Monthly Archive:: May 2019
19 May 2019
New play park opens on Peckham Rye common July 2018
And for the children: on 16 July 2018 the new play park was opened by Southwark Cabinet Member for culture, leisure, equalities and communities, Cllr Rebecca Lury. Councillors Victoria Mills and Renata Hamvas were also present together with the Friends of Peckham Rye Park. When I visited, it was packed with young people who were
19 May 2019
Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts
In late October 2018 the Academy opened on its new site next to Peckham Library. It is one of the UK’s leading drama schools, offering degree courses on acting, theatre design and many other aspects of the performing arts. It is also the first degree-awarding institution to be located in Peckham. In time they will
19 May 2019
Jack Harvey VC commemorated
In August 2013 the Government launched a nationwide campaign to honour those who received the Victoria Cross during the First World War with commemorative paving stones near their places of birth. The stones were to be laid on the 100th anniversary of the act of valour which led to the award. The last of the
19 May 2019
Award winning young designer makes his base in Peckham 2018
Richard Quinn is an unfamiliar name to most of us at present but this will soon no longer be the case. His debut show for London Fashion Week in February 2018 was attended not only by Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour but also by Her Majesty the Queen. The monarch was making her first appearance at
19 May 2019
Dawn chorus walk 2018
We had our annual 5.00 am saunter through Peckham Rye Park on the 7th April 2018. The dawn was delightful, no wind, but good sound clarity with a waning moon. A tawny owl was heard by an early morning dog walker, over on the eastern fringes of the park. Since the beginning of February we
19 May 2019
LGBT History Month exhibition 2018
Peckham Levels hosted an exhibition by Southwark Archives for LGBT History Month 2018 called ‘Southwark Queerstory’, which looked at over 150 years of life for the LGBT community in Southwark. The displays showed a great range of Peckham history including a painting of a 1930s drag troupe that performed their high-kicking routine for the public
19 May 2019
The end of an era
During the Second World War, the British armed services fought the Italian army in North Africa. On the surrender of Italy in 1943 the Italian prisoners of war were initially held in POW camps in Eritrea, but due to shortages of labour in Great Britain, many were transported to this country to undertake bomb damage