There must be something in the June air 😂 …. this is our second Christmas themed post of the day!

We are so proud to be included in ⁦⁦The Guardian’s⁩ 20 Best Small Museums in London. More power to all the museums on the list. Secret tunnels, a lost airport and TV’s original dummy – a guide to London’s best small museums | Museums | The Guardian theguardian.com/culture/articl…

Saturday 8th June 11am #DDay80 Anniversary Service at the #Bermondsey & #Rotherhithe War Memorial West Lane #SE16 4NY All welcome “Old” Friends of Southwark Park 🌳 Royal British Legion

Frank ‘Taffy’ Turner (85), our very own ‘living, breathing exhibit’ & co-curator. Frank worked at Peeks from May 1960 until September 1989 after previously serving in the RAF. Frank worked for Peek Freans own on site Fire Brigade & rose to be Chief Fire Officer. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

We recently thoroughly enjoyed the company of a great group from London Herstory Tours organised by Mandy Morrow. They are all now more the wiser about all things #PeekFreans, #Bermondsey & #SE16 in general

#CreamTeaHour @PeekFrean Just one post tonight as I won’t be at home until later. Here’s some biscuits for tonight’s tea table from 1948,because WW2 hadn’t been over long lots of foodstuffs were rationed. Mr Peek and Mr Frean often told it as it was in rhyme.#CreamTeaHour (10 Years)

Jo Castle sent us this brilliant photo of her #PeekFrean wedding cake from 8/9/73 As for many in #Bermondsey entire family’s worked at Peeks. Jo was there in the late 70’s mainly on Rich Osborne’s Jo’s mum, Pat Gales was there for nearly 30 years, from c1960 til the late 80s

As our friends at Southwark Heritage say if you’ve ever wondered how Custard Creams came to be then please think about visiting us in #Bermondsey

We recently had a fabulous visit from Andy Wooodford & Chris Brown, who have 2 companies Crown Northampton Shoes & E Woodford who make high quality hand made shoes They invited our curator, Gary Magold, to visit their factory & it was great to see these skills being kept alive

We get lots of comments about the #PeekFrean digital clocks. There were 2 clocks at either end of the factory warehouse, facing the railway line. They replaced a Victorian clock tower which was demolished in the late 60s This is from a 1970 #Peeks staff magazine #BricklayersArms

Clever marketing from #PeekFreans back in the day

For completeness here’s a photo of the old Victorian clock tower at #PeekFreans (courtesy of our friend James Roll) which was demolished in late 60s and replaced with the digital clocks we highlighted in yesterdays post. The 2nd photo is slightly earlier, courtesy of Gary Magold

One of the hundreds of items on display in the museum is this Peek Freans Teddy Bear Biscuit advertising token from 1920s/30s. We also have a tin and a biscuit sized advert for the biscuit itself...in the shape of a bear! Do you have one, maybe passed on by a relative? #TeddyBear

A crystal brandy glass issued at the demise of the Peek Frean Club (1920-88) after the new owners closed the parent company. PFC had a games room in Clements Road & a sports ground & pavilion in Eltham on the A20 Sidcup Road Our friend Frederick Roll kindly donated the glass to us

This is Ted & Patricia Dennington (nee Bstes) on their wedding day in November 1958 with their wedding cake made at Peek Freans. Pat worked in the Accounts office from 1955 & interestingly she tells us that they were given only the top tier free! What a wonderful photo ❤️

Who remembers the old St James Joy Slide? Very much part of Bermondsey’s history & provided by Arthur Carr, the Chairman & Managing Directior of Peek Freans in 1921 Click on the link to see a lovely little clip showing children playing on the slide. youtu.be/hhfxxmQj4B8?si…

"Please be patient and remember the difficulties of wartime production" - Peek Frean's biscuit ad from 1941.

If, in 1906, you'd worked for Peek Freans for 25 years, you'd have received this Walker & Hall silver spoon. Does anyone else have any long service momentos? #silverspoon #walkerandhall

Have any of our followers got any photos from their (or their relatives) working days at Peeks that they can share with us? 🤞

From our friend Joanne Hopkins, the clock presented to her grandfather Charles Richard Thomas Martin on completion of 40 years service at Peek Freans, 1919 - 1959. Upon his retirement Mr Martin looked after the garden on the roof of the warehouse building in Clements Road