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SOUTH LONDON MEMORIES
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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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The night the palace burned to the ground
The Crystal Palace fire could be seen from miles around. Crowds flocked to the scene and a mixture of shock ...
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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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10 Years Ago A 15-year-old was chosen as a South London borough’s young mayor. Emmanuel Olaniyan was elected the 10th ...
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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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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
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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 ...
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It’s about time you knew where East meets West
This week, 139 years ago, a huge decision was made that would impact the future of travel, navigation and how ...
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The days the world said no to climate change
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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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10 Years Campaigners prepared to mount a £40,000 legal challenge against an incinerator which they said would send plumes of ...
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When Londoners fought off the German invasion
On September 15, 1940 at the heart of the Second World War, there was a major attack by German planes ...
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10 Years ago Campaigners staged a parade through the streets after their victory against a Government decision to downgrade Lewisham ...
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Opening doors to the treasures of St James
When we think of a church, the first image to come to mind might be a gothic or mediaeval building ...
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10 Years Ago A town hall was gearing up to challenge the Government over changes to planning laws that allow ...
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Remembering London’s electrical outage of 2003
Although it only lasted 37 minutes, the electrical blackout that struck London on August 28, 2003 was the biggest in ...
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Bridget was the first of 500,000 UK road deaths
Bridget Driscoll was this country’s first motoring fatality. She was killed on August 17, 1896, writes Claudia Lee. Mrs Driscoll ...
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10 Years Ago A heartbroken family were still fighting for justice two years after the fatal shooting of Trevor Ellis ...
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Water, water everywhere, and not a drop to drink…
Ten years ago vehicles were left half submerged and street furniture was washed away in a shocking flood that caused ...
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10 Years Ago Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) announced that Detective Sergeant David Blackbrow was warned over a rape investigation following ...
The Battle of Lewisham saw off National Front
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Shake of the hand that showed Diana cared…
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Yevonde shows her true colours in photographs
Project hears the untold stories NHS nurses
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The year a black man lit up Centre Court in SW19
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The fight for the right to be treated equally goes on
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