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Bermondsey's Dr Salter appalled by trip to USSR
He considered the Russian people as being wretchedly poor, immoral, promiscuous, deprived of the most basic necessities

Mayflower 2020: Week-long festival tells the lesser known story of Southwark's Crossway Church
'The event of the Mayflower ship is not only a moment in world history, it is also our story. It is the story of Crossway and its links to the first Pilgrim Church here in Southwark'

Camberwell's Champion de Crespigny baronets
Champion Hill takes its name from a Hugenot family who sought refuge in London