Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Giggs in Nunhead

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Was it really ten years ago that Katy B and Ikonika were chatting online about Ayre's the Baker in Nunhead? At the time I described it ...
Thursday, November 14, 2024

People's Habitat: a festival of Alternative Living' - Surrey Docks, 1976

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Intrigued about 'People's Habitat: a festival of Alternative Living' which took place in Rotherhithe in May/June 1976. According...
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Friday, November 01, 2024

The Water Chorus/Third Revival at Acoustic Anarchy

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Another great line up this weekend at Acoustic Anarchy, the regular night at waterintobeer in Brockley (209-211 Mantle Road, London SE4 2EW)...
Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Peckham Day of the Dead

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Mexican Day of the Dead altar at Mexican Mama in Rye Lane SE15. Also added to my collection of hot sauces from the shop that specialises in ...
Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Edward Said visits C.L.R. James in Brixton

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Just been reading Timothy Brennan's 'Places of mind: a life of Edward Said'  in which he mentions the great Palestinian/American...
Friday, October 11, 2024

Sydenham Garden

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I stumbled across Sydenham Garden   (Wynell Road SE23) last month for the first time, a community well being space with various mental healt...
Wednesday, October 09, 2024

20 Years of Transpontine!

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So Transpontine blog is 20 years old! On October 9th 2004 the blog was launched with a couple of posts about local bands and a notice of a ...
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Friday, September 27, 2024

Vox Populi party in Brockley 1993

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1993 and a party in Brockley put on by Vox Populi sound system to raise funds to replace their rig which had been stolen from the Deptford U...
Tuesday, September 10, 2024

New Cross Skyline

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'No One at All' by 'New Cross' was released on New Cross Skyline records, 133 New Cross Road SE14 c1981. Written and produce...
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Friday, September 06, 2024

The World to the Eel is a Net

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'England was once a great marsh sloppy and empty of landlords. In this watery realm the serpent was sovereign'. So begins an imagine...
Tuesday, August 20, 2024

New Beer at Planet Wax, New Cross

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Planet Wax, the record shop/bar at 318 New Cross Road has teamed up with brewers Deya to create their very own pale ale: 'Very Good Plus...
Sunday, August 11, 2024

Lewisham Olympic Medals at Paris 2024

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I don't think there is an Olympic league table for London boroughs, but think we can claim at least four medals from Paris 2024 for Lewi...
Thursday, August 08, 2024

Lewisham Stands Against Racism, again

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A great turn out at Lewisham clock tower last night for anti-racist rally, part of a big movement of similar actions across the country in r...
Tuesday, August 06, 2024

A racist riot in Deptford, 1949

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 In July 1949, there was a racist riot in Deptford. A large crowd of white men attempted to storm Carrington House, a London County Council ...
Sunday, August 04, 2024

Music Monday: Marysia Osa - dreaming of the sea in Lewisham

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Marysia Osa is a harpist (among other things) who plays with Levitation Orchestra and Transpontine favourite Laura Misch. Moving from Poland...

London Land Justice Fair in Myatt's Fields

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Enjoyed the London Land Justice Fair in Myatt's Fields Park in Camberwell last month (21st July 2024), lots of stalls and chats plus a m...
Monday, July 22, 2024

Music Monday: Martin Howard - The Ornithologists Arms

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Martin Howard has been putting on the well regarded Acoustic Anarchy nights at Water into Beer in Brockley since 2017, and he often sings a ...
Friday, July 12, 2024

Gizelle - from Lovers Rock to Acid House

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Another great episode of DJ Controlled Weirdness' Tales from a Disappearing City podcast, this time featuring DJ Gizelle, aka Rebel Yel...
Friday, June 28, 2024

Vietnam Solidarity in Blackheath 1966

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An interesting item from a July 1966 edition of the Vietnam Solidarity Campaign bulletin, published to mark its founding conference that yea...