{"id":1700,"date":"2026-08-29T15:33:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T15:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kollapso.co.uk\/claire\/?page_id=1700"},"modified":"2026-08-29T15:33:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T15:33:59","slug":"the-move-to-south-east-london","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kollapso.co.uk\/claire\/the-move-to-south-east-london\/","title":{"rendered":"The move to south-east London"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In January 1988 we finally managed to move out of Milton Keynes. The physical act of moving city meant quite a bit at the time &#8211; I am not sure it would matter so much in today&#8217;s connected world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We split into two camps, Brockley and Peckham, and started to survey the local scene. We were instantly hit by the cost of London living, even in the more affordable South-east London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The local Safeway threw away a lot of food at night so that became a welcome stockpile. North Peckham estates seemed to enjoy regular parties, and the abundance of local art colleges afforded many cheap nights out with student parties. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kollapso.co.uk\/claire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ian-and-chris.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"254\" src=\"https:\/\/kollapso.co.uk\/claire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ian-and-chris.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kollapso.co.uk\/claire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ian-and-chris.jpg 320w, https:\/\/kollapso.co.uk\/claire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ian-and-chris-300x238.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ian and Chris. Peckham.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In January 1988 we finally managed to move out of Milton Keynes. The physical act of moving city meant quite a bit at the time &#8211; I am not sure it would matter so much in today&#8217;s connected world. We split into two camps, Brockley and Peckham, and started to survey the local scene. We [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1702,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1700","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kollapso.co.uk\/claire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kollapso.co.uk\/claire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kollapso.co.uk\/claire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kollapso.co.uk\/claire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kollapso.co.uk\/claire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1700"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kollapso.co.uk\/claire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1703,"href":"https:\/\/kollapso.co.uk\/claire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1700\/revisions\/1703"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kollapso.co.uk\/claire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kollapso.co.uk\/claire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}