History & Museum Listings

THE MAN WHO TRANSFORMED BRITISH PRISONS
19 Jul 10 - THE YOUNGEST child of a solicitor father, Alexander Paterson was born in 1894 in Cheshire. A bright child, he seemed destined to have a future in politics when he secured a place at University College, Oxford. ..

FACEBOOK'S HISTORY BOOK OF WALWORTH
28 May 10 - FACEBOOK many detractors who tire of getting poked or being invited to form pirate or ninja armies. But if it does nothing else the social networking website will have spawned one useful thing, a history book about the people of Walworth., writes John Prendergast.....

THE PAGES OF HISTORY NOW ONLINE FOR ALL TO SEE
28 Apr 10 - EARLIER THIS month 160 years of the world's first pictorial paper was launched online. ..

THE BIRTH AND DEATH OF SURREY GRAND CANAL
23 Apr 10 - IF YOU walk through the central path of Burgess Park you will come across a small building. ..

65 YEARS ON, ARTIC CONVOYS ARE REMEMBERED
06 Apr 10 - WHEN STUDYING World War Two, the Blitz and how Britain stayed together when things looked bleak take precedent. British ships sailing across the Arctic Ocean doesn't always come immediately to mind...

EAST DULWICH THROUGH THE YEARS
22 Mar 10 - THE HISTORY and development of East Dulwich has been published in an illustrative book showing the changes over the last 100 years. ..

TUNNEL VISION THIS WEEKEND
11 Mar 10 - LONDON WILL be reconnected with Victorian Britain this weekend as the Thames Tunnel is reopened to pedestrians after 145 years out of action...

NEW ONLINE MAP SHOWS SOUTHWARK BACK IN 1896
08 Mar 10 - A NEW online map service from Southwark Council means that residents can now see what the borough looked like in 1896. ..

WORK LIKE A HORSE: CHARLIE'S ROLE IN SAVING THE AREA'S HISTORY AND COMMUNITY
26 Feb 10 - IT'S HARD to imagine a bustling train station full of horses and carts being loaded up with coal to bring to Londoners, or Shire horses heading off to war from Bermondsey, but 86-year-old stables owner Charlie Robson paints a vivid picture of what this used to be like. ..

ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF HELPING PEOPLE INTO WORK
12 Feb 10 - THE BRIGHTLY coloured facade of the job centre plus which now graces practically every local high street began life as the humble Labour Exchange and last week marked 100 years since the first exchange was opened in Camberwell Green by Winston Churchill. ..

CAMBERWELL GIANT HAS A SOFTER SIDE
18 Jan 10 - ALTHOUGH HE was the wrestler everybody loved to hate in the ring, Camberwell born Giant Haystacks had a softer side hardly anyone knew of, writes Stephen Bridle.....

MUDLARKING - WHAT A LOAD OF OLD TOSH!
07 Jan 10 - IF YOU'VE dragged yourself back to work this week after a very merry Christmas, cursing your job and moaning about your boss, spare a thought for the 'mudlarks' and 'toshers' of Victorian Southwark. ..

THE ROSE - THE GLOBE'S ELDER SISTER
06 Jan 10 - CHRISTMAS TIME is traditionally the season of panto and theatre - yet when we think of our theatrical history we often think first of all of Shakespeare’s Globe, but what about her resplendent sister The Rose.....

CYRIL LIVES ON IN HIS MEMOIRS
23 Dec 09 - SOUTHWARK'S GREAT and good in the last edition of the ‘News’ paid tribute to a much-loved Bermondsey war hero, who tragically died after an accident at Bermondsey tube station...

BERMONDSEY'S BIT AGAINST THE BOER
07 Dec 09 - MANY TRIBUTES have been made to the Bermondsey Volunteers, the 3rd Volunteer Battalion of The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment, however one such memorial is currently looking for a new home. ..

A GLIMPSE BACK THROUGH TIME
27 Nov 09 - A NEW book allowing readers a glimpse back through time to Southwark in the early 20th century shows the borough in a once 'backyard' state that played host to many a Dickensian novel...

REMNANTS OF HISTORY BENEATH YOUR FEET
23 Nov 09 - HAVE YOU ever wondered, as you walked the streets of the Southwark, what remnants of history might be lying right beneath your feet? ..

BRILLIANT BOOK ON MILLWALL'S FA CUP HISTORY
12 Nov 09 - DESPITE IT being the first ever meeting between the two clubs, it would seem Millwall and AFC Wimbledon have shared far more common ground than just the Den last Monday night. ..

BRUNEL'S UNDERGROUND FAIRGROUND
08 Jul 09 - VICTORIANS OFTEN come across as bunch of stick in the muds, all stiff upper lips and suppressors of emotions. But you have to give them credit - when they put their minds to something they did it with panache and extravagance, writes John Prendergast.....

BERMONDSEY LAKESIDE
10 Jun 09 - EVIDENCE OF a prehistoric lake dwelling community found beneath the borough's streets, and the hope that more remains are waiting to be unearthed, has meant that a large area has now been given protection from developers' diggers...