Local History Walks in South London
Published by Lambeth Local History Forum.
63 walks organised by 13 local societies. Most walks last 90–120 minutes..
Before going on a walk, check details with the relevant society as they may change.
Light-up and lift-off at the British Interplanetary Society, Vauxhall’s ‘space station’
It may not be easy to see spacecraft from Vauxhall, but many’s the astronaut that’s been spotted on the South Lambeth Road having a last drag on a cigarette before entering the British Interplanetary Society HQ at Numbers 27–29 on the corner with Langley Lane. Indeed, writes space historian and Fellow of the Society Dr […]
The unstoppable Sidney Lewis, Tooting’s pre-teen Somme machine-gunner
More people, especially school students, now visit the Great War battleground-cemeteries of the … Read More
‘Balloonomania’ and England’s first lady of flight
The Vauxhall district and particularly the Vauxhall Gardens open-air resort was an early hotspot for … Read More
Rolfe Judd’s light-touch makeover of a Victorian Chapel
This year the architects and town-planners Rolfe Judd celebrate the 50th anniversary of the … Read More
No life for a lady along the Lambeth shore – the adventures and misadventures of Rachel Charlotte Williams Biggs
There’s fascinating information about 18th-century Lambeth to be found in A Georgian Heroine by … Read More
The Old Vic and the murder of Mary Ashford: the opening night of the Royal Coburg Theatre, 11 May 1818
Care to help honour Lambeth’s dead of the First World War?
Injury time at Blissets, The Oval, 1960–2015
Kennington, 1795: a highwayman’s dance of death on the gallows
Saturday 10 February: ‘South Lambeth Road Stories’ guided walk with Sean Creighton
‘Princess Seraphina’ steps out at Vauxhall Gardens
Was Vauxhall’s Prince of Wales as ‘Black’ as the French paint him?
Why ‘missing’ Vauxhall plaque drives Vauxhall Motors fans up the wall
Brixton Market 1936: silk knickers 2½ pence a leg, streaky bacon 3½ pence per pound
The Doulton fairytale tiles that survived Vauxhall’s Blitz
The St Peter’s organ appeal: time to pull out all the stops?
