This group is for people who aren't ashamed that Fred, Loring Hall's cuddly security guard, takes his/her breath away.Who couldn't love his cheerful smile and scrumptious giggle? *sigh*
Have you ever lived in or visited New Cross (Gate) - aka SE14 6 AH? Did you ever have to walk past that crazy public toilet - that kinda always smelled? Did you always get food from Nouvelle Spice or Uncle Wrinkle? Did you live across the street from an Iceland AND a Sainsburys (not counting Currys and that bed place)? Did you buy phone cards at Zaki Communications or catch the Tube at either New Cross or New Cross Gate? How many nights did you get midnight snacks at Sefa or Tasty Kebab? What about all those nights at Club Sandwich or Hobgoblin or Goldsmiths Tavern? And what's up with that crazy van across from the health center at Goldsmiths? Did you ever wonder why Deptford Town Hall was in the middle of the street? If you know any or all of these references, then this group is for YOU!
Name:
Goldsmiths for life!
Type:
Student Groups - Social Groups
Description:
This is a group for anyone who is studying or has studied at the best institution in the whole of ULU - and possibly the world!
If you're never without your footless tights or skinny jeans; struggle to get in for Thursday morning lectures; appreciate black doors in the middle of fields; and don't feel the day is complete without at least one major expression of individuality - then this is the group for you!
On Saturday 13 August 1977, New Cross was the scene of the largest and most violent confrontation between neo-Nazis and anti-fascists in London since the days of Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts in the 1930s. A National Front demonstration in New Cross, called to capitalise on the controversy over the arrests of local black youths on suspicion of street robbery, was confronted by several thousand anti-fascists. The Socialist Workers Party (operating under the title of the Anti-Nazi League) called a mobilisation to stop the fascists from marching but the London Anti-Fascist Co-ordinating Committee (ARAFCC -representing local anti-fascist committees, including ALCARAF and SCARF) refused to take orders from the SWP and mobilised separately. In the event the majority of the SWP/ANL counter-demonstration was trapped by police in a side street but the ARAFCC stewards succeeded in by-passing the police and leading some 2,000 supporters from the peaceful ALCARAF march earlier in the day onto New Cross Road as the National Front were trying to march through to Lewisham. The violent clashes in New Cross Road allowed police to try out their newly-acquired riot gear but their tactics were incompetent and poorly co-ordinated and the fascist marchers were eventually told by police to terminate their march early in the interests of safety.
These events marked the height of fascist street activity in this part of south London and the National Front, who cultivated a macho tough-guy image, never recovered from the spectacle of their leaders and members cowering under police protection as thousands of locals hurled abuse and bricks at them.
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