History & Museum Listings

CAMBERWELL JACK FOUGHT SPANISH FASCISTS AND WAS GIANT TRADER UNIONIST
30 Apr 09 - ONE OF Britain's most powerful trade unionists and a Camberwell resident of more than 50 years passed away last week. ..

HOME TO THE MENTALLY ILL FORE OVER 100 YEARS
28 Apr 09 - IT'S STILL a taboo subject to many people, but mental illness, and the treatment of it, is a big part of Southwark's history. For over 100 years Southwark was home to Bethlem Hospital - an asylum that was famous for its methods of caring for the mentally ill, writes Dejla Kadhim.....

YOUR BERMONDSEY HISTORY ONLINE
17 Apr 09 - A NEW free website seeking to build up a comprehensive picture of Bermondsey throughout the years has been launched, and is looking for new and old pictures from the public, in order to create as full a history of the area as possible. ..

SOUTHWARK - THEN & NOW
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EXPERIMENT THAT LED THE WAY WITH HEALTHY LIVING
02 Apr 09 - ORGANIC, GREEN, healthy, fitness' -you know what these words mean. You probably hear them constantly, as our generation pursues the ideal of leading a healthy lifestyle. ..

SOUTHWARK - THEN & NOW
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TWO COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS UP FOR A SOUTHWARK PLAQUE
26 Mar 09 - THE WORDS 'community activist' can sum up a wide variety of roles and people, and two of the latest nominees for a Southwark Blue Plaque perfectly illustrate the individuals who are encompassed by this catch all term, writes John Prendergast.....

THE SAUSAGE SHOP THAT WAS EVERYONES FAVOURITE
19 Mar 09 - THIS WEEK the 'News' is taking a look at one of the Blue Plaque Awards nominees that first graced the borough with its presence 132 years ago...

IS THE OLD OPERATING THEATRE WORTHY OF A BLUE PLAQUE?
12 Mar 09 - AFTER IT was announced as one of this year’s Blue plaque nominees, Southwark News takes a look at The Old Operating Theatre, and the intriguing past of one of the borough’s oldest landmarks...

PECKHAM: THE HOME FOR LEARNER DRIVERS
09 Mar 09 - NEXT TIME you're driving along Peckham Rye and a learner driver stalls in front of you, don't just swear and gesture rudely out of the window, marvel at the thought that you are in the home of driving lessons and that nervous learners have been stalling on that road for almost a century...

THE MINI EDEN, ADMIST THE INDUSTRIAL GRIME OF BERMONDSEY
27 Feb 09 - THE AREA around Spa Road and Grange Road is becoming known as Bermondsey Spa - but this is not the first time...

DIPPING INTO LONDON'S HISTORIC LIDOS
24 Feb 09 - IT'S ONE of only nine left in London. But, even in the depths of winter, bitter winds and a layer of ice, people are determined to enjoy swimming outside in Dulwich...

THE BATTLE TO KEEP LONDON FROM BURNING TO THE GROUND
17 Feb 09 - FOR FIFTY-SEVEN days and nights London was ablaze. ..

'FRANK SPENCER'S DAD'
10 Feb 09 - "GOOD MORNING, Mr Poo," Charlie would chirrup. "The name is Pugh," the Labour exchange manager always replied. "P-U-G-H." "That's right," said Charlie. "P-U-G-H. Poo."..

WILL BURGESS PARK WIN THE MAYOR'S £4 MILLION JACKPOT?
26 Jan 09 - BURGESS PARK, love it or hate it, could be up for a major makeover if Boris Johnson and his panel of experts throw £2million pound of funding its way. If it does get the grant then another £4million will follow from the council to give the green area a much needed shot in the arm...

NUNHEAD RESTING PLACE IS A CHERISHED GREEN HAVEN
23 Jan 09 - GRAVEYARDS ARE not normally places that attract public affection for obvious reasons, but Nunhead Cemetery has carved a place in the heart of residents all over the borough. ..

FARMING LAND, SPAS, TEMPLES AND THE DUTCH: SOUTHWARK IN PICTURES
12 Jan 09 - A FARMER chewing on a straw of hay, ploughing his meadow as bullocks graze nearby. Not a scene you'd associate with Bermondsey, but step back 700 years and that's probably what you'd find...

ORANGE AND APPLE IN A STOCKING - THE CHRISTMASES OF YESTERYEAR
23 Dec 08 - IN CASE you missed it we are in the middle of a credit crunch, so while it means cheap deals are on at Woolies until it closes its doors, the other result will be we all have to cut back here and there on our usual festivities...

THE HISTORIC ABBEY IN THE BERMONDSEY COUNTRYSIDE
12 Dec 08 - IF YOU ARE wandering round Bermondsey Square looking for an antique that may prove to be the bargain of the century, then maybe you should seek divine inspiration, as you are standing on an ancient site of a monastery that dates back to 715AD...

CAMBERWELL GREEN: THE SITE OF 'LEWD AND COARSE' REVELLERY
09 Dec 08 - CAMBERWELL GREEN has not always been up and coming, in fact at one point it was so wholly desirable that it even had its own fabulous fair. It was such an event that now the area has been nominated to receive a blue plaque to commemorate it...