Memories

Did you know that Jacob’s Island in Bermondsey was the scene of Bill Sikes’ demise in Oliver Twist? Or that Butlers Wharf was used by Dickens as Quilp’s yard in The Old Curiosity Shop? Well now you do.

Ten years ago this week: A war of words broke out over the replacement of one of the capital’s last bendy-bus routes. The 436 from Lewisham Shopping Centre to Paddington, ended on Saturday.

This year marks 100 years since the 1921 second Pan-African Congress in London, Paris and Brussels.

There were many people who fundamentally objected to war. At a time of national crisis, those who decided against joining the army for the First World War faced many hardships.

On October 19, 130 years ago, in Glasnevin cemetery in Dublin, over half a million people gathered to witness the funeral of The Chief – Charles Stewart Parnell; ‘The uncrowned king of Ireland’.

A Colombian couple caught with more than £240,000 in cash and a flat full of cocaine-encrusted paraphernalia have been jailed for a total of 27 years.

This week 10 years ago: Treasured memorial plaques for loved ones had fallen victim to metal thieves who preyed on a cemetery.

Southwark residents have paid tribute to a community worker who died suddenly in April of this year at the age of 68, writes Regina Motalib.

The historic former home of Victorian wine merchants Findlater, Mackie and Todd, which has been empty for three years, is set to be restored.

A teenager who struggled at school because of his learning difficulties won £1,000 to help set up a production company for disabled people.

Gaining the benefits from a will fraudulently obtained and eliminating the witness was last week’s backdrop to the sensational poisonings, that the press labelled The Chelsea Mystery.