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Peckham Society

Categories: Community / Clubs, History

A society that exists to encourage interest in, and to care for the environment and history of Peckham and the surrounding area.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Peckham Society

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David Sheppard

Lord David Sheppard, 1929 - 2005, England cricket captain, Bishop of Woolwich...

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Nunhead Lane V1 rocket

In memory of the 24 people who died from a V1 missile strike at this site on ...

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William Griggs

Pioneer photo lithographer, William Griggs, 1832 - 1911, lived and worked her...

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William Harnett Blanch

Historian, William Harnett Blanch, 1836 - 1900, lived here. Peckham Society

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Other Subjects

Railway Hotel, Harrow

Railway Hotel, Harrow

A three-storey brick Victorian pub.  In the 1950s it was used as a jazz club and by February 1964 an R&B club (the Bluesday) was operating, where played: Long John Baldry, the Bo Street Runners...

Building, Commerce, Community / Clubs, Music / songs

1 memorial
Artmongers

Artmongers

An art company, set up by Goldsmiths College graduates Patricio Forrester and Julian Sharples, with the aim of improving public spaces.

Group, Art, Community / Clubs

2 memorials
Florence Keen

Florence Keen

Founder of the North Islington Infant Welfare Centre and School for Mothers in Holloway in 1913. At that time, around 10% of children in Islington died before their fifth birthday. She and her coll...

Person, Community / Clubs, Education

3 memorials
Penge Heritage Trail

Penge Heritage Trail

A walking tour which includes people and places in the history of Penge. 2022: Most of the web links related to this are inaccessible. There's a Facebook page and this 2017 page.

Place, Community / Clubs

2 memorials

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Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association

Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association

Started by Samuel Gurney MP and the barrister, Edward Thomas Wakefield. Founded as the Metropolitan Free Drinking Fountain Association it changed its name to include cattle troughs in 1867.  London...

Group, Benefactor, Animals, Food & Drink

38 memorials