Monthly Archives: December 2019

Help ensure Government pays compensation to Windrush Generation Saturday 18 January. 2-3pm. Black Cultural Archives (BCA) public meeting for all those affected by the Windrush Scandal. This will be followed by free legal surgeries every Wednesday and Saturday from January … Continue reading →

The Tory Victory – a new reality and what can be done The victory of the BREXIT wing of the Conservative Party in the General Election presents a new reality. While the Labour Party will tear itself apart in the … Continue reading →

Please either: (1)    email Penny Locke to reserve tickets, pennylocke@googlemail.com. or (2)    make a direct bank transfer to SO’s account: sort code: 08-92-99; acc. number: 65871180 (please identify as Soirée tickets), or (3)    make an online booking via Ticketsource, using … Continue reading →

Sarah Jones, who is defending her seat of Croydon Central in the General Election on Thursday, seems to have come out against the Council by publicly in supporting  green spaces. ‘I will protect Croydon’s green spaces and promote the creation … Continue reading →

  Two more Croydon authors will be highlighted the Croydon Authors bookstall at the Made in Croydon Market tomorrow (Sunday 8 December) at Boxpark – 11am-5pm. Nadia McInnis will be there from 9.30am-5pn to discuss her two books.  Fred Scott’s … Continue reading →

Labour’s manifesto may be very radical, it is as ambitious as that in 1945. But Attlee’s Government did not introduce socialism or end capitalism. It reformed the capitalist crisis creating a new mixed economic balance between state and capital which … Continue reading →

Books are a favourite present for Christmas. So why not come and support some of Croydon’s authors whose books range over fiction, poetry, arts and culture; Croydon, Black British and Other histories; autobiographies; plus books for young readers, and some … Continue reading →

Hello All,   There is plenty of merriment this December here at The Bread and Roses Pub. Tues 3rd – Sat 7th ‘Maisie’ Split from his wife Mandy, Dan Reegan takes his six year old daughter out to central London for the day-  … Continue reading →

Contents inc:  Memorial 2007 lecture, BSECS Conference programme, Legacies of British Slave-ownership database update, database, the Hibberts, Freedom of Speech in the Anglo-Caribbean World, Slavery Business connections across Britain, the l’Ansons Saturday 7 December. 2-5.30pm. Songs for the Black Magi … Continue reading →