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New record shops in New Cross and Camberwell

Nov

24

2022

Not one but two new record shops in the area...Planet Wax at 318 New Cross Road, next to the New Cross House, is not technically new. It was previously in Deptford Market Yard but has relocated. As well as a record shop specializing in jungle/garage/dubstep/techno/electro etc it has a dubplate studio and a bar. As ...

Herbert Henry (H. H.) Niles (1891-1918)

Nov

14

2022

The burial location (above|) and inscription (below) for Driver H. H. NilesHerbert Henry Niles and his parentsHerbert Henry NILES (1891-1918) was one of seven children born into a fishing and seafaring family with origins stretching back to Devonport and Cornwall. At the time of his birth, the family were living in the Deptford / Greenwich ...

Telegraph at the Early of Derby closed – open mic has moved

Nov

13

2022

The Telegraph at the Earl of Derby pub in Dennett's Road SE14 is on the market for sale or rent after it was closed suddenly by its owners in August this year. The pub has been through several changes of management over the last few years and its future now looks uncertain. The pub has had ...

Millwall Mapped – exactly where was the Old Den?

Nov

10

2022

In 1993, Millwall FC moved from the Old Den in New Cross to the New Den not far away to the north of Surrey Canal Road. The ground was demolished and housing replaced it. Thanks to the wonders of the National Library of Scotland's map collection it is possible to show the precise location by ...

2022 REMEMBRANCE DAY EVENT BROCKLEY & LADYWELL CEMETERIES: SUNDAY 13th NOVEMBER

Nov

3

2022

REMEMBRANCE DAY EVENTSUNDAY 13th NOVEMBER10.55am – 12.15pm approxMeet at the Ladywell Cemetery Cross of SacrificeFollowing the 2 minute silence:Wreath laying at the Cross of SacrificeLadywell CemeteryWalk to the Brockley War Memorial viathree relevant memorialsWreath laying at the Brockley Cemetery War Memorial.Join us for all or part of the event.All welcome.www.foblc.org.uk

Autumn in Telegraph Hill Park

Nov

1

2022

Autumn has finally come, a cherry tree down in Telegraph Hill upper park (Kitto Road SE14) believed struck by lightning in a storm last week.Twilight skyline watchers

South London Gas Protests 1936

Oct

25

2022

Unaffordable gas prices... boycotts... mass protests. Yes all this was happening not just now but back in 1936. The South Metropolitan Gas Company in the Old Kent Road supplied gas across South London and in that year brought in a new scale of charges which critics argued meant that the 'poor are to pay more ...

Chinese protest posters in New Cross

Oct

23

2022

A series of protest posters have appeared around New Cross with the hashtags #FreeChina #EndDxicatorship (referring to Chinese leader Xi Jinping who has just had his position extended to a third term)'No obedience, no patriarchy, no police violence'Support for Peng Lifa, who was arrested after staging a one person banner protest in Beijing last week'No ...

William Cuffay, Black Chartist leader and a family grave in Ladywell cemetery

Oct

21

2022

William Cuffay drawn in his cell in Newgate [National Portrait Gallery London]William Cuffay was born in Gillingham in 1788 of an English woman called Juliana Fox and a man of African heritage, Chatham Cuffay who had been previously enslaved on the British Colony of St.Kitts. He was soon apprenticed to a tailor, working in the ...

William Cuffay, Black Chartist leader and a family grave in Ladywell cemetery

Oct

21

2022

William Cuffay drawn in his cell in Newgate [National Portrait Gallery London]William Cuffay was born in Gillingham in 1788 of an English woman called Juliana Fox and a man of African heritage, Chatham Cuffay who had been previously enslaved on the British Colony of St.Kitts. He was soon apprenticed to a tailor, working in the ...

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