Sunday, November 22, 2009

The McMillan Sisters and Rudolf Steiner in Deptford

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McMillan Street, Rachel McMillan Nursery School and Children's Centre , and Margaret McMillan Park in Deptford all mark the long term i...
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Laurence James/Mick Norman

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In the 1970s there was a hugely popular genre of youthsploitation pulp fiction in the UK, with paperbacks catering to a seemingly insatiable...
Friday, November 20, 2009

The Jolly Sailor and the Lady of Greenwich

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Fran and Geoff Doel's Folklore of Kent (Tempus, 2003) mentions a number of eighteenth-century broadside ballads related to South East Lo...

Lady Danga

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Flicking round the dial in search of pirate radio action last weekend, spent some time listening to reggae and dancehall on Mystic FM (98.1)...
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Thursday, November 19, 2009

East London Lines

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When the East London Line extension finally does open next year it will make a big difference not just to how people move around London but ...
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Bermondsey and Deptford Suffragettes

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London SE1 notes the recent 100 th anniversary of suffragette protest in Bermondsey . On the occasion of a Parliamentary by-election on Th...

Christmas at Kirkdale Bookshop

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Kirkdale Bookshop in Sydenham is kicking off the festive season on Friday 4th December, 4pm -9pm, with a Christmas event featuring readings ...
Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Georgina Cook

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Architecture is a photography exhibition by Georgina Cook. It's on at Antenna Studios , Haynes Lane, Crystal Palace until November 29th....
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Monday, November 16, 2009

November/December at Cafe Crema

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November and December events at Cafe Crema in New Cross include films and music. On the film front the Thursday night season includes: Novem...

Cuts push asylum seekers deeper into poverty

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From East London Lines, 14 November 2009 : Action for Refugees in Lewisham are urging the public to raise money and donate clothes for desti...

Future Roots at the Birds Nest

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On Thursday 26th November, there's a benefit gig for Unite Against Fascism/Love Music Hate Racism at The Birds Nest in Deptford. The lin...
Sunday, November 15, 2009

A Camberwell Servant Learns the Mandolin

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A nice story from South London Observer regarding a Camberwell servant getting ideas above her station by learning to play the mandolin. ‘Th...
Saturday, November 14, 2009

Yet more ukes

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The South East London ukulele movement continues to spread its four stringed tentacles. First of all there was the Dulwich Ukulele Club , no...
Friday, November 13, 2009

Liberty Lodge: Land Squatters in Deptford 1909

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From the Times, 2 Feb 1909: 'Seizure of Land at Deptford Five of the unemployed men whose attempt to seize a piece of Crown Land at Elth...
Thursday, November 12, 2009

David Wiffen - Sydenham-Canadian singer

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Thanks to Bob from Brockley for providing me with a rare opportunity to weave The Cowboy Junkies into the Transpontine Mythos, albeit via a...
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Herbert Burden: Shot at Dawn

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In 2001 a memorial was unveiled at the National Memorial Arboretum in Lichfield, Staffs to 306 British and Commonwealth soldiers shot by the...
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009

LCC Occupation

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Students at London College of Communications at Elephant and Castle have occupied the main lecture theatre in a protest against cuts, course...

Lewisham and Croydonisation

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I must admit I haven't been giving due attention to plans for the redevelopment of Lewisham town centre. As I understand it two separate...
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New Deptford Film Club?

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Some people are investigating setting up a film club in Deptford and are surveying local film lovers to find out what sort of film club the...
Monday, November 09, 2009

Lewisham War Memorials

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Continuing with the World Wars One and Two remembrance theme, Lewisham Local History and Archives Centre is hosting the interesting Lewisha...

