South London stuff from SE14 to the world http://transpont.blogspot.com ; also 'if ever I would stop thinking about music and politics' https://history-is-made-at-night.blogspot.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/transpontine.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/transpontine.bsky.social/post/3mvnpla62cs22I'm doing a free history walk on Saturday (19th Sept) around Kender triangle area of New Cross as part of Hatchfest festival. Meet 11 am at old White Hart pub, soon to reopen as the Broken Wheel and have an exclusive look inside! You can also buy a copy of my new New Cross book hatchfest.org (1/2)16 Sep 2026 17:56 +0000at://did:plc:shtamk6l2ptzlmt3ulev7web/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnpla62cs22https://bsky.app/profile/transpontine.bsky.social/post/3mvacfjibek25The Leisure Lounge - a great 1990s London club remembered https://history-is-made-at-night.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-leisure-lounge-great-1990s-club-in.html11 Sep 2026 09:55 +0000at://did:plc:shtamk6l2ptzlmt3ulev7web/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvacfjibek25https://bsky.app/profile/transpontine.bsky.social/post/3mtpaivifqc2oIn August 1965, Paul Simon played at the Railway Tavern in Catford (now the Catford Bridge Tavern), shortly before Simon and Garfunkel had their first big hit. More here: https://transpont.blogspot.com/2026/08/paul-simon-in-catford-august-1965-and.html22 Aug 2026 21:41 +0000at://did:plc:shtamk6l2ptzlmt3ulev7web/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtpaivifqc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/transpontine.bsky.social/post/3msn2t4o6fs2fotd 1986 - Levellers and The Bambi Slam play squat gig at Camberwell Dickie Dirts (now site of Nando's). More here https://transpont.blogspot.com/2026/08/levellers-squat-gig-at-camberwell.html https://transpont.blogspot.com/2026/08/levellers-squat-gig-at-camberwell.html?m=1#google_vignette09 Aug 2026 07:29 +0000at://did:plc:shtamk6l2ptzlmt3ulev7web/app.bsky.feed.post/3msn2t4o6fs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/transpontine.bsky.social/post/3msi73q3mac22SE pub/bar/coffee latest - new pub opening at White Hart SE14 (renamed Broken Wheel), new coffee shop by Nunhead station, Montague Arms refurbed but still empty, Brockley Queer Social at Joyce and more https://transpont.blogspot.com/2026/08/beer-and-coffee-latest-ex-white-hart.html07 Aug 2026 09:02 +0000at://did:plc:shtamk6l2ptzlmt3ulev7web/app.bsky.feed.post/3msi73q3mac22https://bsky.app/profile/transpontine.bsky.social/post/3msbadswmn22pNew Bonobo/Joy Crookes track is great, what South London locations can you spot? https://youtu.be/6TN7ouUoP04?is=4XyvoBBlcx_BUOuV04 Aug 2026 14:36 +0000at://did:plc:shtamk6l2ptzlmt3ulev7web/app.bsky.feed.post/3msbadswmn22phttps://bsky.app/profile/transpontine.bsky.social/post/3mrtwy3ksvk2eFinally 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: https://go-feet.blogspot.com/2026/07/bude-sea-pool.html30 Jul 2026 07:43 +0000at://did:plc:shtamk6l2ptzlmt3ulev7web/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrtwy3ksvk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/transpontine.bsky.social/post/3mrc3bfhg6s2wFree Deptford Dub Club outdoor session in one of the best parks in London on 1 August - Beckenham Place Park23 Jul 2026 05:12 +0000at://did:plc:shtamk6l2ptzlmt3ulev7web/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrc3bfhg6s2whttps://bsky.app/profile/transpontine.bsky.social/post/3mqwzhxyevk23Frog or toad?18 Jul 2026 19:41 +0000at://did:plc:shtamk6l2ptzlmt3ulev7web/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqwzhxyevk23https://bsky.app/profile/transpontine.bsky.social/post/3mqua6lb5uk2bLooking forward to seeing the great Scritti Politti tomorrow. Back in 1979 they were attacked by skinheads while performing at a Stevenage Rock Against Racism gig in Hitchin. More here https://history-is-made-at-night.blogspot.com/2026/07/far-right-skins-attack-scritti-politti.html17 Jul 2026 17:03 +0000at://did:plc:shtamk6l2ptzlmt3ulev7web/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqua6lb5uk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/transpontine.bsky.social/post/3mq4tgpmogs2fIn 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: https://history-is-made-at-night.blogspot.com/2026/07/racist-skinheads-attack-glc-job-for.html (@mikiberenyi.bsky.social was there too)08 Jul 2026 09:44 +0000at://did:plc:shtamk6l2ptzlmt3ulev7web/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq4tgpmogs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/transpontine.bsky.social/post/3mpsl7ote6k27In 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 magazine04 Jul 2026 07:50 +0000at://did:plc:shtamk6l2ptzlmt3ulev7web/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpsl7ote6k27https://bsky.app/profile/transpontine.bsky.social/post/3mpddvryacs2xAn 