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Meetings & Moots, Music, Shops and More
For more south-east London news, music and musing, see the blog Transpontine,  which SELFS-folk contribute to.



"I'm right, Tufty."
"No, Nutkin, I think you'll find that I am right."
Meetings & Moots
 
Lewisham Humanists meet once a month in Catford. 
Their program includes matters scientific, cultural and other human issues.
 
  
The Anomalistic Psycological Research Unit at Goldsmiths University in New Cross runs free lectures on Tuesday afternoons. The themes often wander into parapsychology and social psychology.
 
 
South London Radical History Group  - Another Self-explanatorily named group. Check the website or email Alex to find out when and where they're meeting next.


 Music Venues & Clubs
 
Angular Recording Company - Local music label and gig put-er-on-ers. Yay for punk.
 
Greenwich Traditional Music Cooperative – Tuesday night traditional English music session at the Lord Hood, Greenwich. Always a good night. there's also a monthly session at the Horseshoe Inn in Borough.
Klinker - In one's face avant-guard music club who meet, among other places, at the Ivy House.
Moonbow Jakes - Brockley based purveyors of beers, veggie pastry products and has live music Thursdays & Sundays until pub closing time.
 
Rocklands -  Minxy's passion for all that is musical, magical and south-east London-al stretches to our good SELFS. She has us down on a page about fey-New Cross types called, rather kindly, "sex fairies". The kinky emails have failed to materialise so far, though.

Go Cat Go


Moon Fairies


Shops
 
56a Infoshop - South east London's premier anarcho-centre in Walworth, a wealth of alternative info and action.
 
Baldwins – Suppliers of dried herbs, tinctures, fluid extracts, incense and books on the Walworth Road since 1844. Shop online, too.
 
Halcyon Books in Greenwich is an ace local bookshop with a large occult and paranormal section. It’s well worth a look.
Stepping Stones – A nice little witchy shop, with healing, tucked away in North Greenwich.
 
TLon Books - You are much missed.
 
Wicca Moon - occult shop and tarot readings in Eltham.


Other Stuff
 
Area10 – Arty goings on round the back of Peckham Library.
 
Blackheath Morris Men - a cheery local morris team who perform around the folk calendar.
 
Chilsehurst Caves - With a history that starts before the Romans arrived, the caves must be London's largest sacred site. I'm not convinced about the druid bit, though. 
 
Cuming Museum – Local archeological and folk artifacts in a good little museum within the library on Walworth Road. Austin Osman Spare exhibited in this building, too.
 
Dacre Morris - The local womens morris and traditional dance team. Girls get to drink beer, folk dance and be silly too.
 
Exploding Cinema  - They organise open access film nights at the Hatcham Social Club in New Cross. Some can be iffy, some can be bloody amazing.
 
Friends of Nunhead Cemetery - Because every decaying, Victorian bone-yard needs friends.



"As I am, so you shall be."
St. Mary's Church, Deptford, picture via Rocklands
The Horniman Museum – A fantastic collection of musical instruments and ritual objects in Forest Hill, many of which actually have comments from the folk who have used them. There’s goats in the garden, too.
 
Lewisham Arthouse - Art, music and more on the Lewisham Way.
 
MyEyesMyEyes - Another film club and happening organisers.
 
Severndroog Castle - Preserving the spooky tower in Oxleys Wood. See here too.
 
South East London.org - News, views, links, stuff.
 
South London Permaculture - permaculture and calendar customs in Honor Oak.
 
Woodlands Farm Trust - The only working urban farm in London. It's by Oxleys Wood.