History is made at night

A facebook found object for my digital collection of old flyers and tickets - this one is for a 1944 New Year's Day Saturday nigh...

Closely related to the history of the flyer is the dance card - popular in the 19th century and beyond in Europe and the US, they set out th...

Obituary of Michael English, graphic artist , who died last month. English was one half of Hapshash and The Coloured Coat, along with Nigel ...

As this post concerns both a South East London story and documents a club scene I wasn't sure whether to post it at my localist Transpon...

Here's another very old flyer (click to enlarge). This one is for a Grand Masquerade, Garden Party and Fancy Dress Ball at North Woolwic...

When did people start passing out flyers to get people to come to their club or dancehall? The earliest I have come across so far is this ca...

Heading out to Kew Gardens over Christmas, we drove through Wandsworth. As always on that journey through South West London, my partner and...

A great piece from 1958, I believe from the Daily Mirror - journalist Anne Allen goes on a tour of London jazz clubs to try and understand...

In the mid-1980s the centre of the musical universe, or at least my universe at that time was  Luton in Bedfordshire. For any non-UK reader...

The beginning of this month saw the final closure of three clubs in the old Goods Yard by Kings Cross station in north London - The Cross, C...

Some more on Brixton mid-90s speedcore night, Dead by Dawn, following my previous post . John Eden has pointed me in the direction of Contr...

Dead by Dawn was a techno and speedcore club in Brixton , South London that ran from 26 February 1994 until 6 April 1996. In itself this wa...