tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650332.post8428714596912113658..comments2024-03-18T08:20:19.461+00:00Comments on Transpontine: Transpontine TVUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650332.post-38449183777805439792008-02-12T20:59:00.000+00:002008-02-12T20:59:00.000+00:00Possibly he went there too. It was West Greenwich ...Possibly he went there too. <BR/>It was West Greenwich School (not quite New x but deptford - at the bottom of Blackheath hill) and he was apparently a quiet lad, sat at the back a lot and may have been in the same year as Danny "Daz" Baker...Danskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09907296381295983635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650332.post-48546100622390598892008-02-08T22:37:00.000+00:002008-02-08T22:37:00.000+00:00What school did you dad teach at then? I read some...What school did you dad teach at then? I read somewhere that Billy Idol went to Ravensbourne school in Bromley but left and went somewhere else..https://www.blogger.com/profile/17026835814805695527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650332.post-80675994841549966452008-02-08T15:36:00.000+00:002008-02-08T15:36:00.000+00:00I remember that some Back to the Planet used to li...I remember that some Back to the Planet used to live on Trisillian Road and around about there. Missed there reunion recently which I heard rocked. <BR/>Billy Idol went to school in New Cross - my old man taught him art!* (maybe not such a good job tho). Not sure about Skunk but i remember them playing Fordham park. <BR/>Senser are pretty local too, more Greennwich way.<BR/><BR/>There used to be loads of posters for the Forest Hillbillies but don;t think i ever heard them (probably too young!). Worth looking into...<BR/><BR/>*he also taught Bones from Brain of Moebius (thanks for finding the video!), I worked with the guy years later and when I mentioned his name to him (not knowing he was my dad) he replyed Mr R*******? What that w*****r?!Danskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09907296381295983635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650332.post-86088556473699270242008-02-05T09:26:00.000+00:002008-02-05T09:26:00.000+00:00No RDF?No RDF?Steve Cakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09712618508028241304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650332.post-23383667624444917542008-01-31T19:12:00.000+00:002008-01-31T19:12:00.000+00:00Fantastic to see 'What the Moon Saw', I remember s...Fantastic to see 'What the Moon Saw', I remember seeing it on Snub TV back in the day. What a tearjerker! The Test Dept is great too. Cheers for the mention and big thanks for the original Holy Joy post which bought them back into my life! As for other SE London acts, how about This Heat, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Homosexuals, Comus, Japan and er Haircut 100? Wasn't there a band in the 80s called the Forest Hillbillies?Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13807339382965952564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650332.post-538324314178404362008-01-31T07:55:00.000+00:002008-01-31T07:55:00.000+00:00Thanks Dansk, I am going to do another selection s...Thanks Dansk, I am going to do another selection soon. I know Back to the Planet played a lot around South London, but not sure exactly where they were based. Likewise P.A.I.N. who I associate with the old Goldsmiths Tavern. Billy Idol was from Bromley but what of Skunk Anansie? Wasn't Skin from Brixton?.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17026835814805695527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650332.post-26231456291000451902008-01-30T10:22:00.000+00:002008-01-30T10:22:00.000+00:00Nice selection, cheers. You could probably add a f...Nice selection, cheers. <BR/>You could probably add a few more: Back To The Planet, <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-XatKsMyzw" REL="nofollow">P.A.I.N.</A>, Skunk Anasie, Billy Idol...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650332.post-56424026809584574192008-01-27T20:59:00.000+00:002008-01-27T20:59:00.000+00:00Shirley Temple (1939) – Old Kent Road – US child s...Shirley Temple (1939) – Old Kent Road – US child star goes cockney in the film Little PrincessAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com