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Pompey Fans Day 2013 – Sat 20th July

Tuesday, June 18th, 2013. Published in Community, Local Events, Strong Island Clothing Co by Tristan Savage

The Tony Goodall Fans Conference, made up of representatives of various fans groups are proud to be hosting the 2^nd Fans Day at Fratton Park. Organiser Tom Dearie has pledged it will be ‘bigger and better’ than its successful predecessor.

The maiden Fans Day was held in May 2011 and raised almost £5,000, which was split between the Tom Prince Cancer Trust and Pompey in the Community. Now Tom and his group of volunteers are bringing the occasion back on the day of the Fratton Park friendly against Charlton.

This time four charities including Pompey in the Community, Tom Prince Cancer Trust, Asthma UK and Oakleys Walking Fund are being supported alongside raising money towards community share purchases for Pompey Supporters Trust, with the aim of raising £10,000.

Taking place from 11am-2pm, this year’s event will once again take place in the car park behind the Fratton end. Families are encouraged to come down and join in the fun before heading off to the match. A specially-built stage will be constructed and host various live music acts including Trust band The Dickensian Vagabonds, The Union King, Mojo Dollar and Luke Ferre.

It will also see the launch of Pompey’s new second strip, with the kit on sale from a Sondico stand. Tom hopes to have the new kit being modelled by members of the first team.

Stalls from Strong Island, Lee Casey Illustration, Urban Gallery FA Cup Prints and Southsea Kitchen will feature amongst other local traders and there will be a return of the popular dunk tank, bouncy castle, 5-a-side football, bungee racing and much more. Bespoke food vendors and a beer tent will also be present at the event so you can grab a bite to eat and some refreshment before the game whilst taking in the entertainment.

In addition, there will be a kids football competition consisting of a crossbar challenge, fastest shot and penalty shoot-out. The PST will also have a replica of the FA cup on the day for anyone wishing to have their picture taken with it.

There are some fantastic prizes on offer in the organised raffle with prizes including two season tickets, a signed shirt, signed ball, VIP day out at Fratton Park, Stadium tours, Shadow the manager and CEO for the day alongside prizes donated by local companies, a pair of Victorious Festival tickets and a meal for two at the Belle Isle.

For more information please visit Pompey’s 12th Man website.

FANS DAY Web

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Play Up Pompey Music

Thursday, June 13th, 2013. Published in Community, Local Events, Music & Bands, Strong Island Recordings by Ben Mills

Musicians and venues across Portsmouth are getting together to raise funds for the Pompey Supporters Trust. Play Up Pompey Music will take place for two weeks in July.

A series of gigs and events will take place all over the city to raise funds, which will be converted into community shares in the name of the Pompey music scene. A number of pubs and venues have already signed up to the campaign, including The Festing, The Wedgewood Rooms, Little Johnny Russells, Drift and our very own Strong Island Recordings will be adding to the efforts. The diary is already filling up with events and there’s plenty more to announce shortly.

You can find more information about the event and to get involved visit www.playuppompey.org

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Mulamu, Urban Underground & Most Wanted Charity Event TONIGHT!

Thursday, May 30th, 2013. Published in Community, Music & Bands by Stuart Barker

Small Change is a Hip Hop Charity event being held in aid of Dance Africa at the Wedgewood Rooms tonight. This is a project is for a great cause, it’s raising money to send dancers from Portsmouth to work with street kids in Zambia this August.

Local dancing group Most Wanted are very excited about the opportunity to travel to Zambia and collaborate on an arts project for disadvantaged communities.

The trip requires the group to raise another £2000. If you can’t make tonight event then you can still support the project by donating at www.justgiving.com/mulamu.

Tickets will be available on the door for £5.50, all ticket sales will go towards the Dance Africa project. The doors open at 7pm but you can find out anything else on the Facebook event page HERE.

