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Southwark Local History Library and Archive: 2022 Accessions

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  • SITE community arts project: proposal for the 'Peckham Alive: Banners for Rye Lane' project, which produced banners sited along the length of Rye Lane, Peckham, in partnership with the Regeneration Department of Southwark Council 1997-1998 (2021/2)
  • Peckham Reminiscence Project: transcripts of selections from oral history recordings, themed around 'Shopping', 'Home Life & Health', 'Free Time', and 'Children'; also postcards of Peckham produced by Louise Ward of the SITE Arts Project, designed by children from Warwick Park School and St James the Great Catholic Primary School, funded by Peckham Partnership 1998 (2021/3)
  • Brian David Scates (b1948), author and poet: personal papers comprising publications and manuscripts, primarily poetry and film scripts; also incl are photographs (2) of the author as a boy in Bermondsey, corresp about the collection and his childhood recollections 1959-2022 (2021/5)
  • Latin American Women's Rights Service: photos, zines and flyers from LAWRS respective projects: WARMI, Sin Fronteras and Outreach programme; images were taken and flyers created by project coordinators and participants 2016-2019 (2022/16)
  • Tanner Street workhouse and Parish Street workhouse, Parish of Bermondsey Poor Law Institutions (later United Institutions): records rel to the workhouses, incl application by Sidney Herbert Butcher for the post of Master of Tanner Street Workhouse; programme and address for the visit of Princess Christian to Tanner Street workhouse to meet Belgian war refugees; transfer of inmates from Parish Street workhouse to Ladywell [Bermondsey Military Hospital]; corresp rel to the future move to Parish Street and rel to salary for the Master and Matron of Parish Street Institution; paper on the suitability of Underground Rooms for habitation 1907-1930 (2021/6)
  • Peckham and Environs Action on the Rail Link (PEARL): records rel to the campaign to prevent the Channel Tunnel Rail Link running through Peckham and Camberwell, generated by and to PEARL, British Rail and associated correspondence 1988-1989 (2021/10)
  • The Bookplace and Peckham Publishing Project: records of the project incl newsletters, reports, cuttings, publications, photographs, and film of the Bookfair event 1989 1982-1989 (2021/11)
  • Dulwich Constitutional Club, East Dulwich Grove: records incl minutes, cash book, lists of club members 1888-1975 (2022/1)
  • Frederick Thomas Bason (1907-1973), author, bookseller and diarist: personal papers incl published works, diaries, manuscripts, photographs, correspondence, press cuttings, publicity, business records, scrapbooks 1926-1980 (2022/9)
  • Southwark and Lambeth Archaeological Society: material incl photographs taken by Brian Bloice for the Society 1964-1966 (2022/6)
  • Bermondsey Lamp Post School: photographs, records and ephemera, and recording of an interview with founder, Lois Acton 1972-2022 (2022/17)
  • Carl Campbell Dance Company 7, Caribbean dance theatre company, London: publicity materials incl flyers, posters and newsletters; annual reports 1975-2018 (2022/19)
  • Mike Denley (fl1984-1986), photographer: images of the rapidly changing Port of London area 1984-1986 (2022/20)
  • York Street Chapel and the Robert Browning Settlement, Walworth: records of the Chapel incl minutes, membership, Sunday school, burials, baptisms, and various deeds; also records of the Robert Browning Settlement incl minutes, annual reports, newsletters, photographs, Browning Bethany Homes, and publicity and ephemera. Also incl some records of the International Peace Society 1790-1993 (2022/25)
  • London School of Mosaic and Destination London Bridge project: records of the 'My Story' project, which asked 400 Southwark school children to think about their story and identity 2022 (2022/29)
  • Southwark Archives: records of the 'ONE Picture My Story' oral history and pictorial project, which collected stories, reminiscences, thoughts and pictures from Southwark’s Black heritage communities, incl recordings, project booklet, transcripts, and exhibition booklet for 'Southwark Today' exhibition 2021-2022 (2022/32)
  • Pullens Estate Tenants and Residents' Association, and Squatters Network of Walworth and Southwark: records incl Pullens Estate News (PEN); photographs of 'The Battle for Pullens' squatting eviction protests by Derek Rowe and Crispin Hughes; ephemera; material rel to Southwark Homeless Information Project (SHIP), and Homeless Occupiers Project (HOP); postcards produced by the TRA to commemorate the Battle for Pullens, and research on those pictured 1984-2018 (2022/35)
  • Millwall’s Changing Communities: oral history project conducted over two years in a Lottery-funded initiative led by Bede House, to uncover the history of black, Asian, and minority ethnic fans of Millwall Football Club 2017-2018 (2022/48)
  • Leonard Albert John Henley (1930-2011), Southwark councillor and mayor: personal papers rel to his work as a Southwark councillor and his year as mayor of the London Borough of Southwark. Also incl material rel to the Southwark-Bermondsey Labour Party, and items rel to Gladys May Henley nee Verrell (1901-1973), Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey councillor and mayoress 1925-1980 (2022/49)
  • Elephant and Castle Trust: publications and documents rel to the Trust and the urban regeneration programme in Elephant and Castle and demolition of the Heygate Estate 2000-2014 (2022/53)
  • John D. Beasley (b1944), local historian of Southwark: personal papers rel to his work on the history of Peckham and Southwark, incl publications, photographs and slides, local history talks, publications, correspondence, cuttings and ephemera 1973-2020 (2022/54)
  • Frazer Ashford and London Borough of Southwark: photographs taken at events by Southwark Council entertainment division at Kingswood House, Belair House, North Peckham Civic Centre, and The George Inn. Also incl 'Cracks in the Concrete' at Riverside Studios by Pat Keysell and National Theatre for the Deaf 1981-1983 (2022/55)
  • SE1 Stories group, community activism group around redevelopment in Blackfriars, Waterloo and North Southwark: posters, incl for Blackfriars Community Action Team; Blackfriars Photography Project Young Peoples Group, North Southwark Community Development Group, Blackfriars Settlement, Coin Street, People's Habitat Festival of Alternative Living, the Family Squatting Advisory Service and Waterloo Festival 1970-1980 (2022/56)