The Brothers behind The Victoria in Bermondsey – which has been featured in hit TV dramas
The Victoria is a hidden gem in a Bermondsey backstreet, but will be familiar to many having made numerous TV appearances, we take a…
History: When Bermondsey went ‘opping!
Many elderly residents have happy memories of the time when the only holiday they got was working in the hop fields of Kent every…
Lamp Post School founder Loïs Acton on 1970s Bermondsey, challenging injustice and driving change
Loïs Acton has lived a full and active life that is showing no signs of stopping. Her early years were spent living in diverse…
The making of a Bermondsey boy
Mike Donovan is famed for dishing up some of the best ham, egg and chips in London. The man who cooked up the idea…
Hello Dolly!
Sidney and Martha Stow were quite remarkable individuals. Both were profoundly deaf but still managed to hold down jobs, raise two children and survive…
Reminiscing: Say ‘Ello to our Vera
“God gave me life so I’m going to use it” is how Vera Keech explains her get up and go attitude. Being born in…
Rotherhithe local reflects on glittering career photographing The Queen, Iggy Pop and Paul McCartney while slipping pints with Lord Snowdon in the Blacksmith Arms
All is revealed in Rotherhithe local Brian Griffin’s new book Black Country Dada 1969-1990. “This was the first photograph that…
REMINISCING: BERMONDSEY GIRL DAISY TELLS US OF A WORLD OF FACTORIES, HOPSCOTCH AND FINDING LOVE ON THE BADMINTON COURT
Daisy Wilson was born Daisy Smith in 1919 and grew up in 1, Rouel Road, where she lived until she married in 1940. It…
From Mayhem and Mischief to Manager
When George and Betty Smith gave birth to their second daughter Carole they didn’t know they had produced a whirlwind of chatter and mischief.…
Brood is a Breed Apart
London is a busy town with busy people going about their business on a daily basis – even Sundays, which is when we were…
Robert Hulse the Rotherhithe Adventurer
Robert Hulse, well-known around Rotherhithe after he founded and ran The Brunel Museum for many years, has not always lived in SE London, but…
The Life Of A Rotherhithe Girl
Vera Keech lives life to the full and claims her get up and do it attitude is down to her Catholic beliefs. “God gave…