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Castle Road Vintage and Spring Fair

Thursday, May 23rd, 2013. Published in Art, Craft & Design, Community, Local Events by Tristan Savage

Just to remind you that this coming May Bank Holiday the Castle Road Area Traders Association are holding a two day Vintage and Antique Spring Fair on Sunday 26th and Monday 27th. Both days are completely free and there will be unique stalls, live music, food, drink, lots of fun and it is certainly promising to be a great event for all the family. Castle Road will be closed off from 10am till 3pm for your chance to really enjoy what’s on offer without having to squeeze to the side of it’s narrow road.

Pop along for a browse down this wonderful road as many of its quirky shops, and cafes including Pie and Vinyl, The Brocante, Revive |nteriors, Sabre Sales, Roberts Antiques, Sellers Coffee House, & The Barley Mow to name a few will be open for your perusal.

Pie & Vinyl will also be curating a couple of special acts for your enjoyment with ‘The B of The Bang’, ‘Retrospective Soundtrack players’ and wait for it……’The Day of The Rabblement’ – who on the day will launch their début album ‘Night Time Rallies’ in conjunction with Pie&Vinyl on Psychedelia records.

For more information or stall enquiries please contact Richard from Sellers Coffee Shop on 07742 526738. We will follow up with further details soon.

Amazing mixed media illustration by Sue Meredith

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Feel Yourself

Monday, May 20th, 2013. Published in Community by Paul Gonella

Feel Yourself is a new charity campaign based in Southsea aimed at raising awareness for breast and testicular cancer in younger people. Both diseases are on the increase and tend to be more aggressive in younger people, but both are treatable if detected early, so regular checking and self awareness really can be the difference between life and death.

The campaign aims to visit as many festivals and events as possible to spread the message to young people that checking yourself every week should be a part of your beauty or health regime. Although some of the campaign’s merchandise and paraphernalia is tongue-in-cheek, such as knitted breasts, stress ‘balls’, spray on tattoos and comedy t-shirts, the message is a serious one and could save lives. Breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed in women under 39 and testicular cancer, while still relatively rare, is on the increase. Almost half of all testicular cancers are in men under 35, with 90% in men under the age of 55. And of course, men can get breast cancer too.

The Honest Politician on Elm Grove in Southsea is holding Feel Yourself Campaign’s first fundraiser on Thursday 30th May. There’s no entry charge but there are plenty of really exciting prizes to be won on the night in raffles and competitions. As well as t shirts there are also two tickets to Victorious Festival, a meal for two in the Belle Isle, a free palm sized tattoo, a £20 body piercing voucher, and a Garbo’s haircut, as well as loads of other prizes donated by a diverse range of local businesses. Find out more on Facebook HERE.

You can follow the Feel Yourself Campaign on both Facebook and Twitter (@CampaignFeel), and there is a website too. If you’re a local business and would like to offer support, please contact Maddie Wallace on 07716076874 or get in touch on Facebook or Twitter.

Feel Yourself is now one of Strong Island’s chosen charities (along with Portsmouth Autism Support Network and the local RNLI station) and from now on any money raised at one of our charity events a percentage will be donated to Feel Yourself. This charity is not only local and focusing on key health issues for young people but it also has a particularly close connection with us at Strong Island and we wish them the very best in their charity fundraising and their mission to raise awareness as much as possible.

Find out more at the following:

feelyourselfcampaign.org

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Castle Road Vintage and Spring Fair

Monday, May 13th, 2013. Published in Art, Craft & Design, Community, Local Events by Tristan Savage

This coming May Bank Holiday the Castle Road Area Traders Association are holding a two day Vintage and Antique Spring Fair on Sunday 26th and Monday 27th. Both days are completely free and there will be unique stalls, live music, food, drink, lots of fun and it is certainly promising to be a great event for all the family. Castle Road will be closed off from 10am till 3pm for your chance to really enjoy what’s on offer without having to squeeze to the side of it’s narrow road.

For more information or stall enquiries please contact Richard from Sellers Coffee Shop on 07742 526738. We will follow up with further details soon.

