Next Tuesday (7th June 2005), South London Radical History Group will be looking back 20 years to the infamous 'Battle of the Beanfield'. Brockley writer Andy Worthington, author of 'Stonehenge: Celebration and Subversion', will be talking about this infamous police riot when the state was mobilised to put a stop to the Stonehenge Free Festival, which a year earlier had attracted thousands of people. A film of the events, 'Operation Solstice', will also be shown.
It all takes place at the the Pullens Centre, 184 Crampton St Walworth SE17,
7.30pm, Admission Free. Its only 5 minutes from the Elephant and Castle (see map here
This event is part of the YOU ARE HERE BUT WHY? Free Festival of Mapping
Railway stations! A hundred of them!
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Britain is in the midst of Railway 200 celebrations, but it's not alone in
its affection for rail travel and infrastructure. There's a fantastic
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