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November 2020
Open Meeting and 2020 AGM – ZOOM VIDEO
For our AGM gathering this year, we are fortunate enough to have guest speaker Clive England of conservation architects Thomas Ford & Partners and Friends of Crystal Palace Subway. Clive will give an illustrated talk on the exciting proposals to restore the magnificent but currently unseen Crystal Palace Subways, followed by a short Q&A. This will be followed by Brockley Society AGM business. A section of the Crystal Palace subway. The meeting will take place online via Zoom video, starting at 7.00pm with the aim…
Find out more »POSTPONED. ZOOM Historical Walk with Gillian Heywood MBE. Sun Nov 15
Sunday 15 November, 11am-12.30pm. POSTPONED Originally planned as a socially-distanced walk through Brockley Conservation area and some of its mews, finishing at Breakspears Mews Community Garden for warming soup. From her encyclopaedic knowledge, Gillian was to reveal more fascinating aspects of Brockley's local history. We have had to cancel this actual walk due to the current Covid restrictions. HOWEVER: we are hoping to be able to run this as an ONLINE VIDEO EVENT at some point. Using Zoom video, we hope…
Find out more »December 2020
Breakspears Mews Community Garden Xmas Craft Market CONFIRMED!
A great opportunity to shop locally for Xmas presents and stocking fillers! Several local craftspeople will be offering their work for sale, accompanied by mulled wine and mince pies. Visitors are asked to adhere to COVID-19 social distancing measures. Weather permitting. Access: rear of St Peter’s Court, 29-31 Wickham Road, or from Ashby Road, SE4 1PX Location of Breakspears Mews Community Garden
Find out more »January 2021
Open Zoom Meeting: Archive Photo Viewing
Our first Open Meeting of 2021! But sadly we are currently unable to host a physical meeting. Instead, we will trial an exciting new collaborative format! From the comfort of your own sofa, the BrocSoc photo archive will take you on a trip down Memory Mews in the company of old friends. We have many old batches of photos with little or no identification. including many of the annual Miidsummer Fayre. We'd like your help identifying some old faces and places...…
Find out more »February 2021
March Newsletter Copy and Advertising deadline
We always welcome any ideas for stories, details of forthcoming events, interesting photos etc. Please contact us by email in advance to discuss, at: news(at)brockleysociety.org.uk With a reach of over 4,000 household in the Brockley Conservation area and beyond, find out more about our advertising rates and view recent (and older!) newsletters in our online Newsletter archive.
Find out more »April 2021
Open Meeting: ‘Made in (or very near) Lewisham’ talk by David Perrett
Coca Cola Plant, Loampit Vale, 1974. Warships, ship propellers, unusual railway locomotives, plate cameras, Garibaldi biscuits, micro-aerometers (for coalmines)... and Coca Cola! For many years Lewisham had a thriving industrial base. Sadly now mostly gone, join us via Zoom for a fascinating overview of our local industrial heritage presented by local resident David Perrett - who also happens to be Chair of the Association for Industrial Archaeology (AIA)! (and also Professor Emeritus of of BioAnalytical Science, Barts Medical School, QMUL). We couldn't hope for a more eminently…
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