Transpontine

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: transpontineblog at gmail.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'.

Monday, November 24, 2025

Gellatly Road 'mass crossing for a safer street'

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More than 30 people took part in a 'mass crossing for a safer street' protest in Gellatly Road SE14 last week (20/11/2025), the late...
Sunday, November 23, 2025

Did a member of The Slits live in New Cross?

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This image of The Slits by photographer Terry Lott is apparently from a 'Photoshoot At Home Of Band Member In New Cross'. I've s...
Friday, November 21, 2025

National Front, anti-fascists and spycops in Bermondsey 2001

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The Undercover Policing Inquiry has been hearing recently of the activities of spycop HN81, cover name “David Steven Hagan”, codename ‘Windm...
Sunday, November 09, 2025

Tales from Rotherhithe Street: the Crunchy Frog/Waterside Studios - Sex Pistols, early music and fringe theatre by the river

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It's 50 years since the Sex Pistols played their first gig, at Central St Martins art college (on 6 November 1975). But in the weeks lea...
Thursday, October 30, 2025

Southwark against racism and apartheid - 1970s/80s

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SCARF (Southwark Campaign Against Racialism and Fascism was set up in late 1970s to do what it said on the tin. At one time it was based at ...
Sunday, October 26, 2025

Morocco Bound - Bermondsey bookshop

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Morocco Bound bookshop/bar/cafe in Morocco Street SE1 (off Bermondsey Street) has a fine selection of books, as well as drinks. There are r...
Friday, October 10, 2025

The Cramps in Nunhead Cemetery (1990)

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The great US band The Cramps visited London in 1990 and were photographed in a cemetery for a Melody Maker shoot by photographer and drummer...
Monday, October 06, 2025

Music Monday: 'Welcome to the Party' - Professor Green in Brockley

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Professor Green is often to be seen at coffee shops and similar in the Brockley area, so perhaps no surprize to see him filming his latest v...
Saturday, October 04, 2025

The Gig Guide - 1995 South London music listings

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I found this June 1995 issue of  The Gig Guide for London in Revolution Records in Penge. I don't remember it from the time and it certa...
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