From their website: "The Friends of Lordship Recreation Ground are a group of local people dedicated to organising events and activities to encourage local people to use the park. In addition to supporting projects that will help to maintain and improve the facilities available to members of the public using the park, the group also take a keen interest in the long and varied history of Lordship Recreation Ground. The group are always pleased to hear from people with fond childhood memories of the 'Rec' and indeed information on many of the other happy or tragic events that have occurred over the years."
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Friends of Lordship Recreation Ground
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Downhills air raid shelter WW2
The sculpture, inspired by a Pablo Picasso painting, was designed by Curtis a...
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BBC History Project
A 2016 BB2 television series called Black and British - A Forgotten History, traced the history of black people in Britain. Following on from this, a series of plaques are being erected around Brit...
3 memorials
Giles Vernon Hart
Telecommunications engineer and trades union activist. Born in Khartoum, Sudan. While working as an executive officer at Trinity House lighthouse authority, he set up a union branch. In the 1980s, ...
Person, Community / Clubs, Politics & Administration, Tragedy, Poland, Sudan
4 memorials
2 memorials
Clapham fire station
Designed by Edward Cresy (architect, 1792–1858). In the days before telephones, the service provided by the local brigade was not known for its rapid response. If there were a fire, the address of ...
1 memorial
The Red Flag
A socialist song, written by Jim Connell. (supposedly on a train journey between Charing Cross and New Cross). It is the anthem of the British Labour Party, and is usually sung at the end of their ...
Concept, Community / Clubs, Music / songs, Politics & Administration, Seriously Famous
1 memorial
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Camberwell citizens killed in WW1
Most sources give 22 as the number of Camberwell citizens that were killed in WW1, as a result of Zeppelin attacks. An obelisk in Camberwell Old Cemetery gives the names but of only 21.
2 memorials
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