in the campaign to keep emergency and maternity services open at Lewisham Hospital, with the judgement due on the legal challenges to the closure plans brought by the Save Lewisham Hospital Campaign and Lewisham Council.People will be gathering at the Royal Court of Justice at 10:30 am for ...

Music Monday: SE26 4JP

Jul

2013

A bit of ultra-localist music from a youth project on the Hazel Grove Estate in Sydenham, celebrating not just SE26 but SE26 4JP. Track was made last year as part of a project funded by Lewisham Homes and Sydenham Assembly.