squatting Archives - Brockley SE4

Levellers squat gig at Camberwell Dickie Dirts, 1986

Aug

9

2026

In the early 1980s the former Odeon cinema site in Camberwell, on the corner of Denmark Hill and Coldharbour Lane, became a branch of the discount jeans chain Dickie Dirts. By 1984 it had closed and been squatted, which I believe it was intermittently for the next couple of years. On 9 August 1986 there was ...

Peter J Carroll (RIP) , Speedwell House sorcerer & co-creator of Chaos Magic in 1970s Deptford

May

15

2026

The occultist Peter J Carroll has died, best known as one of the founders of the Chaos Magic current. As he reflected last year:'As I turned 72 in January it occurred to me that Chaos Magic really began fifty years ago in a squat in insalubrious Deptford, London, where certain insights emerged during intense study, furious ...

The Peanut Factory: squatting in South London in the 1970s

May

25

2022

I really enjoyed reading 'The Peanut Factory' by Deborah Price (Guts Publishing, 2022), her memoir of life in South London squats in the 1970s and early 80s - and specifically the scene in the Crystal Palace/Norwood area. Must admit that despite myself being a Brixton squatter later in the 80s I had no idea how ...

The Peanut Factory: squatting in South London in the 1970s

May

25

2022

I really enjoyed reading 'The Peanut Factory' by Deborah Price (Guts Publishing, 2022), her memoir of life in South London squats in the 1970s and early 80s - and specifically the scene in the Crystal Palace/Norwood area. Must admit that despite myself being a Brixton squatter later in the 80s I had no idea how ...

SAFA House, Arklow Road SE14 – Lady Flo’s and more

Mar

5

2021

If you haven't been down Arklow Road for a while you might be in for a surprize, the new Anthology Deptford Foundry housing development is complete and lived in with little trace of the former industrial landscape. A statue on site of a human figure with propellors hints at its former use as the location for ...

White Panther Party 1972 – ‘hassled by the pigs’ in Abbey Wood and beyond

Feb

27

2014

The White Panther Party was a radical and anti-racist organisation originally established in the Detroit area in 1968 with the aim of bringing together white radicals to act alongside the Black Panther Party. It had its roots in the counter-culture, with one of its founders being John Sinclair - manager of the proto-punk band the ...

Peckham Dolehouse Revisited

May

3

2013

Tonight (Friday 3rd May) the spirit of late1980s/early 1990s London squat culture will reappear at the Peckham Palais, 1 Rye Lane SE15 with 'The Dolehouse Reunion'.The Peckham Dolehouse was a famous squat that ran from Spring 1989 to October 1990 in an empty Department for Health & Social Security building in Collyer Place off Peckham High ...

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