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! https://archive.org/details/around-two-bridges/mode/2up28 Jun 2026 06:29 +0000at://did:plc:shtamk6l2ptzlmt3ulev7web/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpddvryacs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/transpontine.bsky.social/post/3mpavfbqwdc22General Strike 1926 - 'murderous volley of missiles' as police and strikers clash at fuel depot by Charlton riverside https://transpont.blogspot.com/2026/06/general-strike-1926-riverside-clash-in.html27 Jun 2026 07:04 +0000at://did:plc:shtamk6l2ptzlmt3ulev7web/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpavfbqwdc22https://bsky.app/profile/transpontine.bsky.social/post/3movtkvf4g227Enjoyed 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 https://history-is-made-at-night.blogspot.com/2026/06/up-youth-club-and-my-punk-period-youth.html22 Jun 2026 21:32 +0000at://did:plc:shtamk6l2ptzlmt3ulev7web/app.bsky.feed.post/3movtkvf4g227https://bsky.app/profile/transpontine.bsky.social/post/3mohxtfdukk22Opposing the racist National Front in Hitchin, Herts 1971 (more here) https://history-is-made-at-night.blogspot.com/2026/06/opposing-national-front-in-hitchin-1971.html (note Hitchin IWA placard @tajali1.bsky.social)17 Jun 2026 09:11 +0000at://did:plc:shtamk6l2ptzlmt3ulev7web/app.bsky.feed.post/3mohxtfdukk22https://bsky.app/profile/transpontine.bsky.social/post/3moeen56vdk27'hip hop is like a folk expression, believe it or not. It's all about for the people, by the people, and to basically stay with the people'. Lauryn Hill in 1994 Fugees interview in Minneapolis anarchist paper The Blast https://history-is-made-at-night.blogspot.com/2026/06/when-its-time-to-be-blunt-we-be-blunt.html15 Jun 2026 22:50 +0000at://did:plc:shtamk6l2ptzlmt3ulev7web/app.bsky.feed.post/3moeen56vdk27https://bsky.app/profile/transpontine.bsky.social/post/3mns5tcarsk2cWhere's the fire? Loads of smoke in Bermondsey direction (photo from Tower Bridge)08 Jun 2026 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:shtamk6l2ptzlmt3ulev7web/app.bsky.feed.post/3mns5tcarsk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/transpontine.bsky.social/post/3mn56b4dopk24Protests are stepping up in France against new RIPOST law criminalising free parties (images from Monpellier Manifestive demo yesterday)- more here https://history-is-made-at-night.blogspot.com/2026/05/france-resistance-steps-up-to.html31 May 2026 08:42 +0000at://did:plc:shtamk6l2ptzlmt3ulev7web/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn56b4dopk24https://bsky.app/profile/transpontine.bsky.social/post/3mmpgy7zcyk2wWatched the Kylie doc and remembered that in 2019 she filmed a show @RivoliBallroom in Crofton Park http://transpont.blogspot.com/2019/12/kylie-minogue-at-rivoli.html25 May 2026 21:41 +0000at://did:plc:shtamk6l2ptzlmt3ulev7web/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmpgy7zcyk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/transpontine.bsky.social/post/3mmfahcrr222s21 May 2026 20:17 +0000at://did:plc:shtamk6l2ptzlmt3ulev7web/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmfahcrr222shttps://bsky.app/profile/transpontine.bsky.social/post/3mluvc3fep225Peter 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: https://transpont.blogspot.com/2026/05/peter-j-carroll-rip-speedwell-house.html15 May 2026 08:15 +0000at://did:plc:shtamk6l2ptzlmt3ulev7web/app.bsky.feed.post/3mluvc3fep225https://bsky.app/profile/transpontine.bsky.social/post/3mli5svwgvc2fTrad, mod, 'non stop jiving' and 'no skiffle' - the jazz club boom in Luton, 1958-63. More here: https://history-is-made-at-night.blogspot.com/2026/05/luton-jazz-boom-1958-63.html10 May 2026 06:43 +0000at://did:plc:shtamk6l2ptzlmt3ulev7web/app.bsky.feed.post/3mli5svwgvc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/transpontine.bsky.social/post/3ml2l4nrqac2i@academicdiary.bsky.social hi les, can i send you review copy of my new New Cross book? (DM me if so)04 May 2026 21:04 +0000at://did:plc:shtamk6l2ptzlmt3ulev7web/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml2l4nrqac2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/transpontine.bsky.social/post/3mkq7wglq7k25Deptford 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 https://transpont.blogspot.com/2026/04/deptford-may-day-festival-and-jack-in.html30 Apr 2026 18:17 +0000at://did:plc:shtamk6l2ptzlmt3ulev7web/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkq7wglq7k25https://bsky.app/profile/transpontine.bsky.social/post/3mkiy2vhibk27Goldsmiths students occupation against staff and course cuts is now in its second week, with a rally on Wednesday. More here: https://transpont.blogspot.com/2026/04/goldsmiths-occupation-against-new-round.html27 Apr 2026 21:07 +0000at://did:plc:shtamk6l2ptzlmt3ulev7web/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkiy2vhibk27