Amazing mixed media illustration by Sue Meredith

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Strong Island X PFC Tee – Portsmouth Supporters Trust

Tuesday, April 30th, 2013. Published in Community, Strong Island, Strong Island Clothing Co by Ben Mills

Big shout to the guys over at the Portsmouth Supporters Trust for giving us an endorsement through their website for our Strong Island X PFC tee. We’ve had a huge number of pre orders so far with many more coming in. With £5 from each tee sold going towards Strong Island buying a community share, we’re well on track to achieve that.

If you haven’t ordered yours yet you can do so at strongislandclothingco.com

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Southsea Coffee Co – Coming Soon

Thursday, April 25th, 2013. Published in Business, Community, Food & Drink by Louise

After much speculation, upcoming coffee house Southsea Coffee Co have finally announced their opening date in a teaser film embedded below. Occupying the old Holland & Barrett store on Osbourne Rd, the white-washed window has provided only the sneakiest of glimpses at the ongoing transformation of the shop which has been stripped back to its original fittings and given a deserved modern refit. Followers of the shops’ diligently updated social media sites will be well aware of the scale of the renovation, with industrially inspired and reclaimed furniture being installed today and the finishing touches being applied by the weekend, just in time for opening before the Bank Holiday on Thursday 2nd May.

If you’d like to keep up with shop in the run up to opening be sure to check out their Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Instagram for updates.

Southsea Coffee Co – Coming Soon

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Strong Island Clothing Co X Portsmouth Supporters Trust T-Shirt Available for Order

Friday, April 19th, 2013. Published in Community, Features, Sport & Fitness, Strong Island Clothing Co by Paul Gonella

As you are probably well aware from reading the news recently, the Portsmouth Supporters Trust succeeded in their bid to take control of Portsmouth FC making it the biggest community owned club in the UK. It is a long and hard fought victory by the fans that have endured years of bad fortune, bad news and bad performances and a couple of the SI crew have seen most of them! PST’s aim is to bring about responsible, democratic representation at Portsmouth Football Club and so help promote the highest standards of transparent governance, accountability and embed Portsmouth FC deeper into its community through greater communication and co-operation with its fans.

We contacted the PST back in November last year to put forward our idea of doing a Strong Island PFC edition T-shirt to raise money towards buying a share in the club. The PST warmly welcomed the idea and we are pleased to say we are now putting our plan into action.

Strong Island is keen to get behind the trust as are many others. We’re going to pledge £5 of every limited edition SI X PFC tee sold towards Strong Island buying a share of the football club, therefore financially helping PFC in it’s aim to become stable again and continue to be a hugely important aspect of the city.

The design itself is a re-imagining of the common elements from the iconic Portsmouth FC logo from the 1980s and the Strong Island logo, with two swords in place, each dated with the club’s FA Cup wins. The Strong Island Clothing Co. items are normally hand screened in East London but for this particular tee they are produced literally just down the road from Fratton Park and will be at a special price of £15 (plus P&P).

No matter if you are passionate about football or not, we hope this tee is a way of showing support for a club that is now a beacon to the rest of the country for a city and a community that strives to work together for the better.

To pre-order the t-shirt click on the link below. Tees will be back from the printers soon and we hope to have orders in the post by the end of the month, if not sooner.

Order your Strong Island Clothing Co. X Portsmouth Supporters Trust T-Shirt

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Rising To The Challenge with The Rowans Hospice

Tuesday, April 9th, 2013. Published in Community, Local Events by Tristan Savage

The Rowans Hospice provides palliative care to people in Portsmouth and South-East Hampshire living with terminal illnesses and they are currently looking for brave participants who want to jump out of a plane or walk backwards down a building and raise some money for them! Sound like you…

Funds raised from these events will go towards the Hospice’s £4.6 million annual running costs and help the Hospice keep providing all of its services free of charge.

Skydive 11th May – A thrilling experience: Jump in tandem with an instructor at 10,000ft, freefall 5,000ft at 120mph, steer the parachute onto the drop zone. All training and equipment provided on the day of the jump. They also have a jump date scheduled for 7th September or you can do a date of your choice if neither of these work for you. The jump costs £225 to do it and they ask that you raise £200 on top of this for the Hospice.

