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Local historian rediscovers post-war Old Kent Road ‘through the eyes’ of a sixteen-year-old schoolgirl
Fifty years ago I was a pupil at St Michael and All Angels secondary modern school in Camberwell. One of...
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Southwark Blue Plaques: James Henderson, trailblazing newspaper founder
A Dulwich-based newspaper owner, who founded the South London Press over 150 years ago, has been nominated for a Southwark...
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Southwark Blue Plaques: Stock Aitken Waterman, the Borough-based songwriting trio
One of the most successful songwriting trios in the world, who launched Kylie Minogue and Rick Astley into stardom, has...
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You could tell the house of a brush family by the huge brooms they’d hang outside
In this space age, the importance of a good brush or broom has diminished. There was an art to making...
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Freddie Alliston’s playground – growing up in post-war Bermondsey and Rotherhithe
Cornbury Road was a street of mice-ridden houses scarred by Luftwaffe bombing when Freddie Alliston was born there in 1950,...
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Southwark Blue Plaques: Ensign John Davis, Bermondsey missionary for American Civil War veterans
A sailor who ran a missionary in Bermondsey where he helped the less fortunate and got pensions for American Civil...
Read moreThe Peckham man who refused World War One conscription and rose to become an MP
Arthur Creech Jones MP speaking at the UN in 1947 The year is 1917. A man crouches in the corner...
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Southwark Blue Plaques: Francis Rossi OBE, lead singer of Status Quo
The lead singer of one of Britain's most successful rock bands ever, Status Quo, has been nominated for a Southwark...
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Free guided walk in Camberwell to celebrate local Black heroes like John Boyega
A free guided walking tour will celebrate local Black heroes in art and history, including actor John Boyega and activist...
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Una marson – activist, poet, playwright and broadcaster
Una Marson has a special place in Southwark’s history and it isn’t surprising to find that, in 2009, a Southwark...
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