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Rutita1 said:
Apart from the thread on here about the FWF and thier questionable uninclusive behaviour/attitudes...did they, didn't they etc...it was slightly amusing, more repulsive, to hear from a friend of mine recently how she arrived home in the early hours of the morning after a night out at a friends house to find them sprawlled all over her flat, sick up the walls etc with her 17 year old daughter and friends. My mate, generous soul that she is was very pragmatic about it when she told me, saying...we had words, my daughter is over that/them now. Thank fuck.
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glad to hear she is over them:eek:
 
oryx said:
Whoever said The Thai Garden (think that's what it's called) at Skehan's is 'quality' either ate there a very long time ago or has never actually eaten there! It's very poor compared to the Tamnag in Crystal Palace or Mantanah in S Norwood. (SE London's not great for Thai food IMHO).

The old Montague was great - a total one-off!
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The current Montague is great - a total one-off!
 
ska invita said:
fucking hell!
it was a bit of a shit pub, but i cant approve of this refurb
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It was a handy place for me to watch the football but that's about it. Was fucking horrible in there.

However, the little shop that occupied the space to its right was culled by the new owners. it has relocated to Clifton Rise though.
 
ringo said:
Went down to the Flower Of Kent on Lewisham Way last night. Nice reggae sessions every Wednesday night til midnight - just enough sound system, top notch guest selectors and busy, friendly crowd. Shame it's such a massive ball ache to get home from for me.
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Anyone considering this tonight? I am, considering it for a couple of hours to check it out... :hmm:
 
ska invita said:
if its just for a couple i could do that... but just a couple seriously
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Yeah, it can't be a late/full on one for me as I have work in the morn anyway. Probably best to check in again later on this as I am off to work/an event soon and there is still the matter of my mysterious leg injury which I'd like to get rid of before the weekend. :thumbs:
 
kebab shop by hither green station
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The film club I run (free films 7pm every Wednesday at New Cross Learning on New Cross Road) has just published our new season of free films for July and August on our members' page. If you sign up to our newsletter you can view our programme online and we also send you a weekly email about our upcoming screenings.

Just to explain the secrecy, our licence means we're only allowed to publicise most of our screenings to our 'members', which includes anyone signed up to the newsletter or anyone actually in the library. Obviously we can't stop people talking about our programme to each other ( :hmm: ;) ), we're simply not allowed to publicise it ourselves outside of our membership.

One event we are allowed to advertise however is Global Shorts on Wed, 01 July - an evening of 16 short films from 16 different countries, which was originally shown as part of the New Cross and Deptford Free Film Festival. We're hoping to get a lot of people along to this so we can tell them about all our upcoming feature films.

The club is only a few months old and just building an audience, so would really appreciate anything you can do to spread the word beyond the library and our Twitter feed :cool: :)

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I say.... :hmm:


Thursday, July 25, 2013
New Cross RumBQ/Yard Dance on Sunday

Trinity Music/Unit137 Sound System put on a great free event next to Telegraph Hill Park in May (see 'Reggae bass shakes Telegraph Hill Park'). Next weekend they are back in the area with a RumBQ/Yard Dance on Sunday 28 July (1 pm to 7 pm) next to New Cross Fire Station on Queens Road. They say:
'We have been scouting for another local venue, and are delighted to announce we are putting on the second RumBQ; this time in collaboration with Somerville Trust, the people behind Lewisham local treasure, the Somerville Adventure Playground.

This is a FAMILY FRIENDLY event, please bring your children, make the scene nice. Bring blankets, folding chairs, whatever you like. The event will be on an asphalt football terrain, so a bit harder than last time! There will be food and drink on sale, please don't bring any along. Supporting our food and bar shows you are backing this event. 20% of our proceeds after costs will be donated to the Somerville Adventure Playground Trust.

It's a family affair, a community happening. If you were at the last one, or heard about it, we hope you'll be down for this!'. Admission free.
Line up:
Hylu & Jago
Sleepy Time Ghost
DJ Snuff & MC Honey Brown
D Tek
Lionpulse Sound
Daddy Nature
powered by Unit 137 Sound System


http://transpont.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/new-cross-rumbqyard-dance-on-sunday.html
 
Lewisham on film - 1922 from BFI

:)

A few comments on locations if you can't work out where some of the places are

bear in mind the clock tower moved a bit further south in the early 90s - it was more in the middle of the triangular junction of the High Street and Lee High Road (before that bit of the High Street was pedestrianised)

the Obelisk was in the junction of High Street / Loampit Vale - sort of where the roundabout that's currently being ripped out is. The 'getting a move on' sequence is stood looking towards New Cross, with trams coming from the Greenwich direction coming in from the right.

Chiesmans was where the big police station is now. It died a slow death and finally closed in the early 90s.

the beer bottling plant was where Tesco is now - the office building is still there.
 
Crapkins, forgot it was the People's Day tomorrow. Might try and make my way over from deepest-darkest Plumstead, if I can pry myself away from the sofa.
 
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