This week 10, 20, 30 years ago
10 Years Ago – Commuters were told to avoid the tube as part of a campaign to reduce overcrowding on the busiest section of the Northern line in South London.
Read More10 Years Ago – Commuters were told to avoid the tube as part of a campaign to reduce overcrowding on the busiest section of the Northern line in South London.
Read MoreIn the week leading up to the 2009 WBA heavyweight championship, a young South London boxer said he was going to make his contender, a 7ft-tall, 22st 7lb Russian look “silly”. He did not disappoint, writes Claudia Lee.
Read More10 Years Ago- Pupils from St Andrew’s CofE Primary School in Kay Road, Stockwell collected an astonishing 10,174 conkers. The Year 6 children took three weeks to collect the horse chestnut seeds and counted them during maths class.
Read MoreA group of school friends reunited for the first time in 50 years – exactly where they left off, writes Claudia Lee.
Read More30 Years Ago – A by-election had to be cancelled less than 24 hours after it was called.
Read MoreThere was a time when Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s performances regularly packed out the Royal Albert Hall. But what happened to him? The
Read More20 Years Ago – Post office bosses Warned that post boxes would be sealed up if an unofficial strike by workers continued.
Read MoreFatally injured after colliding with the King’s horse at the Epsom racecourse during the Derby in 1913, her legacy continues to create controversy.
Read MoreA war of words erupted between a former council worker and the council over whether a pile of wood set to go up in smoke for Bonfire Night was a fire hazard.
Read MoreThis week, 139 years ago, a huge decision was made that would impact the future of travel, navigation and how we understand the universe itself, writes Claudia Lee.
Read More30 Years Ago – Two friends were in the running for a nationwide hunt for the Best Friends of the Year.
Read MoreIn September 2019, climate strikes swept across the world, writes Claudia Lee. The protests took place across 4,500 locations in 150 countries
Read MoreThe story of one of Britain’s most versatile singers, who thrilled audiences around the world during the 1920s and 1930s is largely untold, writes Claudia Lee.
Read More10 Years Ago – A memorial bearing the names of 574 men who perished overseas has been given a major facelift in time for the 100th anniversary of the start of First World War hostilities.
Read MoreThe Tiruvarur Chariot festival, known in Tamil as Tiruvarur Therottam, is an annual festival that has seen Hindu culture take over parts of Lewisham in celebration since 2012.
Read More10 Years – Campaigners prepared to mount a £40,000 legal challenge against an incinerator which they said would send plumes of toxic smoke over South London.
Read MoreOn September 15, 1940 at the heart of the Second World War, there was a major attack by German planes on South London, writes Claudia Lee.
Read More20 Years Ago – More than 6,000 South Londoners were left without water after a mains pipe ruptured.
Businesses ground to a halt and hospitals had to switch to emergency reserves after the pipe burst in four places.
When we think of a church, the first image to come to mind might be a gothic or mediaeval building with pointed arches and a spire. More difficult styles to associate with religious architecture are modernism and expressionism, writes Claudia Lee.
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