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SOUTH LONDON MEMORIES
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Campaigners mark six years since Windrush Scandal with call for ‘greater commitment’
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First panda crossing causes chaos at Waterloo in 1962
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Paul Robeson: Acclaimed singer and radical and his scandalous affair with a Croydon actress
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The Angiolini Inquiry, 25 years on from the Lawrence report
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Jack McVitie: The South London hit man who saw the downfall of the Krays
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‘In the hope his memory slips no further from sight’: Forgotten Blitz hero’s medals up for auction
Medals awarded to a Croydon doctor who won an MBE for his lifesaving work during the Blitz after being decorated ...
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Alan Simpson: Half of one of the most successful comedy writing partnership
Alan Simpson was half of one of Britain’s most successful comedy writing partnerships. February 8, 2024, marked the seventh anniversary ...
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Sex parties and luncheon vouchers: How Cynthia Payne made headlines in the 80s
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Operation Fulltime: Police crack down on football hooligans
At 6am on January 20, 1987, the Met carried out a series of dawn raids in the biggest operation against ...
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Fire and Ice takes over South London
From blazing skies to heavy snowfall, in January 2010 South London was the scene of extremes. On January 6, before ...
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‘A stain on the British country’: Victims of the New Cross fire continue to seek justice
The New Cross Fire has been described as “a stain on the British country” by victims and their families yet ...
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Lord Haw-Haw’s South London links
Lord Haw-Haw was the nickname of William Joyce, a former Wimbledon schoolboy who broadcast Nazi propaganda to the United Kingdom ...
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Remembering those who died on SS Tilawa
In a dramatic event that would end the lives of 280 passengers and alter the lives of many survivors, the ...
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10 Years Ago A choir of NHS workers made famous by choirmaster Gareth Malone was set to release a charity ...
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100 years on: Tribute to 13 Bexley factory fire victims
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Damilola: Hope triumphs over tragedy, 23 years on
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This week 10, 20, 30 years ago
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The night the palace burned to the ground
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10 Years Ago Commuters were told to avoid the tube as part of a campaign to reduce overcrowding on the ...
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Boxing legend David slays the giant to win world title
In the week leading up to the 2009 WBA heavyweight championship, a young South London boxer said he was going ...
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10 Years Ago Kids went bonkers in search of conkers and hoped their massive haul would reward them a world ...
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Reunited at St Francesca Cabrini primary school gates 50 years on
A group of school friends reunited for the first time in 50 years – exactly where they left off, writes ...
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Recognition at last of a great black composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
There was a time when Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s performances regularly packed out the Royal Albert Hall. But what happened to him? The ...
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This week 10, 20, 30 years ago
10 Years Ago A poll by YouGov asked voters which one of six Labour figures they thought was best suited ...
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Davison’s decision at the Derby divided the nation
As one of the most famous suffragettes, Emily Wilding Davison has historically divided public opinion, writes Claudia Lee. Fatally injured ...
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10 Years Ago A town hall spent more than £270,000 to evict one of South London’s oldest squats. The cost ...
It’s about time you knew where East meets West
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The days the world said no to climate change
Battersea to the big time: UK’s black cabaret queen
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Observing the parade of chariots of the gods
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When Londoners fought off the German invasion
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Opening doors to the treasures of St James
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Remembering London’s electrical outage of 2003
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