This year will mark the 80th anniversary of one of the worst attacks on British civilians in the Second World War, when 168 people were killed after a V2 rocket bomb hit a crowded Woolworth’s store in New Cross on a busy Saturday afternoon. The Greenwich Wire‘s special correspondent MERCURY MAN met the historian trying […]
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20mph limits coming to parts of South Circular Road, A2 and A20
Parts of the South Circular Road, A2 and A20 in southeast London will have 20mph speed limits put on them in the coming months – including at a notorious junction where locals have campaigned for safety improvements. Transport for London, which controls the capital’s major roads, is imposing the limits on 65km of roads in […]
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Nelson and Drake to stay in New Cross as Goldsmiths keeps statues
Statues of Lord Nelson and Sir Francis Drake will stay in place on New Cross Road after local residents said they wanted them to stay. Student campaigners at Goldsmiths University had demanded that four figures – Nelson, Drake, the 17th century admiral Robert Blake and an anonymous naval figure – should be removed from the […]
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Levelling down: Route 53 to be cut back to Elephant under TfL bus cuts
Government cuts mean bus route 53 is set to be cut back again so it no longer runs beyond Elephant & Castle, Transport for London has announced today. The one-time trunk route from Plumstead, Woolwich, Charlton, Blackheath, west Greenwich and Deptford is one of a number of victims of a swathe of cuts which are […]
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The Shirker’s Rest: Deserter blog founder behind new micropub
One of the founders of south London’s hugely popular Deserter blog and podcast is trying life behind the bar by opening a micropub in New Cross. Andrew Grumbridge – known to readers and listeners as the Dulwich Raider – is part the of the team behind The Shirker’s Rest, in a converted shop on Lewisham […]
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We Are Lewisham: Borough’s year of culture promises sun, sand and sounds
Lewisham’s London Borough of Culture 2022 programme We Are Lewisham launches on Friday. Proud borough resident NIKKI SPENCER looks forward to the year ahead. After being postponed for 12 months due to the pandemic, Lewisham is finally set to have its year in the cultural spotlight with an array of events that will put the […]
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Get a booster at The Valley this weekend – and help others get jabbed too
Charlton Athletic’s stadium is becoming a vaccination clinic this weekend as demand soars for Covid-19 booster jabs. Long queues have been seen outside hospitals and pharmacies this week after doses were made available to all adults in response to the spread of the Omicron variant. The most high-profile vaccination centre in south-east London will be […]
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Covid jabs: Mass vaccination centre comes to Millwall’s Den as case rates jump
Millwall’s stadium will host a mass vaccination clinic for over-18s on Saturday as the push to get all SE Londoners inoculated against coronavirus continues. The pop-up clinic at The Den in Bermondsey follows similar events held at The Valley in recent weeks, which saw hundreds get their jabs at the home of Charlton Athletic. The […]
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