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'.

Friday, March 01, 2013

The Commons

The 1805 Ordnance Survey Map shows some of the unenclosed common land of SE London. Peckham Rye Common covered a much larger area than the...

Thursday, February 28, 2013

Dip it in Deptford

'The team behind the Deptford Army are launching a new party vibe night at The Bunker Club on Deptford Broadway playing you 80's, 90...

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Lewisham Hospital Next Steps

After the determination of the mass demonstrations against the threat to services at Lewisham Hospital, and the bitterness following the ...

Monday, February 25, 2013

Music Monday: Trelawney

Trelawney , as the name suggests, are a band whose music is born out of Cornwall, but are based in South London, spread across Brockley, Ne...

Friday, February 22, 2013

Child Poverty in Lewisham

Clare's Diary has done a good job in using data from the Government and the End Child Poverty campaign's data to show levels of ch...

Thursday, February 21, 2013

Antenna Studios Cafe

I popped into the newish cafe at Antenna Studios in Crystal Palace a couple of weeks ago. The Studios have been going since 2002, primaril...

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Lewisham Natureman White Stag in Childeric Road

The Lewisham Natureman White Stag has made another apperance in New Cross - on a scrap of wasteland on Childeric Road SE14 (by Fordham Park...

Monday, February 18, 2013

Bubble Matches: the policing of football fans at Millwall and elsewhere

Hot off the press - OK the report has been out nearly a year but I've just noticed it - Criminalising Football Fans: The Case Against ‘...

Music Monday: Si Cliff

Brockley based singer/songwriter Si Cliff is launching his debut album 'Memories' this week in New Cross. Si, who studied music at G...

Friday, February 15, 2013

Lana Del Rey in the Rivoli Ballroom

American singer Lana Del Rey is the latest artist to make use of the Rivoli Ballroom in Crofton Park. The video for her new single Burning D...

Thursday, February 14, 2013

For Lovers Everywhere

Happy Valentine's Day all you lovers and want-to-be lovers. On this day in 1661, Samuel Pepys recorded in his diary that he celebrated ...

Monday, February 11, 2013

Music Monday: Deptford Days

Deptford Days: Songs Around and About SE8 is a CD issued in December 2012 by Deep Diver Records . As the title suggests, what links th...

Saturday, February 09, 2013

A Music Hall Night out in Woolwich 1932

Browsing through some old theatre programmes at Haynes Lane market in Crystal Palace last week, I came across this from December 1932. The ...

Thursday, February 07, 2013

Utrophia - last few days? (or maybe not)

Utrophia has been running as an art space in the old Job Centre in Deptford High Street since July 2011 (for a short period before that the...

Wednesday, February 06, 2013

Folk Festival Film

Last October the Amersham Arms in New Cross hosted the London Folk and Roots Festival. While most of the action happened downstairs, Acordes...

Tuesday, February 05, 2013

Convoys Wharf Latest Plans

The plans for the redevelopment of the Convoys Wharf site on the riverfront at Deptford have been the focus of a lot of discussion and commu...

Monday, February 04, 2013

Music Monday: Cat Bear Tree

Cat Bear Tree are an up and coming South London all-girl trio, featuring Zoe Konez (guitar/vocals), Claudia Mansaray (bass/vocals) and Sarah...

Friday, February 01, 2013

Fight goes on to Save Lewisham Hospital

Hundreds of people gathered outside Lewisham Hospital last night in the aftermath of health secretary Jeremy Hunt's announcement i...

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Some community events

A couple of local events people have asked us to publicise: Art Auction Fundraiser From Niamh at the Hill Station Cafe, Kitto Road, SE14...

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

You saved our lives, now we'll save yours

As health secretary Jeremy Hunt ponders whether to commit political hari-kari by approving a high profile closure of essential NHS services ...

Saturday, January 26, 2013

Lewisham Hospital Demonstration No.2

Today's march against the threatened closure of Accident & Emergency and Maternity services at Lewisham Hospital was huge, with esti...

Friday, January 25, 2013

Lewisham Hospital: Countdown to Victory?

With momentum building up towards tomorrow's demonstration against the threat to Lewisham Hospital, here's some of the latest dev...

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