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| Location | 388 New Cross Rd, Lewisham, London, SE14 |
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The Amersham Arms is a pub and music venue located at 388 New Cross Road, in the New Cross area of the London Borough of Lewisham in south-east London.
History
[edit]A pub of that name has been present on New Cross Road since at least the 1850s, and from the 1920s to the 1940s was known as the Amersham Hotel.[1][2][3]
On 23 October 1954 it was the venue for the first big meeting of the local Anglo Caribbean Association and Club, a group set up by Windrush era West Indian migrants to provide practical support and social activities, as well as organise against racism.[4]
By the 1960s the pub was a venue for jazz concerts.[5]
Suede performed an early concert at the pub on 12 February 1992, with Brett Anderson remembering only one person in attendance.[6] Menswear and Bush performed there on separate occasions in 1994. Chas and Dave performed there twice in 2007, with Wilko Johnson also playing the same year. Jonathan Richman performed there in 2010.[7][8]
References
[edit]- ^ Heseltine, Ralph (12 April 2023). "The pub that has helped Lewisham party since the 1850s". East London Lines. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
- ^ "Harry Murch Bed for Caxton Home". Newspaper World. 1929.
- ^ "A.R.O Metropolitan Sub-Areas Annual Meetings". The World's Carriers and Carrying Trades' Review. 1941.
- ^ Brown, Wilmoth George (1999). Windrush to Lewisham: Memoirs of 'Uncle George'. Mango Publishing. ISBN 9781902294070.
- ^ "Jazz Club Guide". Jazz Music. Vol. 11. 1960.
- ^ Anderson, Brett (2018). Coal Black Mornings. Little, Brown Book Group.
- ^ Allen, Carl (2016). London Gig Venues. Amberley Publishing. ISBN 9781445658209.
- ^ Buckley, Peter (2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN 9781858284576.
