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Katherine Johnston
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Claude Rains: from south London to Hollywood
'He was an avid American, a faithful husband, and he drank with the best of them. And, like most actors, he died waiting for his agent to call'
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Rotherhithe’s cops and robbers
People were not even safe in their own back gardens, as muggers would skulk in the bushes and wait to unburden them of their pocket watches and jewellery
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The Moving Church - How a bombed out church in Peckham was rebuilt in Biggin Hill
It took the reverend and his volunteers three years and four months to take down and transport all 125,000 bricks, 200 tons of stonework, and the roof timbers to Kent
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