Transpontine
@transpontine
South London stuff from SE14 to the world ; also 'if ever I would stop thinking about music and politics'
Finally made it to the wonderful Bude Sea Pool this week, like many places sustained over the years by a community of swimmers in the face of austerity and funding cuts. More here: go-feet.blogspot.com/2026/07/bude...
Free Deptford Dub Club outdoor session in one of the best parks in London on 1 August - Beckenham Place Park
In 1984 far right skinheads violently attacked a huge left wing GLC 'Jobs for a Change' festival on London's South Bank SE1 while Redskins played. Some photos from the day have resurfaced. More here: history-is-made-at-night.blogspot.com/2026/07/raci... (@mikiberenyi.bsky.social was there too)
In 1982 Frida Kahlo was one of two 'unknown artists' featured in an exhibition @whitechapelgallery.bsky.social along with Tina Modotti. So unknown that she wasn't even mentioned on related front cover of City Limits, the left wing London listing magazine
Have you seen the Marcus Blakeston book? Incredibly detailed and evocative of the scenes that Astronauts were part of
An LGBT themed cultural history tour around the London Bridge/Tower Bridge SE1 area feat. Derek Jarman, Andrew Logan, Spandau Ballet, lost clubs, warehouse parties, Rolling Stones. @BoyGeorge, Sex Pistols, Throbbing Gristle, Xray Spex, Gilles Peterson and more! archive.org/details/arou...
General Strike 1926 - 'murderous volley of missiles' as police and strikers clash at fuel depot by Charlton riverside transpont.blogspot.com/2026/06/gene...
Enjoyed reading Emma Warren's history of the youth club and got me thinking about my own Luton youth club times in the punk/postpunk period history-is-made-at-night.blogspot.com/2026/06/up-y...
Opposing the racist National Front in Hitchin, Herts 1971 (more here) history-is-made-at-night.blogspot.com/2026/06/oppo... (note Hitchin IWA placard @tajali1.bsky.social)
Where's the fire? Loads of smoke in Bermondsey direction (photo from Tower Bridge)
Protests are stepping up in France against new RIPOST law criminalising free parties (images from Monpellier Manifestive demo yesterday)- more here history-is-made-at-night.blogspot.com/2026/05/fran...
Watched the Kylie doc and remembered that in 2019 she filmed a show @RivoliBallroom in Crofton Park transpont.blogspot.com/2019/12/kyli...
Peter J Carroll has died, co-creator of Chaos Magic amidst the anarchy, punk and squatting in Deptford's Speedwell House in the 1970s. More here: transpont.blogspot.com/2026/05/pete...
I know! This poster is from 1969, some of those involved helped set up the 33 Arts Centre in Luto which ran from 70s to 90s, as discussed here youtu.be/LPNGkfPxZVc?...
Trad, mod, 'non stop jiving' and 'no skiffle' - the jazz club boom in Luton, 1958-63. More here: history-is-made-at-night.blogspot.com/2026/05/luto...
Deptford Jack in the Green bringing in the May tomorrow plus a whole May Day festival of music and beer - plus report of a raucous 19th century Jack in the Green in Woolwich transpont.blogspot.com/2026/04/dept...
Goldsmiths students occupation against staff and course cuts is now in its second week, with a rally on Wednesday. More here: transpont.blogspot.com/2026/04/gold...
AI good for something? Spotify has generated a @bunnyhausen.bsky.social mix based on my listening habits
The Pogues had the launch party for their 'Rum, sodomy and the lash' album on HMS Belfast in 1985 transpont.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-...
‘It was so queer being awake and having dreams’. The Magic Faraway Tree books as utopian fantasies influencing Alan Moore, 1990s road protestors and more (now a film) history-is-made-at-night.blogspot.com/2026/04/it-w...
Thousands of books at the at the Telegraph Hill Bog Charity Book Sale, which continues tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon. Great selection of London books, including lots of Mary Mills' classic Greenwich history stuff
Peckham and Bermondsey @cnduk.bsky.social banners on a 1980s demo against nuclear weapons (photo from Museum of Youth Culture). Not sure of details of where and when
35 years on @BBC6Music is celebrating release of @MassiveAttackUK 1st album. In 1991 BBC made the group change name because of Gulf War. 30,000 Iraqis were killed by US with British support - sounds familiar. I was in NHS at time opposing the war history-is-made-at-night.blogspot.com/2021/02/no-b...
New Cross music history walk going ahead tomorrow, though weather doesn't look great. Won't make it too long, will start at Goldsmiths and focus on central New Cross area. The outer limits of Hatcham and Lewisham Way can wait for another day!
Two events coming up in Telegraph Hill Festival this month - a New Cross music history walk, and a talk on 'New Cross from fields to factories in the 19th century' + first chance to buy new book 'New Cross, New Cross: a cultural history of SE14'. Details here: transpont.blogspot.com/2026/03/tele...