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Our spooky fun day looms… it’s the PTB Halloween Trail
Our Halloween Trail will be running again on Saturday 28th October from 4 till 5:30 for fun, japes and of course lots of sweet treats. The participating businesses are on the map below. Ask your littluns to dress up as ghosts, spooks and ghoulies and they will be rewarded. NB: The Trail is normally busy…
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Quality comes in small packages at Tension this month
Talented Penge artist Tim Carson has an exhibition titled Amongst Giants this month at Tension Fine Arts on Maple Road. The 6th is a preview then every Thursday – Saturday. As part of the exhibition Tim has erected and installed one silver and nine bronze ‘Manager’ statues in public view around Penge to form the 2023 Penge…
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It’s eggstremely close to being the PTB Easter Trail- NOW WITH MAP
Every Easter the PTB joins up with the local traders to organise a lovely family day. And this day is fast approaching! The PTB Easter Trail takes place on Saturday 8th April from 4:30 till 5:30. The event involves local children, accompanied by their parents or guardians, wandering down the High Street (and some roads just…
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Bridge House Theatre’s bra-lliant new comedy
Did you know eight out of ten women are wearing the wrong size bra? Not on Bra Shop Barb’s watch! She and her daughter Eloise are on a mission to find the best for every breast. But as bills rise and customers wreak havoc in the store, Barb fears she is fighting a losing battle….
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Raise a babyccino for Penge’s Baby Cafe
Baby Cafe Penge has continued to support local new parents and their babies since it opened in 2014. As well as a warm welcome, compassionate breastfeeding support and evidence-based information, Baby Cafe offers hot drinks and homemade cake, with an opportunity to chat to other parents who may be experiencing similar challenges. One mum said “Baby…
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Time to P-p-p-p-ick up a Penguin
Some people call residents of Penge Penguins so it’s obviously appropriate to have lots of them on display over the winter in our High Street shops. The Penguins have been organised by Penge SE20 BID and remain until 2nd January, so enjoy this free family fun, and make sure you given them a far from…
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The PTB Halloween Trail looms…
It’s October and Autumn’s dark late afternoon’s are returning… so it must be time to get spooked…. The PTB Halloween Trail occurs again this year on Saturday 29th October from 4 till 5:30. We have twenty six shops, scattered on, or just off, the High Street, ready to dish out treats to children who take part. The event…
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Penge Festival starts tomorrow
The Penge Festival celebrates its 50th year tomorrow with the Fete in Royston Fields. There will be plenty of music, food, drink, craft, etc as well as local community group stalls. Over the following weeks, expect various venues across SE20 to feature offerings covering music, art, historical talks, childrens and OAP events, comedy, theatre, quizes, nature walks, poetry…
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(Fairly) Regular markets return to Maple Road
Discuss the area with Pengeites of a certain age and they will invariably go misty eyed over the market that once resided in Maple Road. It was a thriving street of traders offering fruit and veg, fish, meat, cards, haberdashery and more, and arguably the beating heart of Penge. It died in the 1990s, the victim…
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It’s the PTB Easter Trail this Saturday
Ok let’s get the egg puns out of the way… Next Saturday, 16th April 2022, the PTB will be hosting the eggsellent and eggstraordinary Easter Trail on and around the High Street… The event starts at 4:30 where the children collect a sticker sheet and sticker from the PTB crew at the Goldsmiths. From there the…
