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Loughborough Road Histories @roadsw9.bsky.social · 19d

🙏 @brixtonbuzz.bsky.social for the mention of talk coming up on Tuesday www.brixtonbuzz.com/2025/09/expl...

Talk: exploring changing pub culture – The White Horse and other Brixton pubs, Tues 23rd Sept 2025

Hosted by the Loughborough Road History project, this talk looks at the fascinating history of Brixton pubs, focusing on the iconic White Horse, Loughborough Hotel and others.

www.brixtonbuzz.com

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Loughborough Road Histories @roadsw9.bsky.social · 20d

Exploring Changing Pub Culture, fascinating history of north Brixton pubs
Talk part of @vangoghhouse.co.uk #FestivalofEncounters
📅 23 Sept.
⏰ 7-9pm
📍Brixton Jamm, 261 Brixton Road, SW9 6LH

Free, please book here
pubhistorytalk.eventbrite.co.uk

Exploring changing pub culture: The White Horse and other Brixton pubs

The fascinating history of Brixton pubs, focusing on the iconic White Horse, Loughborough Hotel and others

pubhistorytalk.eventbrite.co.uk

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LambethArchives @lambetharchives.bsky.social · 29d

The new free exhibition at Lambeth Archives looks at the ambitious world of Ted Hollamby's Department of Architecture and Planning, 1965-1980. Modernism, the future and architectural merit, open until the 26th.

A futuristic model of Lambeth with sweeping clean lines - the future as seen in the past of Waterloo.

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Loughborough Road Histories @roadsw9.bsky.social · 22d

Pleasure, thoroughly enjoyed it. Good to shine a bit of extra light on George Le Brunn’s music hall composing career, and his life in and around Brixton. Looking forward to more delving in BMHS archive in future too and not just Le Brunn’s song sheet collection

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Loughborough Road Histories @roadsw9.bsky.social · 27d

Another great review of Re:trace my project with Basil McDonald and Longfield Hall. Basil has done a fantastic job reshooting Brian Bloice’s 1967 original photos. Glad you enjoyed it @jasoncobb.bsky.social
🙏 for the post.

Jason Cobb @jasoncobb.bsky.social · 27d

To Longfield Hall! Basil McDonald has an ACE photography exhibition, documenting SE5 and surrounds, before and after 📷 aye aye @oneeyegrey.bsky.social

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Loughborough Road Histories @roadsw9.bsky.social · 27d

Glad you enjoyed Loughborough Road History’s collaboration with Basil McDonald.

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Loughborough Road Histories @roadsw9.bsky.social · 27d

RE:TRACE exhibition, a Loughborough Road History project with photographer Basil MCDonald and Longfield Hall featured in @brixtonbuzz.bsky.social 🙏
www.brixtonbuzz.com/2025/09/retr...

RE:TRACE – photographic exhibition revisits a walk from Hubert Grove in Brixton to the Minet Library, 1967 to 2025

A photographic exhibition at the Longfield Hall in Camberwell retraces a walk from Hubert Grove in Brixton to the Minet Library. The first set of images were taken by local historian Brian Bloice …

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brixtonsociety.bsky.social @brixtonsociety.bsky.social · 29d

St Matthew’s Brixton, one of Lambeth’s “Waterloo” churches which are just over 200 years’ old. Hear their story from architect Nicholas Weedon in a Brixton Society talk on Thursday 11 September at 6.15pm. FREE but booking essential: bit.ly/StMatthewsTalk

200 years of the Waterloo Commissioner's Classics

The flurry of church building in the 1820’s left Lambeth with the four "Waterloo Churches". Nicholas Weedon looks at how they are faring.

bit.ly

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Loughborough Road Histories @roadsw9.bsky.social · 29d

The end of the article mentions the setting up of @brixtonsociety.bsky.social. Their 50th anniversary exhibition has just ended charting their ingoing work. Catalogue of the exhibition here charity.ebay.co.uk/charity/i/Br...

Pardon our interruption...

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Loughborough Road Histories @roadsw9.bsky.social · Sep 9

It came into my inbox this morning which prompted me to search socials. Great read.

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Adrian Gibson @adrianpgibson.bsky.social · Sep 9

So back in June, local artist Phoebe Kaniewska attended my Hidden River Effra walk as part of her research for her upcoming exhibition all about the river. Now I’m very excited to announce I will be running a special edition of the walk where I will discuss the myths and stories that have 1/2

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Municipal Dreams @municipaldreams.bsky.social · Sep 9

🚨Today's blog post is on the new exhibition 'Building "Homes for Tomorrow": Lambeth’s Council Housing of 1965 to 1980' at @lambetharchives.bsky.social. The images below (a nursery school and a housing scheme for elderly people) capture the era's ideals.
municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2025/09/09/b...

