Darryl

This image of The Slits by Terry Lott is apparently from a 'Photoshoot At Home Of Band Member In New Cross'. I've seen it dated from 1981 and 1987, former seems more likely as they split up in '82 - for the sake of my completist SE14 obsession, does anybody know who lived where?

thank you!

So my dad is home and on the mend after 61 days in hospital following a stroke. I am very glad, but it feels a bit odd now I am no longer doing daily trips down to the far end of Dartford.

yes, it's crazy. Had to get one of the nursing staff to intervene with a bloke on my dad's ward. I couldn't think straight with that racket going on.

Yay! The Dodo is ace.

Maybe not the main point, but perhaps Ofcom should think a bit harder about YouTube.

YouTube’s algorithim has been a threat to national security for years.

I’ve been spending so long out there lately that you might be right…

Lovely to see @thegreengoddesspub.bsky.social in this (I may have been contributing to the accents).

And Wales scoring seven!

Nobody in Scotland’s getting any work done tomorrow, are they? Cracking stuff. #thefootball

Imagine your kids asking what you did in the face of the rise of fascism and you can’t even tell them that you stopped using a website. Pathetic.

There’d been a Cornish flag on the Lewisham side for a long time. I think Greenwich have been taking them down but it might not be their lamp post…

tea hut side of the road is Lewisham, park side is Greenwich but lamp posts on the A2 are TfL’s lookout. (Was just crossing the heath but was too far away to tell for sure.)

this is why I always shift uncomfortably about the idea of micropubs “promoting conversation” - you either end up in an argument or someone butts in with an unnecessary diversion

that used to be really well-known for showing just about any football match possible, in the days before mass streaming and crackdowns on showings 3pm kick-offs

Ha! Thank you for posting this - I know Pete, I’m made up for him!

A lit-up pub beer garden in after a downpour

Told you Leytonstone was exotic!

Despite the two billion quid blown on a new road tunnel on the way, it’s still one bus and two tubes to get to Leytonstone, which is as exotic as it gets for me at the moment.

35 years ago in November 1990, PSB released “Being boring” as the 2nd single from their 4th studio album, “Behaviour”. The song was inspired by a party invitation from Neil’s Newcastle days which quoted Zelda Fitzgerald’s line “She was never bored, mainly because she was never boring”.

#PetShopBoys

Nice of some PR people to send pictures of scantily-clad women to @greenwichwire.bsky.social - every little boost helps right now - but on what planet they think a site that covers Greenwich issues would be interested in a Battersea burlesque show, heaven alone knows.

they have a dedicated area for away fans now. The Valley is very handy for The Green Goddess and The River Ale House!

estate agent being rebranded

in fact, they are literally just dumping old leaflets!

I got another leaflet earlier this week implying they are rebranding under a different name, so strange to then send out stuff under the old name!

you got one as well, then!

I'm reminded of Boris Johnson's attempts to glue pollution to roads...

No problem! They always come in handy at some point!

Christmas lights being erected alongside sad-looking Union Jack and St George flag

Here they are going up on October 14

Christmas light on lamp post with sad looking St George’s flag still in place

Dartford’s lights went up a few weeks ago with flags still in place on Wednesday…

two horses and a trap outside McDonald’s in Eltham

One way to avoid Ulez in Eltham, I guess.