tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650332.post5342305742244258194..comments2024-03-18T08:20:19.461+00:00Comments on Transpontine: The 1981 Riots in South LondonUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650332.post-10281230151326572022012-01-03T02:22:22.053+00:002012-01-03T02:22:22.053+00:00The Ruinist and mini-punk chums (all aged 14 and 1...The Ruinist and mini-punk chums (all aged 14 and 15) went down to Lewisham one July 1981 Saturday morning because the rumour had spread at school that Friday that there would be a riot like everywhere else. We didn't find anything as we walked up from the 89 bus stop at Belmont Hill along Lewisham High Rd, past the shops Strutz and Paraphernalia, two almost punk shops. Nothing doing! I think we then went into the Shopping Centre and got thrown out by security for shouting "Power To The People' (like Wolfie Smith) in the multi-storey car parks. <br /><br />PS. One or the other of those shops was rumoured to be selling Nazi stuff like badges and t-shirts. I guess the school RAR / ANL would be the source of my info for that. Don't know if anything happened. We didn't spend a lot of time in Lewisham anyhow.THE RUINISThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02236992578589602948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650332.post-4023957231117217262011-12-30T20:49:28.333+00:002011-12-30T20:49:28.333+00:001981 was people rioting against injustice, poverty...1981 was people rioting against injustice, poverty and racism. 2011was just looting. Pure greed from the New Labour GenerationAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650332.post-9573473106530049052011-12-30T14:34:04.580+00:002011-12-30T14:34:04.580+00:00Whilst teaching in a Plumstead primary school as n...Whilst teaching in a Plumstead primary school as news of impending problems swept through the community,we were saddened by the mums who frantically picked their children up from school, mid-lesson.Such panic was sad and frightening to witnessAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com