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...
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People’s Habitat: a festival of Alternative Living’ – Surrey Docks, 1976

Nov

14

2024

Intrigued about 'People's Habitat: a festival of Alternative Living' which took place in Rotherhithe in May/June 1976. According to the magazine Undercurrents (June 1976) it was to be 'an all embracing  adventure into what the alternative society could be, given a chance'. It was intended to be a counter festival to the United Nations Habitat ...
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1970s · counter culture · Rotherhithe · Surrey Docks · Transpontine

The Water Chorus/Third Revival at Acoustic Anarhchy

Nov

1

2024

Another great line up this weekend at Acoustic Anarchy, the regular night at waterintobeer in Brockley (209-211 Mantle Road, London SE4 2EW):'The next acoustic anarchy on Saturday November 2nd, sees two of our favourite folk groups combine for what promises to be a special night. Third Revival take a mix of traditional songs and their ...
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acoustic anarchy · Brockley · folk music · Transpontine · waterintobeer

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. 
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Mexican Day of the Dead · Peckham · Rye Lane · Transpontine

Edward Said visits C.L.R. James in Brixton

Oct

16

2024

Just been reading Timothy Brennan's 'Places of mind: a life of Edward Said'  in which he mentions the great Palestinian/American intellectual visiting Brixton in 1987, 'Paying his respects to an ailing C.L.R. James in Railton Road... Said had made the pilgrimage, in fact, to honor James's contributions to art and to black liberation. But even ...
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Brixton · CLR James · Railton Road · Transpontine

Sydenham Garden

Oct

11

2024

I stumbled across Sydenham Garden  (Wynell Road SE23) last month for the first time, a community well being space with various mental health, dementia and other projects .The day I went it was participating in the Sydenham Artists Trail, including displaying some of the banners made at the garden for their participation in the 2024 ...
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Green and pleasant South London · sydenham · Transpontine

20 Years of Transpontine!

Oct

9

2024

I can't quite believe that Transpontine is 20 years old. On October 9th 2004 the blog was launched with a couple of posts about local bands and a notice of a talk on witch trials.  That pretty much reflects the initial impetus for the blog  - there was a sense that there was a lot ...
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The word Transpontine · Transpontine

20 Years of Transpontine!

Oct

9

2024

I can't quite believe that Transpontine is 20 years old. On October 9th 2004 the blog was launched with a couple of posts about local bands and a notice of a talk on witch trials.  That pretty much reflects the initial impetus for the blog  - there was a sense that there was a lot ...
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The word Transpontine · Transpontine

Vox Populi party in Brockley 1993

Sep

27

2024

1993 and a party in Brockley put on by Vox Populi sound system to raise funds to replace their rig which had been stolen from the Deptford Urban Free Festival in Fordham Park shortly before ('local people built the rig for free parties and festivals'). Venue was a furniture warehouse on Mantle Road.flyer from 56a ...
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Brockley · free parties · sound system · Transpontine · Vox Populi

30 years of Grace: Jeff Buckley

Sep

22

2024

Last week I stumbled across an exhibition of photos of Jeff Buckley by Merri Cyr, including the shots she took for the cover of Grace, his only studio album released 30 years ago in 1994. A beautiful man with a beautiful voice, difficult though to approach his music with a clear perspective through the fog ...
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New Cross Skyline

Sep

10

2024

'No One at All' by 'New Cross' was released on New Cross Skyline records, 133 New Cross Road SE14 c1981. Written and produced by Tony Messenger. Anybody know any more? 
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