The Jeremy Hunt Coconut Shy

Jan 302013

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Pictures taken in and
on the way to Mountsfield Park, Catford, Saturday 26th January, 2013.

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Save Lewisham Hospital protest, Mountsfield Park, Catford - click to enlarge

H. Hirst & Sons, Lewisham High Street - click to enlarge

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Tagged with: Catford, Ladywell, Lewisham, Matt Haynes, Politics, Social History

Looking back through the clouds…

London’s Campest Statues No.10

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I think we can all tell by the way he uses his walk that Neptune is… well, a bit of an old tart, frankly, especially after a dose of Saturday Night Sea Fever has led him to try busting a few salty moves at the local Palais de Danse. Not for him, though, Travolta’s white suit and pointy collars – instead, just some kind of disco cape, the sort of thing you might toss on hastily should the doorbell ring as you were nakedly honing your hustle at home. [read more...]

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by Juno Baker
Steve dreams of King Canute, sailing through Brixton on a Viking longboat, gliding past the Ritzy yelling in a smug nasal twang, “Oy, Steve! Thought you were getting a Waitrose round here?” He watches Canute’s ship disappear up Effra Road towards his flat. There’s Shelly, all dressed up on the back of the longboat. She smirks at Steve as if to say she’s too good for him now. King Canute puts his arm round her and shouts something else, but he can’t hear it. [read more...]