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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...

Sanxia Renjia, 36 Deptford Broadway

Jan

2018

Given the fairly abject state of Chinese food options locally, I thought this review of Deptford's Sichuan and Hubei cuisine specialist, Sanxia Renjia, worth sharing with you, just as Monkeyboy shared it with me.The Observer's Jay Rayner describes it as "an arse-kicking, cheek-slapping, thigh-spanking, gloriously ring-burning Sichuan restaurant." He continues:Sanxia is on a different mission. Yes, ...

Campaign opposes cuts to children’s mental health services in Lewisham

Jan

2018

A petition has been launched to protect Lewisham's mental health services from Council cuts. The campaigners say:Lewisham Council is planning to cut children’s mental health (CAMHS) funding by £150,000 over the next 2 years. This follows a £94,000 cut last year and is on top of NHS efficiency savings demanded by the government.The proposed cut ...

The Big Bird Watch…

Jan

2018

East London Line closure due to safety fears

Jan

2018

The lack of ELL service this morning is due to problems with the trains. The BBC reports:"Services on the London Overground network have been disrupted after engineers were forced to take trains off the tracks amid "safety" fears."Part of the braking system is understood to have fallen off from one of its trains "within the ...

Mamma Dough Ladywell Begins

Jan

2018

Hey Prezzo! Work has started on the new Mamma Dough restaurant in Ladywell Village.Ladywell's pizza Pilgrims teased us with a glimpse of their new oven before Christmas, which arrived Express delivery.We have awoken to a early Christmas present at Ladywell ....#ladywell #mammadough #pizza #SE13 #comingsoon #everythingFresh pic.twitter.com/RefJVQYNba— Mamma Dough (@mamma_dough) December 15, 2017 Ladywell residents ...

Lance Bombardier Sydney James Hedger- ‘ Died for his Country’- Dunkirk 1st June 1940 aged 21 years

Jan

2018

British troops line up on the beach at Dunkirk to await evacuation.Located amidst a cluster of graves in Brockley cemetery lies the gothic shaped family headstone of the Hedger family. The stark details of Sydney James Hedger's sacrifice, lettered on the headstone, having been wounded at Dunkirk tell the viewer that ' he died for ...

Bite Mi – Best Newcomer 2017

Jan

2018

Congratulations to Vietnamese cafe Bite Mi, winner of Brockley Central's Best Newcomer Award for the best new local high street business of 2017.In the first re-ballot in the award's history, the top three were:Bite Mi - 34%Saka Maka - 27%Parlez - 18%Bite Mi is a fast, friendly cafe with a simple and authentic menu that ...

Re-vote – Newcomer of the Year

Jan

2018

Due to some extremely unusual voting behaviour and web traffic patterns during the recent poll for the Newcomer of the Year Award, I am re-running the vote to ensure the integrity of the result.I prefer to keep everything on an open platform like this website, but in order to ensure that the result is not ...

The 2018 Telegraph Hill Book Sale for Crisis

Jan

2018

Fewer 484s

Jan

2018

Due to unpopular demand, from January 6th, the 484 bus from Camberwell Green to Lewisham Station will run less frequently. TfL has announced a raft of cuts, and notes:To match demand, we’re changing the frequency: Monday to Saturday day times buses will run every 12 minutes (previously every 10 minutes).Thanks to 853 for the heads ...