The Peckham Society News Issue 173 Summer 2023 now available
Members of The Peckham Society are about to receive the Summer 2023 issue No. 173 of Peckham Society News through their letterboxes.. This new issue is packed with interesting articles on past Peckham and current news as well, including a fascinating history of...Tim Charlesworth, author of The Architecture of Peckham, RIP
It is with great sadness we announce the death of Tim Charlesworth earlier in August. His book, The Architecture of Peckham, published by the well known and respected Chener Books in 1988 was one of the first modern history books about the architecture of the area,...Peckham Society Chairman celebrates 60th Wedding Anniversary
Congratulations to Peter and Gill Frost who celebrated their Diamond Wedding Anniversary on August 10.Green Flag Awards for Southwark Parks
Southwark’s excellent parks have retained all 30 of its Green Flag Awards. Councillor Catherine Rose, Cabinet Member for Neighbourhoods, Leisure, and Parks, said she was “delighted” by the news. She added: “Voted best parks in London in 2022-23, our amazing parks...
Peckham Library reopens following extensive renovation
Peckham Library is now open again after a £1.5 million refurbishment which was aimed at saving money by improving its energy efficiency. Included in the works were green upgrades retrofitting the building with low-carbon technologies such as heat pumps. The library...
698
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.
This content isn't available right now
When this happens, it's usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people, changed who can see it or it's been deleted.
tinyurl.com
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.![]()
![]()
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:![]()
![]()
bombsight.org/explore/greater-london/southwark/nunhead/![]()
bombsight.org/explore/greater-london/southwark/peckham/