Bermondsey Boer War Memorial rededicated
Full report on the excellent blog by Canon Gary Jenkins, vicar of St James Bermondsey: Bermondsey boys remembered.
View ArticleA podcast all about Rotherhithe
Listen here: South London Hardcore: Episode 105: Rotherhithe.
View ArticleBrunel lettering unveiled at Rotherhithe roundabout
On Sunday the Mayor of Southwark tweeted this photo: Brunel commemoration sign @se16 by Rotherhithe tunnel helped by blacksmith craft of local pupils @ Bacons school pic.twitter.com/jvx5MGTLGy — Abdul...
View ArticleClipper pub faces demolition
A planning application (14/AP/1407) has been submitted for the demolition of the now-closed Clipper pub in Rotherhithe Street and its replacement with a block of six flats in a four-storey building.
View ArticleSouthwark Park tree walk
Thanks to Alison Clayburn for these pictures of the recent guided tour of the trees and plants of Southwark Park, led by Nick Lane, former Southwark Park ranger. Part of the park’s 150th anniversary...
View ArticleIT firm’s £5,000 boost to Salter statues appeal thanks to local lad Michael...
From the website of the Salter Statues Campaign to restore the Alfred Salter statue on the Thames Path and add a representation of Ada Salter to the scene: In June we were thrilled to receive a cheque...
View ArticleSalter statues could be unveiled this year as appeal reaches £50k target
Exciting news from the Salter Statues Campaign This month we can announce great news for all those who have spent the last three years campaigning to restore the memory of Ada and Alfred. The Salter...
View ArticleSouthwark Park 150: pictures
Thanks to Alison Clayburn for these pictures of Sunday’s Southwark Park 150 event. This Wednesday there’s a Bat Walk in the park.
View ArticleNewsreel clip: opening of New Surrey Lock Bridge (1952)
Pathé News published this on their YouTube channel today:
View ArticleDuke of Westminster’s firm gives £3,000 to Salter Statues fund
The campaign to honour two of Bermondsey’s leading socialists has received a boost from an unlikely quarter … the Duke of Westminster’s property firm Grosvenor. Read the full story on the Salter...
View ArticleNew play about Alfred and Ada Salter
three4all theatre will present a reading of Alison Mead’s new play ‘Politic Man’ in Chatham on Monday 24 November. Set in run down Bermondsey during two world wars, ‘Politic Man’ is the true story of...
View ArticleSalter statues unveiled on Bermondsey Wall East
Just over three years since the theft of the statue of Dr Alfred Salter from Bermondsey Wall East, the whole family – including a new statue of Ada Salter – is now returned to the riverside. The new...
View ArticleVideo of Surrey Quays Shopping Centre on its opening day in 1988
With consultation on the draft Canada Water Master Plan starting this weekend it’s timely that this footage from ITV regional news programme Thames News of the opening of Surrey Quays Shopping Centre...
View ArticleMayflower replica under construction in Harwich
The year 2020 will mark 400 years since the Mayflower sailed from Rotherhithe. In Harwich – the Mayflower‘s home port – they are building a replica of the ship. There’s a great unofficial blog which is...
View ArticleSwedish Seamen’s Church in Lower Road is now a listed building
Last month the Government granted listed building status (at grade II) to the former Swedish Seamen’s Church in Lower Road. The church – which dates from 1964 – closed in 2012 and was put up for sale....
View ArticleA visit to Bermondsey Road in Toronto
In September 2014 your correspondent visited Bermondsey Road in East York, Toronto – home of the Peek Freans biscuit factory (and cookie outlet shop). Peek Freans may have long disappeared from its...
View Article1985: Protest in Swan Road against LDDC ‘luxury homes’ plan
The owners of the Thames News (ITV regional news) archive have published on YouTube this 30-second clip of a demonstration in Swan Road Rotherhithe in March 1985. Locals occupied a plot of land in...
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