South East London blogzine - things that are happening, things that happened, things that should never have happened. New Cross, Brockley, Deptford and other beauty spots. EMAIL US: transpontine@btinternet.com Transpontine: 'on the other (i.e. the south) side of the bridges over the Thames; pertaining to or like the lurid melodrama played in theatres there in the 19th century'.
Sunday, October 28, 2012
London Folk and Roots Festival
The 'London Folk and Roots Festival' is on today at the Amersham Arms in New Cross, with lots of great acoustic music happening from 3 pm until late - all for £3 entry before 7 pm, and £5 thereafter.
Acts include Michele Stodart, The Magic Numbers' bassist who has recently released a solo album:
BEN FOLKE THOMAS 12.40
WINSTON SKERRITT 12.20
PAT WHELAN 12.00AM
GABRIEL MORENO 11.40
HANK DOGS ...11.20
SIMON STANLEY WARD 11.00ish
GAP THEN THE LOCAL LATE BOOGIE
MICHELE STODART 10.15
JACK DAY 9.45
JOSIENNE CLARKE AND BEN WALKER 9.10
PETE GREENWOOD 8.50
JO BYWATER 8.30
KESTON COBBLERS CLUB 8.00
TRENT MILLER 7.40
TROUBADOUR ROSE 7.20
GEORGE FRAKES 7.00
LORRAINE WOOD 6.40
JOE WILKES 6.20
THE KILCAWLEY FAMILY 6.00
BARA BARA BAND 5.40
DYLAN WALSHE 5.20
INDIGO EARTH 5.00
MAGGIE JANE ROSE 4.40
JAMES BURTON 4.20
LUCY KITT 4.00
THE GALLEONS 4.40
MARINA FLORANCE 3.20
TY WATLING 3.00pm
The Carbuncle Cup, un premio agli edifici più brutti
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Ogni anno, la rivista specializzata Building Design, assegna la Carbuncle
Cup all’edificio più brutto del Regno Unito, completato negli ultimi 12
mesi. Il ...
After Woolwich: two footnotes and some links
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I wrote last night some of my immediate reactions to the killing of Drummer
Lee Rigby in nearby Woolwich, South East London. If you read one of mine
about ...
4 years for TJ's killer
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Undertake through a red light in a bus lane, kill a cyclist, drive off and
put the family through the torment of a trial = 4 years. In the hands of
Barr...
RumBQ and Street Party
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Sanjit writes:
If you're on or around Telegraph Hill this weekend, then do come along to
Telegraph Hill Lower Park and celebrate in the warm and sunny wea...
Spam spam spam
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If you've ever left, or considered leaving, a comment on this site then
you'll know that I moderate all comments. It's not because I don't trust my
readers...
Poems for Roderick
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On Sunday 26th May there will be a poetry event at the McMillan Herb Garden in memory of Roderick Johnny. Roderick was a friend and neighbour, well known in...
22nd JUNE – NEW CROSS INN
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https://www.facebook.com/events/170995163063657 Filed under: Music, News
Tagged: Bass, Club Night, Dance Music, Deep, House, HouseParty, Music, New
Cross, ...
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This old photo was sent to me by Trish Gage who was born in Deptford. It
shows her grandad standing outside Borehams which was located in the High ...
Other London Boroughs Dump Homeless in Lewisham
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Lewisham has become a favoured location for other London Councils in the
rehousing of their homeless. The post Other London Boroughs Dump Homeless
in Lewis...
Deptford's 'spectacular history'
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The full text of Joan Ruddock's introduction at the recent Naval Dockyards
Society conference has now been published on her website. We have included
our h...
Happy Birthday NXL!
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A few days ago we got a bit excited when we realised that NXL is a year old
on Sunday 19 May. Of course we’ve been running as an independent […]
Deptford Beach Outing – Saturday 18th of May
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We will meet at Deptford train station (Deptford High Street) at 11.30 and
then wander down to explore the riverfront and its history, in particular
in rel...
Food for thought: upcoming events
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This week's round-up of upcoming events is focussed entirely on my
favourite subject: food. Well my favourite subject after beer, that is.
This weekend in ...
A Walk with Marlowe
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Reblogged from The Creekside Hermit: Not the poet but my friend of the same
name. It felt like the first day of spring in Happy Valley as we walked up
the ...
XMAS OPEN STUDIOS 2012
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Come on in and warm those frozen cockles on our festive mulled-wine &
mulled-art combo! Lots of new (mulled)artists to meet & new art to marvel
at & of cou...