Abseil 18th May – Participants are wanted to brave the 110ft descent (11 storeys) down their brand new Abseil building, The University of Portsmouth’s Mercantile House in Portsmouth. Join World Record holder Doris Long on her actual birthday as she attempts to break her record for the oldest person to abseil at the amazing age of 99! The abseil costs £15 per person and they ask that each participant sets themselves a fundraising target of £100 per person too.

For more information on either, please contact The Rowans Fundraising team on 023 9223 8531 or look on their website for more info at www.rowanshospice.co.uk

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Strong Islander Calendar 2014 #SIC2014

Tuesday, June 11th, 2013. Published in Features, Strong Island by Stuart Barker

This year we have changed the way we are compiling our 2014 calendar. Instead we are inviting entries of all themes all year round.

We will dedicate at least two of the months for images taken on Instagram. If you’ve taken a photo that you’d like to submit for consideration you just need add the hashtag #SIC2014.

We will still primarily be accepting submissions via email calendar@strong-island.co.uk.

This year the calendars will be available from mid November from the Strong Island online store and Southsea Gallery. I’d also ask that you keep 14th November free from 7pm, we’ll announce why in late July.

This year we will again be supporting the Alzheimer’s Society as well as another local charity which we will be announcing very very soon!

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Drunken Sailor Returns…Strong Island and Strong Island Recordings at Southsea Fest 2013

Friday, June 7th, 2013. Published in Features, Local Events, Music & Bands, Strong Island Recordings by Paul Gonella

Strong Island & Strong Island Recordings are very proud to present our 2nd year at one of the premier new music festivals, Southsea Fest and we are also very proud to be the first stage announcing this year too. We follow up from last year’s ‘Drunken Sailor’ event where queues of one in one out were formed within the opening 15 minutes of the stage starting and where our infamous stage was known for sweat dripping from the walls and ceiling while rabid mosh pits brewed…all in the early afternoon.

This year we have upgraded venues to just across the road with the upstairs of the Southsea Social Club where we have a few new ideas planned for the day while ensuring the same chaos and vibe from our label parties resume. To celebrate what will be Strong Island Recordings’ 1st birthday we like to think we have pushed the boat out this year with a heavy line up ranging from grunge, surf punk, noise pop to space math rock.

So we are really stoked to present the following who will be playing our 1st drunken, messy birthday bash:

Arrows of Love
The Black Tambourines
Slowcoaches
The Physics House Band
PLaylounge
Yoofs
Tyrannosaurus Dead
Battery Hens
Cycle Schmeichel
Ricky Fitts
Perch
You’re All Smiling But We’ll All Turn Into Demons

A Spotify playlist of some of the acts can be listened to HERE.

Tickets can be purchased HERE.

Last year’s shenanigans at ‘Drunken Sailor’ can be watched below and HERE.

We hope to see you all there on the day and get involved!

Drunken Sailor Returns...Strong Island and Strong Island Recordings at Southsea Fest 2013

Arrows of Love at Strong Island/Strong Island Recordings' Drunken Sailor stage at Southsea Fest 2012 (6)

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Strong Island & My Dog Sighs present Head Jam

Thursday, May 23rd, 2013. Published in Albert Road, Art, Craft & Design, Cultural & Exhibitions, Features, Local Events, Strong Island, Strong Island Recordings by Tristan Savage

We are stoked, as always, to be working once again with local artist My Dog Sighs on what is set to be one of the largest mural paintings in the city.

Rick from Head Hairdressing on Albert Road conceived the idea of having the courtyard to the rear of the local barbers transformed in to a permanent giant art piece. From precision multilayered stencils, through bubble gum cutsie to surreal illustrative mayhem, My Dog Sighs has hand picked his favourite artists from across the country to produce the ultimate street art dreamscape courtyard.

