Transpontine Archives - Page 29 of 109

Reweirding London: Authors on the Secret City at the Amersham Arms

Feb

15

2022

'Reweirding' put on interesting talks and events at Conway Hall and elsewhere. Next month they are coming to the Amersham Arms in New Cross for 'Reweirding London: Authors on the Secret City', an event that will feature talks from the authors of three recent books on underground London - physically and metaphorically. Speakers include:Caitlin Davies – ...

Deptford Slavery Map Launch

Feb

9

2022

A campaign group has been set up with the goal of establishing a Museum of Slavery and Freedom (M ō S a F) on the site of the old Royal Naval Dockyard on the bank of the River Thames at Deptford: 'The museum will focus on the role of Deptford, London and the Royal Navy ...

Revolt at the Royal Hospital School, Greenwich 1840

Feb

5

2022

The buildings that today house the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich Park previously housed a school to train boys for the Navy, as well as at times girls for domestic service. The Royal Hospital School had its origins in the early 18th century and from the beginning of the 19th century the Queens House in ...

Revolt at the Royal Hospital School, Greenwich 1840

Feb

5

2022

The buildings that today house the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich Park previously housed a school to train boys for the Navy, as well as at times girls for domestic service. The Royal Hospital School had its origins in the early 18th century and from the beginning of the 19th century the Queens House in ...

New Cross Fire mural at Cummin Up

Jan

25

2022

A new mural was opened this week on New Cross Road to mark the 40th Anniversary of the 1981 New Cross Fire. The piece has been commissioned by Richard Simpson, his wife Sharon and family, joint owners of Cummin Up Caribbean Takeaway(next to New Cross Gate station) as part of their 30 year celebrations. As the ...

The temporary architecture of Covid-19

Dec

29

2021

Mobile Testing Unit, Canada Water Is anybody documenting the temporary architecture of COVID-19?All those pop-up testing, vaccine and booster centres. White marquees in lockdown-emptied carparks. Public buildings grand and shabby transformed into collection points for saliva and mucus. Neighbourhood chemists with queues round the block administering life-saving vaccines.Testing Centre by Devonport House, GreenwichIn a nation obsessed ...

All Swell at Camberwell – Women in trousers at the town hall shock (1941)

Dec

7

2021

'All Swell' - 'an unofficial bulletin published monthly by the Camberwell Branch of Nalgo for the special benefit of members serving with the Forces... Edited by David Leggatt, Food Office, Wilson's Grammar School, Peckham Road'. The motto of the old Camberwell Council - now incorporated into Southwark Council - was ‘All’s well’, so the Union ...

Mourning the Channel Dead on the Thames by Deptford Creek

Dec

6

2021

Cycling by the Thames yesterday we came across this impromptu memorial by Deptford Creek to the 27 people who died attempting to cross the Channel from France to England on 24 November 2021.'It is a disgrace that we cared so little that we let you drown. Let's hope our children have more humanity'Imagine if it ...

Strike against job cuts at Goldsmiths

Nov

23

2021

A good turn out at Goldsmiths College in New Cross today at a rally to mark the start of a three week strike by members of the University and College Union against threatened job cuts.Goldsmiths UCU say: 'Goldsmiths Senior Management Team (SMT) is planning mass staff redundancies across departments this term, as part of a ...

‘Close to Me’ – Christopher Eccleston and Connie Nielsen in the Rivoli

Nov

17

2021

Channel 4 drama 'Close to Me' is the latest to make use of the Rivoli Ballroom as a location. In the story a fundraising event for refugees in Hastings actually takes place in Brockley Road SE4. Sometime Dr Who Christopher Eccleston and Danish actor Connie Nielsen - sometime Queen Hipployta in the DC universe - ...

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Reweirding London: Authors on the Secret City at the Amersham Arms

Deptford Slavery Map Launch

Revolt at the Royal Hospital School, Greenwich 1840

Revolt at the Royal Hospital School, Greenwich 1840

New Cross Fire mural at Cummin Up

The temporary architecture of Covid-19

All Swell at Camberwell – Women in trousers at the town hall shock (1941)

Mourning the Channel Dead on the Thames by Deptford Creek

Strike against job cuts at Goldsmiths

‘Close to Me’ – Christopher Eccleston and Connie Nielsen in the Rivoli