South East London Coalition Against Poverty

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London Coalition Against Poverty is a newish group established 'to show solidarity with individuals and families affected by the regres...
Sunday, November 08, 2009

In Deptford streets the houses small huddle forlorn together

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On Remembrance Day, the most famous poem of the First World War will no doubt be extensively quoted. For The Fallen by Laurence Binyon was...
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Saturday, November 07, 2009

Guy Fawkes on Blackheath with the Treasure Seekers

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Fireworks night on Blackheath is a long established tradition, and  Guy Fawkes night in the area even features in The Story of the Treasure ...
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Friday, November 06, 2009

Transition Lewisham

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Quite a lot of activity going on locally related to the Transition Towns movement. In case you don't know what that means - and I'm ...
Thursday, November 05, 2009

Folk in South East London

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Folk clubs are like dog fighting clubs , they're often little known about and in more places than you think. Hither Green , Eltham , Bla...
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November the 5th 1888

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From the Daily News, 6 November 1888 : 'Some attempt to keep up Guy Fawkes' Day was made in London; but the original object was comp...
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Wednesday, November 04, 2009

Up the Line - Remembrance

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I've always felt ambivalent about Remembrance Day - wanting to remember those who died in the terrible wars of the twentieth century (on...
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Tuesday, November 03, 2009

Skinny Lister

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Skinny Lister are a folkish band with nice songs that are very of the moment, judging by the success of Noah & The Whale and Mumford ...
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Monday, November 02, 2009

Brockley Flowers for Paul Rowe

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This roadside shrine of flowers and candles in Brockley commemorates the sad death of Paul Rowe (pictured), killed there earlier this month....
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Duchamp in Croydon

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Between 1920 and 1959, Croydon Aerodrome was the launch pad for various airborne adventures, including Amy Johnson's 1930 flight from fr...
Sunday, November 01, 2009

More on the Post Strike

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Picket line banner outside the Post Office in Brockley last month From the Communication Workers Union : 'POSTAL WORKERS ARE FACING: • ...

Spiritualism and War Talk

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This month's South East London Folklore Society talk features Jennifer Wallis on 'Spiritualism & War: From the angels of Mons to...
Saturday, October 31, 2009

Spooky stone throwing in Peckham

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A Halloween tale of ghostly goings on in SE15, 1880: STONE-THROWING BY “SPIRITS”[ The Theosophist, Vol. I, No. 12, September, 1880, p. 310] ...
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Release the Bats

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How about a seasonal South London-flavoured halloween post on bats? 1. Earlier this year, a survey in Southwark Park found that the relativ...
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Friday, October 30, 2009

A Lens on Deptford - 1978

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The following article. 'A Lens on Deptford', appeared in the radical magazine The Leveller (no.16) in June 1978. It was written by S...
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Thursday, October 29, 2009

The London Nobody Sings

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The London Nobody Sings is a site I really should have come across before, as it's right up Transpontine street. The simple premise is ...
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009

That was Deptford X

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I managed to take in some of the recent Deptford X festival , including the Babylon showing reviewed previously. Other highlights included ...
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Crossbones

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As Halloween comes round again, there will be the 12th annual Halloween of Crossbones event , featuring a performance followed by a candelig...
Monday, October 26, 2009

A Chartist Church in Deptford

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One strand of the radical Chartist movement was Christian Chartism, some of whose adherents created their own churches which put into practi...
Saturday, October 24, 2009

Hollaback UK: South London Sleaze

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Via Swimsuit Issue (cool Transpontine-linking feminist blog) comes news of the start of Hollaback UK , 'a place for women to fight back...

Chaucer: robbed in Hatcham

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Some people like to look back to a golden age of crime-free New Cross, but I'm not sure how far back you would have to go to find it. Pr...
Friday, October 23, 2009

Nail the Cross

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Didn't make it down to No Pain in Pop's Nail The Cross the weekend before last, an all day and all of the night music festival sprea...

Brockley Ukulele Group October & November

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Brockley Ukelele Group's session at the Amersham Arms on Oct 11th had a good crowd, with the usual uke box 'shout the number, and we...
Thursday, October 22, 2009

No Pain in Pop Halloween Party

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No Pain In Pop presents a Halloween party on Friday 30th October 2009 at Goldsmiths Student Union in New Cross. Impressive line up incl...
Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Post Strike in SE London

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Looks like the national post strike is going ahead tomorrow, with SE London expected to be one of the strongholds of strike action. In an ea...
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