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,...
OLD HOUSES OF PECKHAM St Mary-le-Strand House: from workhouse to bleachers and galvanometers
This large house formerly stood in Charles Street, just off the Old Kent Road roughly where Drovers Place is today. It was built by the parochial authorities of St Mary le Strand to serve as a workhouse; the foundation stone was laid on 29 June 1811 by Strand...
Reunion for Evacuees
From: James Roffey, Chief Executive, The Evacuees Reunion Association, The Mill Business Centre, Mill Hill, Gringley-on-the-Hill, Nottinghamshire DN10 4RA. On Friday 1 September 1939 thousands of children from all parts of London were evacuated due to the imminent...
Air raid shelters
From: Veronica Alden by email I remember the air raid shelters on Peckham Rye. When I was a child in the 1950s they were a great place to play. We would all go to the shelters and run up to the top and then jump off which was quite a height. They were a great place to...
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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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