Dulwich Society unveiled its new solar-powered listening post in Dulwich Village. The post was funded by a legacy from Mary Boast, a local historian who was librarian at Dulwich Library, and is located next to […]
Local History Articles
Olive Wood - A Dulwich Artist
Mabel Olive Wood, known as Olive, was born in 1883, one of four children of James FR Wood, a printer turned artist, and Letitia Lester. In 1899, when Olive was six, the family moved to […]
Burbage Road Mural
Nothing gives me greater pleasure than to see joggers, parents, schoolchildren, postal workers and any other passer- by pause to look up at the two murals that face each other under the railway arches in […]
Library Words
Lewisham Library have launched their podcast ‘Library Words‘, available online and on streaming services. Library Words is all about stories, poetry, histories and memories are all shared in a fortnightly podcast created by Lewisham libraries […]
VIDEO: Being A Cathedral Archaeologist
Interested in the recent restoration work at Southwark Cathedral? Watch this great lecture by Jackie Hall, the archaeologist, who talks about being the cathedral archaeologist for Southwark and Peterborough.
Blackfriars Bridge - a brief history
Today it is a common commuters footbridge because of Blackfriars Station. At its opening in 1769, Blackfriars Bridge became the fourth bridge built for crossing the Thames in the London area. Designed by Robert Mylne, […]
L T Meade - a prolific author of books for girls
Between 1900-13 the Woodlands, an old house on the corner of Alleyn Park and Dulwich Common, was lived in by solicitor Alfred Toulmin-Smith and his wife Elizabeth, better known under the pseudonym of L T […]
Did you know that Village Books in Dulwich has been open for nearly 100 years?
It started life in 1925 as ‘The Gallery Bookshop and Lending Library’ and the photo (below) was put onto the postcode, to promote the shop when it first opened. The back of the postcard reads, ‘all […]
