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Jerry Dammers at Deptford Dub Club

Jul

20

2023

Deptford Dub Club's Reggae All Dayer at the Fox & Firkin on Saturday 23rd July features Specials/2 Tone founder Jerry Dammers. The dub club goes from strength to strength and the Fox an Firkin is the perfect location with its huge outdoor area (partially covered for all weathers) and its so Lewisham crowd. Should be ...

The birth of the Ashes and a grave in Brockley Cemetery

Jul

18

2023

On 29 August 1882 Australia defeated England in a cricket match played at the Kennington Oval.There was a great deal of dismay felt by the English about this loss and a few days later a mock obituary notice written by Reginald Shirley Brooks appeared in the Sporting Times which read:In Affectionate Remembrance of English Cricket ...

Wild Flower Walk

Jul

13

2023

Monday, 17th July, 2023 meet at the café for 7pm. We’ll be walking through the hay meadow, so trouser would be sensible! The post Wild Flower Walk first appeared on www.hilly.org.uk.

Music Monday: Three WIze Men, South London Hip Hop 1988

Jul

10

2023

Three Wize Men were an early UK hip hop trio, putting out an album and several singles on Rhythm King records between 1986 and 1988. This New Musical Express interview from 1988 situates them very much in South London:'Sarff London!! Sarff London!! In the best traditions of the Hip Hop Nation this was the lip ...

‘Jews in Lewisham Fight’: a 1936 punch up with Hitler fans

Jul

8

2023

A street fight in Avenue Road, Lewisham in 1936 seems to have started out with a visit to the local Lyons coffee house where Jewish customers were subject to antisemitic abuse. Edward, Benjamin and Victor Ansell, brothers from Clapton, were out with Rene Low, a young woman from Rembrandt Road in Lee. They got into ...

Hilly Fields Annual Quiz..the results are in.

Jul

4

2023

With 53 returned quizes we had four people scoring 10 out of 10 and another 8 scoring 9/10. Please see the answers below. The post Hilly Fields Annual Quiz..the results are in. first appeared on www.hilly.org.uk.

Music Monday: Speakers Corner Quartet

Jun

26

2023

South London's Speakers Corner Quartet started out around 2006 as the house band of the Speakers Corner spoken word/hip hop night held at Brixton Jamm. Their album 'further out than the edge' (June 2023) features an impressive range of guests including Kae Tempest, Shabaka Hutchings and Sampha. A great start to the summer album - ...

‘No Nazis in East Street’ (1979)

Jun

17

2023

A feature of London political life in the last decades of the 20th century was the regular street presence of racist and neo-nazi groups like the National Font and British National Party - in particular through their paper sales at places like Chapel Market, Lewisham town centre, East Street market (off Walworth Road SE17) and ...

Hilly Fields parkrun 500

Jun

14

2023

Hilly fields parkrun celebrated its 500th event last Saturday (6/6/23). Since it started in 2012 nearly 12,000 separate individuals have run or walked three laps around the park on a Saturday morning to complete a 5k. The combined distance covered by all those who have taken part is around 480,000 km – that's equivalent to ...

Hilly Fields parkrun 500

Jun

14

2023

Hilly fields parkrun celebrated its 500th event last Saturday (6/6/23). Since it started in 2012 nearly 12,000 separate individuals have run or walked three laps around the park on a Saturday morning to complete a 5k. The combined distance covered by all those who have taken part is around 480,000 km – that's equivalent to ...

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