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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...

Burn the Sea at Deptford Cinema

Apr

2015

Tomorrow night at Deptford Cinema - Amakino present Burn the Sea 'an evening of documentaries about migration and the Meditteranean border'. The Cinema is at 39 Deptford Broadway and the films start at 7:30pm.Very topical - this image was released by Amnesty this week, who say: 'The ongoing negligence by European governments of the humanitarian crisis ...

Railman: a 1974 film made at Grove Park Station

Apr

2015

A rare showing this Friday at the Mayday Rooms (88 Fleet Street EC4Y 1DH) of an experimental film made in 1974 at Grove Park Station, Lewisham.This from the organisers:'RAILMAN: A First Attempt at Collective Film Making - FOUR CORNERS FILMS in 1974Friday 17th April 2015 7-9pm, MDR Screening RoomIn 1976 Four Corners Films (Joanna Davis, Mary Pat ...

New Cross and Deptford Free Film Festival 2015

Apr

2015

Some great events coming up in this year's New Cross and Deptford Free Film Festival, here's a quick summary from the organisers, for full details check out their website.New Cross + Deptford Free Film Festival 2015.Fri 24 April - Sun 3 May'The fourth annual New Cross + Deptford Free Film Festival is shaping up to ...

US Chicken Chain set to Open in Greenwich

Apr

2015

A leading US chicken chain is set to open its first UK restaurant in SE London. In a further sign of the attractiveness of the area to cash-rich international investors, Albuquerque-based 'Los Pollos Hermanos' expects to open for business in Greenwich within the next few weeks.In a joint statement with the company released yesterday, Greenwich ...

‘Violence in Brixton follows poll tax protest’ (March 1990)

Mar

2015

Twenty five years ago today, on 31 March 1990, one of the largest demonstrations of the 20th century set off from Kennington Park to protest against the Conservative government's planned new poll tax (officially known as the 'community charge'). The demonstration ended up in Trafalgar Square and was followed by rioting throughout the West End. ...

Music Monday: Live at the Montague Arms

Mar

2015

When the Montague Arms (289 Queens Road SE15) closed in late 2011, many people feared it was gone for good. Stan and Bet, who had been working there for many years, had passed away, and the famous contents of the pub had been put up for sale Today though the pub is going strong having ...

Goldsmiths Occupation

Mar

2015

Goldsmiths students are occupying the college's Deptford Town Hall building in New Cross Road, part of a wave of occupations that has also seen similar protests at Central St Martins (University of the Arts London) and the LSE, among others.The full list of demands is as follows:Goldsmiths occupation demandsCounselling services:- Recruit ...

Creating Commons in New Cross

Mar

2015

As reported here before, The Field opened last year in Queens Road, New Cross, as an 'experiment in collective local research, education and action' based around doing up a semi-derelict building.Now the plans for its large garden are taking shape, and people are being invited to contribute to a 'a project to collectively design, fund, ...

Music Monday:Jude Woodhead

Mar

2015

Forest Hill based Jude Woodhead has a new EP out (available here on bandcamp and on soundcloud). 'Deep Transport' includes five of Jude's own tracks plus a remix of a King Krule track. 17-year-old Jude, who plays keyboards and trumpet as well as producing, is also one of the contributors to the new photography/art/music blog Essy ...

Rebel Girl – A Kathleen Hanna Disco

Mar

2015

The Canterbury Arms in Brixton remains open despite planning permission having been granted to demolish it and replace it with flats. Ian from legendary indie-pop night How Does it Feel? is putting on a series of one-off club nights there until the bulldozers steam in. The next one is tomorrow night (Friday 6th March) and ...