Pickleweed
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“To stand at the edge of the sea, to sense the ebb and flow of the tides,
to feel the breath of a mist moving over a great salt marsh, to watch the
flight ...
Colourless: coastal photography exhibition
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Thanks to a flyer from Greenwich tourist information, I spent some of my
Sunday afternoon discovering the very small Linear House Gallery and its
latest ex...
Dickens (Jnr) on Deptford
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http://shipwrightspalace.blogspot.com/2010/10/bed-time-reading-from-mrdickens-jnrs.html
Follow the link to a wonderful write up on Deptford, including an ac...
Do you want to learn about community rights?
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New Cross Community Council invites you to come along to our meeting
on Wednesday the 14th of December at 7:30pm in Deptford Town Hall. We’ll
have three s...
Syd Shelton
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Along with Ruth Gregory, Syd Shelton was one of the two key designers for
Rock Against Racism in the late 1970s, working on their fanzine Temporary
Hoardi...
British Broadcasting for Cyclists
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Curious. On Monday the London SE News that tags onto the end of the 6
o'clock news did a feature on cycling outnumbering other vehicles on
Cheapside, in t...
Cllr Lesley Pavitt elected as Speaker of the Council
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Labour Cllr Lesley Pavitt of Bethnal Green South, was elected as the
borough’ ceremonial Speaker of the Council and First Citizen at Tower
Hamlets Council’...
The Guardian on ‘defiantly unfashionable’ Charlton
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“Estate agents have started calling it Charlton Village.” Hmmm. But for a
series that’s usually written without ever setting foot into the place in
questio...
A guest post: ‘Woolwich – I’m proud to live here’
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It’s been shocking following developments following Wednesday’s murder in
Woolwich from afar, but reassuring to see that people are uniting and
getting on ...
New Friends of Eaglesfield Park Blog
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The Friends of Eaglesfield Park have launched a new blog to keep us up to
date with what’s happening in the park, such as the recent pond dipping and
tid...
Move along now, nothing to see here.
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This is on page 26. Cop killer Cregan getting roughed up in the back of the
prison van. Article appeared on the same day we have detailed reports on
page o...
My best friend is Muslim
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My best friend is Muslim. She's a normal person. We first met at a north
west London school 35 years ago when she sat at the desk in front of me cos
her su...
Yes, this does count.
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Brixton Market, Brixton Not our normal fare, I’ll grant you, but all the
same it meets the criteria and deserves a spot on the blog. Wishbone.. what
are we...
A long time ago now,
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I organised a reading with Raymond Carver and Richard Ford when both were comparitively little known in the UK. We got a healthy audience, but it wasn't ramm...
Cable Car
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And this is a fun video of travelling on the cable car across the Thames to
S London. Given that I hate heights, it means I can experience all I need
to wi...
Stephen Lawrence honoured with blue heritage plaque
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[image: A blue plaque has been put up as a memorial to Stephen Lawrence.
Pic:]Pic: Stephen Lawrence Charitable TrustA Nubian Jak Community Trust
blue plaqu...
Alphabet of Greenwich (Q)
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Tough on for the Bank Holiday weekend. Once you’ve gone through everything
with ‘Queen’ in it: it all gets a lot tougher. I guess there’s And for that
matt...
John Lewis Music Festival plans for Blackheath
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The plan to host a music festival on the Heath has reappeared. OnBlackheath
have applied to host a festival in September, sponsored by John Lewis. See
the ...
Thamesmead's clock
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THAMESMEAD TOWN CENTRE CLOCK
This is another of the notes dug out by Diana Rimel - and thanks to her.
Packed up and ready to leave Deptford
In 1982 an of...
Episode 72: Prisons
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Debtors, dissenters and disorder...
This week we look at the Prisons of South London past and present, talking
about the people that have spent time inca...
London’s strangest race: meeting the Tube Challenge
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‘s It’s probably London’s strangest race. The Tube Challenge first took
place in 1959 and since then hundreds of people have attempted to visit
each of Lon...
A BLUE PLAQUE FOR EVERYONE IN SOUTH NORWOOD
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This is a neat idea for bringing a street or community together. The South
Norwood Tourist Board are currently working with Ryelands primary school
on it ...
ParksFest 2013 events around Eltham
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For more information about these venues and about many other ParksFest
events around the borough - see the ParksFest 2013 website.
Outsourcing - dangerous territory!
