In honour of this being our 666th post on this blog – we invoke His Satanic Majesty… “In Deptford, near… READ MORE
Slavery, Wealth and Statues in London – Part 2 Following on from our earlier post, on London statues that commemorate… READ MORE
The 19th century saw a ferment among working class radicals around freedom from religion and ‘freethinking’. Throughout the Victorian age,… READ MORE
George Julian Harney was a central figure in London’s Chartist movement, as well as playing a significant part nationally, and… READ MORE
“On Friday afternoon a meeting of a very alarming nature took place at Deptford amongst the Shipwrights; we are given… READ MORE
NB: Tidemill Community Garden was evicted by hundreds of police and bailiffs on 29th October 2018. This post was written… READ MORE
The National Unemployed Workers Movement emerged as a powerful organisation of the unwaged working class in Britain during the post-World… READ MORE
When the Metropolitan Police were introduced into the streets of London in 1829, they were wildly unpopular with much of… READ MORE
With racism on the rise in the area in the late 1970s, local community centre, the Albany, was an important… READ MORE
“Almost into every Company he Cometh he perswades men to Atheisme, willing them not to be afeard of bugbeares and hobgoblins,… READ MORE
"People ask me what I do in the winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."
~ Rogers Hornsby
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