Peckham Archives - Page 2 of 8

Peckham Day of the Dead

Oct

29

2024

Mexican Day of the Dead altar at Mexican Mama in Rye Lane SE15.Also added to my collection of hot sauces from the shop that specialises in Mexican food imports.

Black Echoes – South London nights out 1987

May

30

2024

A window into London soul, funk and reggae nightlife from Black Echoes, 14 March 1987:A 7 day 'Black Arts Festival' at the Cultural Centre in Woolwich with dance, drama and music with Smiley Culture, Ranking Miss P, Sista Culcha, Taxi Pata Pata and more...At the North Peckham Civic Centre on the Old Kent Road, Southwark ...

Black Echoes – South London nights out 1987

May

30

2024

A window into London soul, funk and reggae nightlife from Black Echoes, 14 March 1987:A 7 day 'Black Arts Festival' at the Cultural Centre in Woolwich with dance, drama and music with Smiley Culture, Ranking Miss P, Sista Culcha, Taxi Pata Pata and more...At the North Peckham Civic Centre on the Old Kent Road, Southwark ...

Women in Revolt at Tate Britain

Apr

1

2024

'Women in Revolt! Art and Activism in the UK 1970-1990' at Tate Britain features a huge amount of archive material from different 1970s/80s feminist currents alongside the art works which taken together give a strong sense of the visual culture and politics of the period. Lots of South London content included, here's a few I spotted:'Shrew ...

Peckham Peace Centre 1939

Feb

24

2024

The Peace Pledge Union was the main organisation of pacifists in Britain from its foundation in 1934, based on a pledge to 'renounce war and never support or sanction another'. It had an active Peckham branch, and in 1939 opened a local HQ at 158 Queens Road, Peckham, named after its founder Dick Sheppard.Peace News, ...

Small Worlds – Caleb Azumah Nelson

Nov

7

2023

Like his previous novel 'Open Water', 'Small Worlds' by Caleb Azumah Nelson is a beautifully written slice of young London African life, set in South London. In this instance the story of the unfolding family and intimate relationships of a young jazz musician living in Peckham - and visiting Ghana - is set between 2010 and ...

Music Monday: Laura Misch ‘Sample the Sky’

Oct

30

2023

East Dulwich-raised Laura Misch has been marking the release of her new album, Sample the Sky, with some interesting local events in the last few weeks. There was a sound walk in Sydenham Woods, an event in the Brockwell Park greenhouses and, on 21 October 2023, a 'cloud bath' in the old waiting room above ...

Peckham Taser Death Protest

Oct

13

2023

A demonstration took place on Saturday 30th September to protest against the death of Zodoq Obatolah, a 52 year old man who died after being tasered by police in Peckham earlier this year. People marched from the Rye Hill Estate, where the man died in April apparently after falling from a balcony following being tasered. ...

La Discotheque/Bouncing Ball/Kisses/Chicago’s in Peckham

Oct

1

2023

La Discotheque in Soho's Wardour Street opened in around 1961 and was perhaps the first place to use 'discotheque' as the name for a club in the English speaking world (there had been clubs of that name in Paris since the 1940s). The Soho club earned some notoriety as the 'Soho nerve centre' of 'the ...

Looking History and other walks

Sep

21

2023

A couple of walks coming up in the 'Looking History' series. My walk 'Peckham Against Racism and Fascism' takes place at 11 am on Sunday October 1st and will hopefully do what it says on the tin, exploring the history of anti-racist/fascist/colonialist moments and movements in the Rye Lane area.Before that on Sunday 24th September ...

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Peckham Day of the Dead

Black Echoes – South London nights out 1987

Black Echoes – South London nights out 1987

Women in Revolt at Tate Britain

Peckham Peace Centre 1939

Small Worlds – Caleb Azumah Nelson

Music Monday: Laura Misch ‘Sample the Sky’

Peckham Taser Death Protest

La Discotheque/Bouncing Ball/Kisses/Chicago’s in Peckham

Looking History and other walks