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HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENS TO PUBLIC SERVICES WHEN THEY ARE OUTSOURCED?
a tale of woe from Pat Richardson
Unfortunately the short, immediate answer is, w...
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Camberwell Food and Drink Festival review
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The 20th to 27th of April saw another Camberwell Food & Drink Festival, and
I missed almost all of it. Typical. Luckily my wife, Ana, was around, so
here’s...
Thurs 30 May: THE PARALLAX VIEW
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Days Are Numbers presents Alan J Pakula’s The Parallax View at The
Montpelier Back Room Cinema. Just because you’re paranoid, doesn’t mean
they’re not afte...
Japanese Dubstep Guide Book ダブステップ・ディスクガイド|国書刊行会
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ダブステップ・ディスクガイド|国書刊行会. I have some photos in this new Japanese Dubstep Guide
Book; alongside words by the brilliant Laurent Fintoni! Available on
Amazon. (I...
Cross Quarter in Abbey Wood Approved
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The application to build a new Sainsbury’s superstore, hotel, and housing
in Abbey Wood was approved by Greenwich Council’s Planning Committee last
Thursda...
Top ten undead in Russian literature
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“The dead are people too.” Andrei Platonov, The Foundation Pit Perhaps
unsurprisingly, given the influence on nineteenth-century Russian
literature of roma...
New cafe opens in Kidbrooke Village
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A new coffee shop has opened in Kidbrooke Village centre called 1st Coffee.
It's right next door to the new marketing suite and Sainsbury's.
They offer a ...
Snowy Thames Path walk
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Back in January us Londoners had a bit of proper snow and it was lovely.
Also that month, stories appeared on the Interwebs declaring that the
Thames Path ...
New University campus in Canada Water?
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At the moment, the University of East London (UEL) is the only
Docklands-based university, although Ravensbourne College also recently
moved from Bromley t...
I’m Not Really Here
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I think it was the Ancient Babylonians who decided there would only be
sixty minutes in an hour, sixty seconds in a minute, and sixty ways to
leave your lo...
March to save Lewisham Hospital!
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OK this isn’t a political blog. Well, I suppose it is, because its about
cities and peopel living in cities and what could be more political than
that? But...
A new chapter in the transpontine struggle
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Comrades, how long has it been that you have suckled from my mutated teat?
And how lost were you when I disappeared to Brazil in hot pursuit of my
AWOL acc...
Live entertainment
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There's something really special happening this weekend (14th, 15th & 16th
December). If you want to have an amazing time and just want to stay local
to Th...
Castells on Alternative Economic Cultures
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ANALYSIS: Alternative Economic Cultures RADIO 4 Monday 8.30pm Paul Mason interviews renowned sociologist Prof Manuel Castells about the rise of alternative e...
Steve Burgess Exhibition @ SELZF!
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Upstairs at the Amersham Arms we will hosting the beautiful photo collage
art of Steve Burgess (aka Burgess the Rhymer) and hopefully getting him to
read s...
Oxjam Brixton 2011…how was it for you?
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Last weekend, that amazing event that somehow manages to get: a huge bunch
of talent, a whole host of venues and big pile of money raised for charity
all i...
Southwark trade unions fight for Job centre
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60-70 people gathered on Camberwell Green on Thursday for a rally in
support of the campaign to stop the closure of Camberwell JobCentre Plus.
It was orga...
Lewisham Central Assembly, 6 Sep 2011
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I’m experimenting with Storify as a simple way of preserving my live
Twitter reporting of local events I’ve been to, on my blog. Unlike Twitter
(but like a...
British Broadcasting for Cyclists
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Curious. On Monday the London SE News that tags onto the end of the 6
o'clock news did a feature on cycling outnumbering other vehicles on
Cheapside, in t...
Pulhamite in Sydenham
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In 2008 English Heritage published a guide to the work of Pulham & Co, who
created artificial garden landscapes including grottos, temples and follys.
The ...
Lewisham Council Lobby – Report & Thoughts
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Rough Report Reasonably powerful protest at the mayor & cabinet
meeting.About 100 outside before the meeting, good mixture of folk
old/young/black/white al...
River Ver. St Albans
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River Ver
The Ver flows south eastwards
Abbey Mill End
The road dates from the 1960s when detached houses were built with gardens
sloping down to the north...
Resource: The Somers’ Tracts
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Continuing with the sifting of the voluminous and chaotic sources available
on the web, having previously codified Luttrell, I now present the
Somers’ Tr...
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