Perkins family of Peckham
From: Ted Perkins Some years ago I contacted the Peckham Society while searching for WWII memorials in the Peckham area and, despite your help, nothing was found. The following account stems from that contact and may be of interest to your supporters. It highlights...Reg Harris (1920-1992), cyclist and Reg Harrison’s cycle shop
From: Audrey McCall Hastings In the early 1950s my 15-year-old brother worked in Reg Harrison’s cycle shop at 41 Queen’s Road; it had a workroom behind. They made and assembled bicycles which arrived in many pieces. The marque mentioned was then affixed to these...
Vivian Woodward (1879-1954), amateur footballer
From: Bill Jarvis by email My grandmother’s brother, Vivian Woodward, was born in Lambeth and moved to Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, as a small child. He became a footballer, and has been described as the “David Beckham of 100 years ago”, with many great...
The “Five Miles Club”
From: Irene Warden by email I came across an old medal, with an inscription on the back: 5 Miles Club C.C. Abbott 1923 I noticed that one of your articles mentions the “Five Miles Club Championship Race”: Rovers’ Club Race meeting at Sayes Court...
Nunhead Football Club
From: Bob Freeman Swadlincote Derbyshire I was born in on New Year’s Eve 1919 in Bellwood Road, Nunhead. When I was about ten I went with my dad to watch Nunhead Football Club who played in the Isthmian League and I went whenever they were at home. The local derby...
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The Peckham Society
The Peckham Society is the amenity society for Peckham and Nunhead, SE15. It exists to encourage interest in and to care for the surrounding area.
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Come to a Community Workshop to discuss the local buildings and spaces that you love! This is part of a project to gather a Community List of the buildings and spaces that are of social, historic, cul...
The 22nd of June is the 75th anniversary of the sad bombing of the corset factory on the corner of Peckham Rye and Nunhead Lane in June 1944. 22 people, mostly young women, died in this incident. The Peckham Society encourages people to remember the unexpected & terrifying ‘Doodlebug Summer’ in Peckham and Nunhead, seventy five years ago, in June and July 1944.![]()
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People can visit the commemorative sign that marks the site of this tragedy, designed and written by the Peckham Society. It is also possible to see the density of local bombing in SE15 online:![]()
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