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  • I found this postcard in an old shoebox. John Redburn is my Great-Great-Grandfather.  As far as I know John Redburn (middle bottom row?) was married to Ann Abbott in 1851 somewhere in the Bethnal Green Spitalfield area.  I have no idea when this postcard photo was taken, would love to know, but it was sent out…

  • As I am writing this post I am also directing Mr P. in the art of soup making. We are both feeling a bit crook today as we ate something funny on Sunday night -not funny ha ha…and are still recovering, so much weak and feebleness, aching limbs and dehydration etc….  This weekend I got…

  • David Bowie,  ah! Picture in my desk at school. Have the album cover of Hunky Dory in a frame in my kitchen. On the loose theme of songs with stars in them. Here is todays contribution. This is such a fine video…another advert from the rocking bass player ( never ever please can sideburns back…

  • Check out this beautiful photo that my mate Emma Jane took in Peckham after the riots.  Photos of people cleaning the streets and adding positive posts it notes to a wall of a shop that had to be boarded up – the whole collection is here. Well worth a look. Also check out  this interview from Darcus Howe. Words…