2022 - Brockley SE4

‘Into the 80s and beyond’ at Corner New Cross

Dec

29

2022

Corner is 'an LGBTQ+ led neighbourhood coffee shop and creative space in New Cross' that opened earlier this year. As well as serving up very good coffee it has a gallery space downstairs which currently features 'Mike Owen: Into the 80s and beyond', an exhibition of work by the music and fashion photographer featuring iconic ...

Women of Lewisham

Dec

23

2022

The 'Women of Lewisham' banner outside Prendergast School on Adelaide Avenue SE4 features a number of women associated with the borough. From left to right author Malorie Blackman, singer Kate Bush (who lived in Brockley), Suffragette Emily Davison, community activist Sybil Phoenix and housing/open spaces campaigner Octavia Hill (who helped create Hilly Fields park).

Nurses Strike at Guys Hospital

Dec

20

2022

Nurses at Guys Hospital joined the strike called by the Royal College of Nursing on 15th December, and were supported by other health workers on their picket line outside the hospital on St Thomas Street SE1.The picket line was overshadowed by the Shard on the other side of the street [insert obvious point about obscene ...

POETS , PIRATES AND PERFORMERS – NEW YEAR’S DAY GUIDED HISTORY WALK Sunday 1st January 2023

Dec

19

2022

Sunday 1st January 2023 - POETS , PIRATES AND PERFORMERS - NEW YEAR'S DAY GUIDED HISTORY WALK Meet at the Ladywell cemetery entrance gate at 14.00 This free walk will last around 2 hours and finish at the Brockley cemetery entrance gate.Led by Mike Guilfoyle : Chair of the Friends of Brockley & Ladywell cemeteries.It will include stops ...

The first ever nurses strikes in London: Maudsley Hospital 1988

Dec

17

2022

Striking nurses are in the news, a rare occasion but not unique. The first ever wave of nurses strikes in Britain took place in 1988, starting with a one day walkout at North Manchester Hospital in January and spreading to hospitals in London and elsewhere. Nurses at the Maudsley Hospital in Denmark Hill were the ...

The first ever nurses strikes in London: Maudsley Hospital 1988

Dec

17

2022

Striking nurses are in the news, a rare occasion but not unique. The first ever wave of nurses strikes in Britain took place in 1988, starting with a one day walkout at North Manchester Hospital in January and spreading to hospitals in London and elsewhere. Nurses at the Maudsley Hospital in Denmark Hill were the ...

The Family Graves of Charles Cain. Proprietors of the Deptford Show Ground, the last Permanent showground in London

Dec

9

2022

Charles and Hannah Cain in 1909 with sons Fred, Tom, Dave and Charles Junior (back row) and daughters Hannah, Daisy, Florence and Carolyn. (Copyright: Bell family archive)The following words were written by Angela Catherine Cain, in reference to her new book, Deptford Show Ground – the last permanent fairground in LondonDuring the 1820s ‘Deptford Fair’ ...

The first ever rugby union match – on Peckham Rye in 1871

Dec

3

2022

Peckham Rye has a long sporting history - birth place of running clubs South London Harriers and Blackheath Harriers, early site for Gaelic Athletics Association sports and much more. More recently a place for various kinds of football - soccer, rugby, American football and Australian rules football, and lets not forget Peckham Rye parkrun.But it ...

Farewell Nunhead Beer Shop

Dec

1

2022

The Beer Shop in Nunhead Green is celebrating its 8th birthday this weekend, but sadly this will be its last as it will be closing this month. The landlord has declined to renew the lease and with plans to convert upstairs into a flat another bar there seems unlikely.The place is always friendly and usually ...

Christine de Montalk, Garibaldi and a brush with the Guillotine!

Nov

26

2022

Giuseppe Garibaldi 1807-1882, Italian general, politician and nationalist who played a pivotal role in the unification of Italy in his trademark poncho and brimless cap c.1864 Source : WikipediaGaribaldi at the Crystal Palace. Published in the Illustrated London News, 23 April 1864.Source : Look and Learn / Bernard Platman AntiquarianFrom the moment Garibaldi landed at ...

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