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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...

Deptford evictions

Dec

2024

Renters living in Childers Street SE8 are continuing their campaign against being evicted from their homes after been issued with 'Section 21' notices. These allow landlords to kick people out without having to give a reason and are due to be abolished next year. Thousands of people have already signed a petition against the evictions which states:'We, ...

William Henry Harris: The Sparkling Life of London’s Oldest Man and the Inventor of Tinsel

Dec

2024

22 December 1935William Henry Harris, London’s Oldest Man.He Invented “Tinsel”1837-1939 A short stroll from Ladywell chapel, just past grave of Edward Ernest Dowson. lies the family grave of William Henry Harris.William was born in Deptford, on the 3rd of February 1837. His parents were John Harris (a coal porter) and Martha (nee Bartley). He was baptised ...

Cat & Cucumber & Sham 69

Dec

2024

Lunch recently at the Cat and Cucumber Cafe on Tower Bridge Road (corner of Druid Street SE1), Neil Controlled Weirdness mentioned that the very table we were sitting at features in a 1979 film focused on punk band Sham 69.Yes indeed 'Tell us the Truth', a BBC Arena programme, does indeed include a scene filmed ...

T.Rex at Lewisham Odeon (1971)

Nov

2024

T.Rex at Lewisham Odeon July 1971 - 60p in with two shows, at 6:30 pm or 9 pm

T.Rex at Lewisham Odeon (1971)

Nov

2024

T.Rex at Lewisham Odeon July 1971 - 60p in with two shows, at 6:30 pm or 9 pm

Quaggy Printmakers Exhibition and Workshops Saturday 30th November and Sunday 1st December

Nov

2024

Quaggy Printmakers Exhibition and Workshops Saturday 30th November and Sunday 1st December

Nov

2024

Camberwell Communists and the Nigerian Miners Massacre (1949)

Nov

2024

In Nigeria in November 2024, the National Commission for Museum and Monuments 'marked the 75th anniversary of the massacre of 21 coal miners at Iva Valley, Enugu, by the colonial masters.It could be recalled that 21 coal miners were shot dead in Enugu on Nov. 18, 1949, by the colonial masters for agitating for better ...

Giggs in Nunhead

Nov

2024

Was it really ten years ago that Katy B and Ikonika were chatting online about Ayre's the Baker in Nunhead? At the time I described it as 'the number one bakers for the London post-dubstep scene'. Not sure if there's been too much music action there since - have spotted members of Foals at the ...

The Atkins Siblings and the Guards Chapel Tragedy: Remembering the Largest V1 Bombing Loss of Life, 18th June 1944

Nov

2024

Amy Atkins, born 17 April 1871 Woman Clark-Board of Education aged 73 Philip Atkins 17 Feb 1874. Retired Bank Clark, Bank of England, aged 70Both the Atkins, brother and sister, died on the 18th June 1944, in the bombing of the Royal Military Chapel Wellington Barracks. Known as the Guards Chapel. Bird Cage Walk, just a ...