Reclaim The Future 2 - 01/02/2003

A massive war-protest-fundraiser cum party undertaking.
This took place in an ex tv showroom which IIRC was the planned site for an ASDA supermarket.
A lot of interesting exhibits were there on site and a hell of a lot of acts played.

Here is the promo blurb:

Reclaim The Future 2 

Saturday 01/02/03 

All day and all night event in a self-organised space in London 

For Venue Details please ring 07931 560 569 or check uk.indymedia.org
from noon on the day 

Workshops, cabaret, comedy, political cinema & café from 3pm.  Kids
space in the afternoon. 

Party till late with Inner Terrestrials, Simon Emmerson (Afro-Celt
Sound System), Spacegoats, Tragic Roundabout, Gertrude, Very special
guest Buster Bloodvessel, Freak Beat Reactor, Zebedee, Tim Wheelan
(Transglobal Underground), Earthtribe DJ set, Debs Elemental,
Megabitch, Louise Plus One, Rob & Jerome (Groove Asylum), EDIT live,
Nelson Dilation DJ Seed (Squall) and many special guests 

£2 in afternoon, £5/3 after 7pm 

We still need artists, prop makers, musicians, cooks etc – e mail
reclaimthefuture2...@yahoo.co.uk or call 07931 560 569. 

Brought to you by: 

RTS 2003 Street Party Network (reclaimthestreets.net)
The Wombles
Social centres Network
Disobedience
Indymedia 

And a random collective of London Anarchists
Money raised is for anti-war and anti-capitalist actions 

There is a more detailed one here

you can find pictures of the actual event here  as well as here

P.R.O.D

A couple of flyers for the well loved People's Republic Of Disco which had started at The Windmill pub before moving later on to The Canterbury Arms.

This is (quite sadly) now defunct.
I remember some great times and very positive vibes at all the ones I managed to attend, all their archives are here.
And you can also find out about their new projects there.

Here is a short promo blurb:
“We believe that the people of this country are being oppressed,” announces a man calling himself Comrade Dubversion, “by capitalism, the sorry state of democracy and long DJ sets for the ‘shirts-off-up-for-it’ crowd. We want to see the end of the superclub, the end of the DJ workout, the end of bongo-laden nonsense. I believe with a Molotov cocktail in one hand and a Kylie single in the other, we can bring discocracy to this green and pleasant land.” source 

Party - Bacon Factory - 21-02-2003

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St Valentine Drag Massacre Disco - Bacon Factory - 14-02-2003

First post in a series of 8 with flyers freshly taken down from my wall (yep they've been there all that time, I don't redecorate very often).
IIRC this was squatted in the later part of 2002 and went on until late 2003 or early 2004 (but as with all things I could be wrong so corrections are welcome)

This was a short walk from Elephant & Castle, after the eviction it was

Hell House Squat

On the borough road just off St George Circus near the Elephant and Castle.
The first party/gig there was on New Years Eve 1990 the organisation of which started at 7pm on that day after we'd been informed that the Bus Garage in Camberwell was being busted and evicted and was surrounded by police. It probably wasn't the snazziest of dos, but it went on, duly before midnight with bands and DJs going on through the night and into the wee hours of 1991.

more gig and parties ensued, one of which was rioted by the police.

Lady Flo 1992 1993

Here is a flyer from Lady Flo in Deptford/New Cross:

I cannot quite remember whether that was 1992 or 1993.

more flyers:

Party 8th february 1992

Flyer Front:

Flyer back:

Flyers for the last ever party at The Night School: the one that never happened.
It got busted very early on in the evening.
In the chaos that ensued someone forgot to replace the fuse we'd borrowed from the (still active) school next door.
Therefore the electricity supply was promptly cut off on the following Monday morning ensuring no more events took place after that. But a good laugh was had that afternoon when they searched my room.

Now I can't quite remember if it was on the intervening Sunday that the local bunch of up to no good kids tried to set the building on fire or whether that had happened the week before, if anyone can enlighten me that'd be great.

Party 12th September 1992

I'm not even sure whether I made it to that or not...