Architect's drawing of Clapham Manor nursery garden

Architect's drawing of housing for elderly complex

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Municipal Dreams @municipaldreams.bsky.social · Sep 7

1/ I was pleased to attend the launch in Lambeth Archives of this interesting exhibition on "Building ‘Homes for Tomorrow’: Lambeth’s Council Housing of 1965 to 1980". It will be described fully in a guest post by its curator Christiane Felber on Tuesday.
www.ianvisits.co.uk/calendar/bui...

Building ‘Homes for Tomorrow’: Lambeth’s Council Housing, 1965 to 1980

The exhibition uses original architect’s models, archival documents and images and oral history to explain the planning context and to explore and celebrate Hollamby’s architectural legacy for Lambeth...

www.ianvisits.co.uk

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Loughborough Road Histories @roadsw9.bsky.social · Sep 9

I was there too. Maybe we met. Fascinating exhibition. Christiane’s research is so important in telling the more depth story of Hollamby’s developments in Lambeth, the work of his team and local resistance. Fantastic that new materials will be deposited at Lambeth Archives

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Loughborough Road Histories @roadsw9.bsky.social · Sep 8

Re:trace going up. Opening at Longfield Hall SE5 tomorrow.

Loughborough Road Histories @roadsw9.bsky.social · Sep 7

Re:trace exhibition
📅 9-28 September
🕑 10am-6pm daily
📍Longfield Hall
50 Knatchbull Road SE5

Basil McDonald has retraced the route and reshot images taken by Brian Bloice in 1967 on a walk from Brian’s home on Hubert Grove SW9 to Lambeth Archives at Minet Library, opposite Longfield Hall.

Poster photography exhibition Re:trace Hubert Grove to Longfield. A 1967 walk from Clapham north to Minet Estate revisited in 2025. Image of Longfield. The left side of the hall an image taken in 1967 the right side of the hall image taken on 2025. Together they show the complete circular hall building with conical roof. Background of the poster in orange.

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Loughborough Road Histories @roadsw9.bsky.social · Sep 6

Lambeth Local History Fair in full swing at Clapham Library. Limbering up for my talk.

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Loughborough Road Histories @roadsw9.bsky.social · Sep 5

I’ll be talking about Four-legged performers in Brixton and Beyond at 3.30pm.

Choice of lots of free walks and talks throughout the day and people on hand on stalls to chat to about all aspects of Lambeth’s history and heritage.

llhf.bsky.social @llhf.bsky.social · Sep 5

The Local History Fair is on tomorrow, Saturday 6th, 10.00am to 4.30pm in the Clapham Library, 91 Clapham High Street.
Come to meet many local groups engaged with the history of the borough and enjoy free talks, and local heritage walks.

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Naomi Clifford | Historical Crime Fiction @naomiclifford.bsky.social · Sep 3

the peace of the morning with the hell of the night before. During Sept and Oct half the revenues from Under Fire will go to Ukraine & Gaza medical charities.
*Please share widely*
Links to buying platforms are on my website: www.naomiclifford.com/where-to-buy...

Cover of the book Under Fire by Naomi Clifford, showing a young woman in 1940s service uniform and cap in front of a destroyed building.

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Naomi Clifford | Historical Crime Fiction @naomiclifford.bsky.social · Sep 1

Under Fire: The Blitz Diaries of a Volunteer Ambulance Driver - to mark the 85th anniversary of the #Blitz I will be donating 50% of sales revenues to medical charities for #Ukraine and #Gaza. Available in paperback or ebook. www.naomiclifford.com/where-to-buy...

Where to buy Under Fire: The Blitz Diaries of a Volunteer Ambulance Driver - Naomi Clifford

Available in paperback and ebook. Don’t forget – you can order the paperback through your favourite bricks and mortar bookshop.

www.naomiclifford.com

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llhf.bsky.social @llhf.bsky.social · Aug 31

The Lambeth Heritage Festival begins tomorrow, 1st September, and continues throughout the month. Read or download the programme brochure from bit.ly/LambethHeritage2025 or use the QR code below.
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Loughborough Road Histories @roadsw9.bsky.social · Aug 31

Coming up #LambethHeritageFestival month.

3.30pm Sat. 6th Sept. as part of Local History Fair day I’ll be at Clapham Library talking Four-legged performers, just one of them on brochure cover.

www.lambethlocalhistoryforum.org.uk/wp-content/u...

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Van Gogh House London @vangoghhouse.co.uk · Aug 27

Join Van Gogh House London between 13 September and 5 October for the Festival of ENCOUNTERS! This is a free-to-attend series of events in an array of venues across the northern end of Brixton.

🌐 Programme:
festivalofencounters.com

🎟️ Book Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/festival-...

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Loughborough Road Histories @roadsw9.bsky.social · Aug 25

Frank James Burgoyne and his wife Mary Anne. Frank was the chief librarian for Lambeth 1887-1913. They lived in at Carnegie library @hernehillsociety.bsky.social

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Loughborough Road Histories @roadsw9.bsky.social · Aug 25

Unusual memorial to William Amwell died 1881
Monument erected by the engine drivers and firemen of the London and South Western Railway Co as their last mark of respect

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