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1953 Queen Elizabeth II on her coronation drive through Camberwell. May she rest in peace. Image Southwark Heritage

I'll be signing copies of #ThWoodThatBuiltLondon (pub. Sandstone Press) at Rye Books in North Cross Road, East Dulwich tomorrow morning from 11 am. Do come along for a chat. Cull & Co. Ltd Literary Agency

Peckham Park, London 1900

By the ponds in #brockwellpark Friends of Brockwell #hernehill

Whenever I see a reference to the King I still think they’re talking about Elvis

A ‘what if’ thought: if the crown went through the female line when Q Victoria died Jan 1901, Princess Vicky would have become Queen and then Kaiser Wilhelm King when she died Aug 1901. Is this correct?

Where’s Shakespeare when you need him? He could work such wonders with the current scenario, so much better than Netflix. #HarryandMeghan

Luranah b1860 & Amanda b1866 Aldridge were singers, daughters of African African actor Ira. Grew up in Hamlet Road, Upper #Norwood. Luranah was “strong-willed, dominating and pleasure-loving”, travelled to Bayreuth to sing in The Ring but ill health prevented her performing. 1/4

Portrait of Winifred Knights by husband Thomas Monnington c1931. Winifred grew up in #Streatham attending JAGS #Dulwich and later the Slade School of Art. She was the first woman to be awarded the British School at Rome scholarship. 1/2

A diary of 1791 describes, partly in code, an "attachment" between Mary Crespigny of Champion Lodge #DenmarkHill and Richard Starke 18 years her junior

Ellen Ternan, aka Nelly, was an actress born 1839 and remembered today as the long term mistress of Charles Dickens. The affair ended Dickens' marriage. Dickens supported her including renting Wellington House, 31 Linden Grove #Nunhead in 1868. 1/2

"It was a middle aged, middle class, dissenting spinster, Annie Horniman, who launched the repertory movement." Annie was born on London Road, #ForestHill in 1860 to the tea importing family, her father founded the Horniman Museum and Gardens. 1/2 Daily Mirror Sept 1969 The British Newspaper Archive

Dorelia McNeill in the Garden at Alderney Manor 1911 Augustus John (detail) Dorelia (Dorothy) was brought up in Oglander Road, #EastDulwich Museum Wales Colourful Art #OnlineArtExchange

1/2 Born 1920 Bromley, Peggy Spencer ran and taught at the Royston Ballroom in Penge with husband Frank, specialising in Latin American dance. She trained teams for Come Dancing and appeared as a judge, becoming a popular tv personality.

Friday Pub Day. This is the Clock House, Peckham Rye You can learn about the pub by going to: buff.ly/3OpI1Ck

1/2 Nurse Mary Rodwell was on duty on hospital ship 'Anglia' accompanying wounded soldiers from Calais to Dover. On 17 Nov 1915 she was one of est. 167 fatalities when the ship hit a mine. Born in Norfolk, she lived for a while with her uncle in Palace Road, Upper Norwood

Best Actress Oscar nomination 2017: Sally Hawkins b1976 Dulwich, grew up Blackheath, nominated for 'The Shape of Water'

Oscar WINNER for Best Actress 2018: Olivia Colman for 'The Favourite', lived in East Dulwich/Peckham for many years. Nominated for Best Actress 2021 for 'The Lost Daughter' and for Best Supporting Actress 2020 for 'The Father'

Oscar WINNER for Best Actress 1964: Julie Andrews, lived in Beckenham 1943-48, for 'Mary Poppins'. Also nominated for Best Actress 1965 'The Sound of Music' and 1982 'Victor/Victoria'

Fancy that. Philippa Garrett Fawcett, daughter of Millicent Garrett Fawcett, the President of the National Union of Women Suffrage Societies, addressed an open air meeting in North Cross Road in May 1913.