Camberwell Arts Market, St Giles

Camberwell Indoor Art Market - 17th December 2022

The little known architectural gem: The camberwell submarine

Camberwell author publishes black British history book for kids

https://southwarknews.co.uk/news/camberwell-author-publishes-black-british-history-book-for-kids/

"Residents at Camberwell Lodge Care and Nursing Home in Southwark have enjoyed getting out and about this Summer. After the brand-new care and nursing home was opened in May, our team at Camberwell Lodge have warmly welcomed the first residents to our beautiful home."

https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/summer-fun-at-camberwell-lodge-care-and-nursing-home/

"Dash The Henge record label to take over former Rat Records store in Camberwell"

https://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2022/08/dash-the-henge-record-label-to-take-over-former-rat-records-store-in-camberwell/

Another example of #HostileArchitecture in #Camberwell

Boo, that is really sad, I used to buy a lot of records there back in the days: "Rat Records in Camberwell to permanently close in June 2022"

https://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2022/02/rat-records-in-camberwell-to-permanently-close-in-june-2022/

Heather Phillipson at the Tate.

Proper teenagers now, probably not staying long.

Acrobatic snail of the day

Cat Romance

The site of the former Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre and hub of the Latin Community. Now almost demolished. #elephant #southwark

Time for another visit to Ruskin Park #brixton #camberwell and some random beautiful flowers.

I filmed the same family some weeks ago when the kids were still all fluffy, seems they are proper teenagers now.

Picnic in the park.

Short video from the fire in Elephant & Castle railway station today (early afternoon) . The fire appears to have started somewhere in the railway arches. Two people have been injured according to reports. Source: London Fire Brigade

Happy 80th birthday #BobDylan. Did a lot of stuff over the last six decades, some I did not like, most I liked.

It is mid May right now, correct? It seems winter is coming .. #brixton

Have a happy and sunny #earthday!

We are approaching Spring

As it says in the title, nice weather, nice views.

If you ever pass by on a sunny day, it's worth it. The photo might not do it justice, but the view over the city is awesome.

Another spring visit. Including #dinosaurs

Once one of several nearby shops selling the unique and striking fashions favoured by the African Caribbean community, The Baron was in business for more then 50 years.
https://brixtonblog.com/2021/04/end-of-an-era-in-brixton-as-the-baron-closes/

Got this through the postbox this morning, for the 40th anniversary of the '81 #Brxton Riots

Today is the 40th anniversary of the '81 #Brixton Riots
https://brixtonblog.com/2021/04/then-suddenly-the-balance-of-power-shifted-as-petrol-bombs-began-to-crash-into-the-police-line/?cn-reloaded=1

Happy 93th Birthday Tom Lehrer, songwriter and Mathematician, who also put
all his work into public domain last year.

Also quite possibly the worst security code ever used in science fiction, I mean, what were they thinking?

Starting the week on a more sombre note: "Scorched Places" is a project to document all places of the national-socialist book burnings in Germany in 1933. It's an important project considering that many of the events have been forgotten locally and the extent of the book burnings is not well known.
The website of the project has recently re-launched in German and English. Disclaimer: I have been involved in this on the technical side.

https://verbrannte-orte.de/en

This seems to have been done quite recently (last year or so) because I did not notice it before.

Remember to check if you have your video filters removed (from a court hearing at a US District Court)

Science Fiction Author Arthur C Clarke in 1964, talking about how communication will look in "50 years". Pretty accurate prediction when it comes to mobile phones, mobile internet, video calls and remote working.

I have an idea what those scientists actually did, but that headline..

Nice article about the history of the Stockwell Brewery

https://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2021/01/a-history-of-hammertons-and-the-site-of-the-stockwell-brewery-in-stockwell-green-1730-to-today/

I have created a new group for everything around space flight and planetary science.
https://www.scooploop.com/groups/all-about-space

(Vegetarian) Haggis, Neeps & Tatties

Probably the very first time camouflage can be used.

I was such a big fan of the Muppet Show as a kid. Only last year I found out that this - Muppets, Sex and Violence - actually existed (It was a pilot episode made by Jim henson).

That's so weird, wonder what my parents would have thought if they had known.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Muppet_Show:_Sex_and_Violence

As fluffy as it can get

After more than 50 years, Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre closed it doors today for demolition. A sad day for the area and a loss for the local community. This was a hub of small businesses, especially the european and latin community.

European regulators are cracking down on Facebook's ability to transfer data across the Atlantic. Now the tech giant is threatening to pull its services from more than 400 million Europhttps://www.vice.com/en_us/article/889pk3/facebook-threatens-to-pull-out-of-europe-if-it-doesnt-get-its-wayean users.
vice.com/en_us/article/889pk3/faceboo...

Severndroog Castle, build as a folly ( a "fake" castle) at the end of the 18th century, south-east of Greenwich. The castle is a masterpeice in perspective, seeing it from further away it appears large but is in fact tiny. It now houses a lovely cafe downstairs and a one-room museum upstairs.

The Clink launches Clink@Home food delivery service from Brixton prison
http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2020/07/the-clink-launches-clinkhome-food-delivery-service-from-brixton-prison/

A normal day in the park.

The "Old Stable Block" is an old set of buildings hidden away in a corner of Ruskin Park (Camberwell/Brixton). It is really a pity it is not used for the public.

I followed the Pool River (and later the Ravensbourne River) from Penge to Ladywell the other week. Here are some photos taken along the way.

There’s a £5 charge for a table and you can book for a maximum of six people and a minimum of two The venue will be operating table service and all payments will be done through an app, so no queuing at the bar.

Bookings open tomorrow (June 30) and the beer garden will be open from this Saturday (July 4). It’ll be open on Fridays from noon to 10pm and Saturdays and Sundays from 10am to 10pm.
You can book a table here:
https://www.alexandrapalace.com/#

Ruskin Park in Spring

A random selection of flowers from Ruskin Park, photographed today.