Peckham Archives - Page 7 of 8

Featured local business - Clubtek

Forest

SE23

Hill

I was already a regular visitor to Clubtek’s DJ shop when it was in Penge, but now they're even handier in Stanstead Road, just a few doors down from Shannon’s Garden Centre - another old favourite. It’s by no means just for DJs and bands...

Peckham Rent Strike 1930s

Jan

2014

In the 1930s, Peckham was the scene of a successful rent strike. The focus was the Nigel Buildings tenements, which I think were situated roughly where the Troy Town flats are now off Nigel Road SE15. I found this account online, source seems to be an article (undated) in The Morning Star and I believe ...

Roger Lloyd-Pack/Trigger – ‘Sleepless in Peckham’

Jan

2014

The actor Roger Lloyd-Pack (1944-2014), who died last week, was as North London as they come: a Spurs supporter born in Islington and died in Kentish Town. But his most famous part was of course as Trigger, the Peckham road sweeper in 'Only Fools and Horses'. He appeared in the first episode in 1981, and ...

Music Monday: Mount Kimbie

Jan

2014

I guess we can't really count Mount Kimbie as local any more, as apparently the electronic duo moved last year from Peckham to Hackney. But it was definitely South London that made them - Dom Maker and Kai Campos met at South Bank University, and started recording at home when living in Peckham. In the ...

The Montague Arms reopening soon

Jan

2014

Bar top in @Montague_Arms pic.twitter.com/eITmVR8PVq— The Brown Derby (@brownderbypub) January 13, 2014 More good news for the South East London pub scene. The Montague Arms has hit the comeback trail.The legendary New Cross / Peckham borders pub closed in 2012 after the death of its manager and while its unique brand eccentricity was lost forever, ...

Cupid strikes in Peckham Street Art

Dec

2013

On the corner of Kings Grove and Queens Road SE15, this piece by Loretto features a commuter running for the train (at Queens Road station) about to be shot by Cupid's arrow. I think the same artist did the 'hung out to dry' pieces in Peckham featured here before.

Transpontine Christmas Trees

Dec

2013

'It's coming on Christmas, They're cutting down trees,They're putting up reindeer, And singing songs of joy and peace'Peckham SquareWaterloo stationMy favourite so far - a 'tree' made of books made of trees in Goldsmiths library- the sharp eyedmay spot Derrida's Of Grammatology, Jameson's Postmodernism and Fanon's Black Skin, White Maskscontributing to the festive cheer!

Giant at Bussey Building

Nov

2013

A top night of house and disco at the Bussey Building this Friday 22 November:'Giant returns to Peckham's Bussey Building on Friday Nov 22nd after a sold out opening party in October. We switch things around for part 2 moving the house to the middle floor to accommodate our heavyweight tag team of Atjazz and ...

We Save Lives not Banks! Firefighters on strike

Nov

2013

Firefighters at local stations joined the national strike last night. Firefighters across England and Wales walked out on strike between 6.30pm and 11.00pm in the dispute about pensions. As with other groups of workers it's a case of people being expected to work longer for less - in this case to work until 60 rather than ...

The Economist on East London Line

Oct

2013

Last post based on an Economist article for a while, we promise, but a few people tipped us off about this one and it's relevant to London's "great inversion", as well as our daily commutes.Last week, the magazine focused on the London Overground's impact on areas along its route and claims the TfL-run model is ...

Music Monday: Filthy Boy

Aug

2013

A big summer for Filthy Boy, playing festivals and getting national radio airplay for their new single That Life (from their album 'Smile that won't go down').The young band, based in the Peckham/Nunhead area, played early gigs at the Ivy House and recently had a friends and family gig at the Old Nun's Head. Singer Paraic ...