For the first time ever, you can climb Greenwich’s Cutty Sark
I never thought I would ever find myself climbing up the side of the Cutty Sark – or up the side of anything to…
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 looks back on hopping holidays, the docks and the Rydal Boys’ Club
Hello Dolly!
In the early 1900s, this deaf couple relied on their canine companion to be their ears
Reminiscing: Say ‘Ello to our Vera
Southwark Helping Hands founder and force of nature Vera Keech’s journey – from the Docks to Peek Freans Biscuit Factory – to a convent…
REMINISCING: BERMONDSEY GIRL DAISY TELLS US OF A WORLD OF FACTORIES, HOPSCOTCH AND FINDING LOVE ON THE BADMINTON COURT
Daisy sadly passed away in 2018 at the grand age of 98 – not long after she did this interview
From Mayhem and Mischief to Manager
My mum used to call me Cack-Handed Carole!
Brood is a Breed Apart
“I’ve never seen so much seafood in one meal – are you sure this is not for two people?”
Robert Hulse the Rotherhithe Adventurer
His journey has been just as interesting as the Brunels whom he reveres
