Featured local business - Clubtek

Forest

SE23

Hill

I was already a regular visitor to Clubtek’s DJ shop when it was in Penge, but earlier this year they moved to 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...
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1915 London Tram Strike in New Cross

Jun

5

2015

A hundred years ago this week, tram workers in London were sacked for going on strike and sent off to war. The London tram strike was prompted by the rising cost of living - the 7,000 strikers demanded a 'war bonus'.  The response of the employer, London County Council (LCC), was to sack all men ...
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1910s · First World War · Hatcham Liberal Club · history · New Cross · Pietrams · strikes · Transpontine · transport

Hatcham Liberal Club 1891: New Cross Meeting for Jailed Union Leader

Sep

17

2014

From the Evening Express, 9 April 1891, a report of a public meeting held at the Hatcham Liberal Club, New Cross Road in support of Joseph Havelock Wilson (1859-1929), secretary of the Seamen and Firemen's Union. J H Wilson had been nominated as the Liberal parliamentary candidate for Deptford, but was unable to attend this ...
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19th century · Hatcham Liberal Club · New Cross · strikes · Transpontine