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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...

Barclays Crofton Park to close

Mar

2018

It seems @Barclays are closing the Crofton Park branch! 😱 @BrockleyCentral @CroftonParkLife @JaneCanDoSE4 @BeecroftFOBS pic.twitter.com/cWdAwQBgOV— Molewife (@Molewife) March 16, 2018The last bank branch in SE4 will close on July 6th.

Strike and Corruption at New Cross Steam Engine Factory

Mar

2018

Bunnett and Corpe was a 19th century engineering firm with a factory in New Cross Road. The Post Office London Directory, 1843, described them as 'engineers and patentees of the concentric steam engine, and of revolving iron shutters' with an office at 26 Lombard Street and factory in New Cross.In 1865 there was a strike ...

Louis ‘Dri’ Drysdale (1883-1933): Famous Jamaican tenor buried in Brockley & Ladywell cemeteries

Mar

2018

Finding out recently from deceasedonline.com records that the famous Jamaican tenor and singing professor, Louis 'Dri' Drysdale, was buried in Ladywell cemetery was a particularly welcome if serendipitous discovery. Dri as he was popularly called died aged 49 years at his home on Westbourne Road, Forest Hill in March 1933. Although the whereabouts of his ...

Music in Telegraph Hill Festival 2018

Mar

2018

There's already been lots of music in this year's Telegraph Hill Festival, not least last weekend's community production of West Side Story with an all ages cast of 250 and some fantastic singing from the leads including Lucinda Freeburn (playing Maria) and Xavier Starr (playing Tony) - pictured below.More music to come including:Friday March 17thThe Commie ...

Dent & McKenzie launch a new weekly market in Deptford

Mar

2018

Grace Dent, critic, author and broadcaster, has joined forces with food-event guru Kate McKenzie to present Deptford Bites Live on Saturday 7th April 2018. This one-day festival of eating & drinking runs from 10pm to 4pm at Deptford Market Yard.The event will mark the start of a new weekly market in the Yard..On the 7th, ...

Microbrewery plan for empty New Cross bank

Mar

2018

Plans have been submitted to redevelop the old bank next door to the Venue in New Cross. The developers envisage:"The construction of extensions at lower ground, upper ground and first floor levels to the side and rear of 329-331 New Cross Road, SE14 in order to facilitate its use as a restaurant (Use Class A3), ...

DAWN CHORUS March 29th ..6am

Mar

2018

Let’s hope for a fine morning. We often get to see the sun rising over the stone circle.

Seb Dance MEP – Lewisham for Britain in the EU, March 23

Mar

2018

Do you refer to the Brexit referendum as 'only advisory', believe that people who voted leave are racist idiots who got fooled by a toxic combination of some numbers on a bus and the Russians - and that we should vote again because a good chunk of those dumbos have now died of old age? ...

Grandad’s Shed, Deptford Market Yard

Mar

2018

Grandad's Shed is the new private hire venue from Little Nan's bar in Deptford. Founder Tristan writes:Our new arch in Deptford! Grandad's Shed is large and has the indoors / outdoors vibes, it's suitable for groups of up to 90.Decked out with a tropical theme, this private party hire space is suitable for groups of ...

AGM and General Meeting

Mar

2018

Our regular spring meeting will be this Tuesday 13th March at 7.30pm. We will be holding our AGM which had to be rescheduled from last year. All our welcome. http://www.hilly.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/ANNUAL-REport_2016-17.pdf..for annual report