Head Jam will run all day so feel free to pop along, take a look, have a chat, hang out, meet the artists and enjoy the atmosphere. There will be music on all day, a BBQ turning over in the background if you want to stick a burger on (not supplied), and please feel free to bring along a beer too. Everyone is welcome, so bring the kids so they can see some of the countries finest street artists working together in this unique environment.

Attending artists include: Snik, Wah Graff, Id-iom, Korporate Kaine, Process Smith and of course My Dog Sighs. Be sure to check their links to see more of their amazing work and we look forward to seeing you.

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Strong Island Clothing Co X Portsmouth Supporters Trust T-Shirt Available for Order

Friday, April 19th, 2013. Published in Community, Features, Sport & Fitness, Strong Island Clothing Co by Paul Gonella

To pre-order the t-shirt click on the link below. Tees will be back from the printers soon and we hope to have orders in the post by the end of the month, if not sooner.

Order your Strong Island Clothing Co. X Portsmouth Supporters Trust T-Shirt

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Anglepoise, Strong Island and The University of Portsmouth Present The Creating Balance Project

Friday, April 12th, 2013. Published in Art, Craft & Design, Created Local, Cultural & Exhibitions, Features, Film & Cinematography, Photography, Strong Island by Paul Gonella

We are very proud to announce The Creating Balance Project, a new, collaborative project between Anglepoise, Strong Island & the University of Portsmouth to celebrate a design classic and local creativity in Portsmouth. The project aims to showcase the working studios and disciplines of artists and designers across the island and connect them to local photographers to capture, document and collaborate.

Anglepoise lamps have been given to each of the 10 participating artists/designers and the 10 photographers involved have used the lamps to light the photographs, give a sense of place and document the artist, where they work & how they create. During the collaboration sessions University of Portsmouth BSc TV and Broadcast students Massimo Marzullo and Jonas Jakunas have been documenting the project, producing short films for each collaboration.

Later this summer key images from each photographer will be printed and displayed with the films, lamps, photos and more in an exhibition in Portsmouth and one in London (TBA).

The collaborations are:

Andrew Whyte & Peter Clutterbuck
Matt Sills & Lorna Apps-Woodland
Paul Gonella & Tristan Savage
Russell Squires & Farkfk
Josh Knill & I Love Dust
Thor Haley & William Pounds
Rob Luckins & Roo + Barry Abrook
Cotton Candy & Neal Layton + Sadie Tierney
Matt Saxey & Deer Park Alpha
My Dog Sighs & Jack Daly

The project is progressing over the next couple of months and already two films are finished and many collaborations complete. Below are the completed collaboration films and we will be posting updates on The Creating Balance Project regularly here on Strong Island. To keep up to date with the project also please check the Creating Balance website where you can see loads of photos from behind the scenes of the collaborations.

creatingbalanceproject.tumblr.com

A huge thank you to Claire Sambrook, Simon at Anglepoise and everyone involved.

The Creating Balance Project

The Creating Balance Project (3)

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Strong Island Clothing Co. Spring 2013 Capsule Now Available

Thursday, March 28th, 2013. Published in Features, Strong Island Clothing Co by Paul Gonella

It’s been a while (apologies) but the Strong Island Clothing Co. spring 2013 capsule drop is now available and online in the Strong Island Shop Ahoy store! The drop includes some brand new Branded tee colourways, a new grey crew (highest quality, carefully selected and sourced) and a collection of accessories including new beanies, our seriously high quality Branded iPhone cases (4 & 5) from Etch and our hand crafted, leather coin pouch collaboration with Raw & Auburn.

To kick this capsule drop off right we visited the home of Portsmouth’s Eberhardt signwriters and neon sign specialists. Eberhardt are a true creative business gem of the city with a very long history and still produce hand crafted, carefully designed neon signs, a rare and special craft these days. Check the photos below and the behind the scenes edit too to see more. Photography principally by Jack Daly.

View the full lookbook HERE.

www.strongislandclothingco.com

Strong Island Clothing Co. Collections - Spring 2013 - Eberhardt (1)