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Dulwich Local History @history.dulwichsociety.com · 1d

Join us online 4 November, 8pm, to find out about the non Dulwich foundation schools in Dulwich.👇

Dulwich Local History @history.dulwichsociety.com · 7d

Our next online #Dulwich #LocalHistory talk is on Tuesday 4 November at 8pm about Dulwich's local industry: schools. Proceeds to St Christopher's Hospice. Tickets £5 here: www.dulwichsociety.com/news/dulwich...

Dulwich Education: an Alternative Story

Online talk: Tuesday 4 November, 8pm-9pm Education has been Dulwich's main business since the mid 19th century, but the Foundation Schools are just...

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Dulwich Local History @history.dulwichsociety.com · 1d

This looks like fun. We will be there on 7 November and always happy to chat #Dulwich #LocalHistory

Dulwich Society @dulwichsociety.com · 1d

We co-hosted a coffee morning with Dulwich Social and were delighted to see so many people come together. Dulwich Social regularly organises events and we are co-hosting another coffee morning with them on Friday 7 November at Rocca, Dulwich Village, 9am-10.30am. Hope to see you there.

a group of people sit around tables chatting and laughing. there's even a little dog joining the fun

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Dulwich Local History @history.dulwichsociety.com · 2d

With an obituary of our much-missed chair, Bernard Nurse. #Dulwich #LocalHistory

London Topographical Society @londontopsoc.bsky.social · 2d

The Society's latest volume of the "Record" is now available - the 33rd volume since 1900. It includes essays dealing with the development of London from the 1530s to the 19th century's growth of suburbs in what had been open countryside. londontopsoc.org/product/lond...

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London Topographical Society @londontopsoc.bsky.social · 2d

We have just joined BlueSky! Since our foundation in 1880, we have reproduced an unrivalled selection of historic maps, plans and views of London. We also publish books and monographs containing original research. See more of what we have to offer at: londontopsoc.org

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Dulwich Local History @history.dulwichsociety.com · 6d

Our 3 December online #Dulwich #LocalHistory talk is a cracker. It's a look at the places where the early Dulwich Hamlet FC players lived and worked. Proceeds to Albrighton Community Fridge. @dulwichhamletfc.bsky.social www.tickettailor.com/events/bellh...

a sepia photo of a team of young footballers posing for a team photo

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Dulwich Local History @history.dulwichsociety.com · 7d

Our next online #Dulwich #LocalHistory talk is on Tuesday 4 November at 8pm about Dulwich's local industry: schools. Proceeds to St Christopher's Hospice. Tickets £5 here: www.dulwichsociety.com/news/dulwich...

Dulwich Education: an Alternative Story

Online talk: Tuesday 4 November, 8pm-9pm Education has been Dulwich's main business since the mid 19th century, but the Foundation Schools are just...

www.dulwichsociety.com

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Dulwich Local History @history.dulwichsociety.com · 8d

Tomorrow night, online, presented by a great local historian and proceeds to to a local charity 👇

Dulwich Local History @history.dulwichsociety.com · 21d

So many #Dulwich film connections, this talk will open your eyes to Dulwich’s remarkable, and often forgotten, place in the history of cinema. Tickets are £5.60 with bursary tickets available too. #LocalHistory.

montage of 3 photos: head and shoulders of 2 men, one looking at his hands and a film poster with a painist and a woman singing

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Dulwich Local History @history.dulwichsociety.com · 9d

Hello👋We research and promote Dulwich's past and put our work here: www.dulwichsociety.com/local-history Could we be added?

Local History

Dulwich residents, streets, local history and details of talks and walks... discover Dulwich’s fascinating past

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 11d

We've updated our three BlueSky starter packs for historians.

Our principal list now includes details of 130+ societies and networks, based in the UK and Ireland, that advance the study, research and promotion of history go.bsky.app/AZaYQDd

Please let us know if there are gaps.
#Skystorians 1/2

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Dulwich Local History @history.dulwichsociety.com · 20d

This digital archive is fantastic and so easy to use. We enjoyed checking out the records for Dulwich and Camberwell. Bravo RCN! 👏

Royal College of Nursing Library and Museum @rcnlibraries.bsky.social · 20d

This is a 1913 postcard of London Hospital Nurses Training School. The nurse's message captures the everyday pressures and joys of student life from exams to going dancing. Explore the RCN Digital Archive: https://bit.ly/3pePUx7

#ExploreYourArchive #EYAEducation #HistNursing
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Photograph of the London Hospital Nurse's Training School, Tredegar House, located in Bow, London. The image features a multi-story brick building with multiple windows.

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Dulwich Local History @history.dulwichsociety.com · 21d

So many #Dulwich film connections, this talk will open your eyes to Dulwich’s remarkable, and often forgotten, place in the history of cinema. Tickets are £5.60 with bursary tickets available too. #LocalHistory.

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Dulwich Local History @history.dulwichsociety.com · 20d

Our 4 November online #Dulwich #LocalHistory talk is 'Dulwich Education: an Alternative Story with historian Ian McInnes. Proceeds to St Christopher's Hospice.
www.bellhouse.co.uk/events/2025/...

Online talk - Dulwich Education: An Alternative Story — Bell House

Join Ian McInnes in this illustrated online talk to learn more about Dulwich's other privately-owned prep schools, dame schools, and crammers. £5.60 | Online | Book here

www.bellhouse.co.uk

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Dulwich Local History @history.dulwichsociety.com · 21d

So many #Dulwich film connections, this talk will open your eyes to Dulwich’s remarkable, and often forgotten, place in the history of cinema. Tickets are £5.60 with bursary tickets available too. #LocalHistory.

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Dulwich Local History @history.dulwichsociety.com · 21d

Get your ticket for our online talk 👇 Tuesday 7 October, 8pm. Proceeds to Bell House school enrichment programme for Camberwell's Crawford Primary School. A fiver well spent in the company of historian Brian Green and a host of other #Dulwich #LocalHistory lovers. www.bellhouse.co.uk/events/2025/...

Online talk - Dulwich and the Silver Screen — Bell House

Discover Dulwich's connection with cinema's first 'Talkie' - The Jazz Singer. £5.60 | Online | Book here

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Dulwich Local History @history.dulwichsociety.com · 29d

Our next online #LocalHistory talk is Dulwich legend Brian Green on 'Dulwich and the Silver Screen'. Tuesday 7 October, 8pm. Tickets £5.60, proceeds to local charity. www.bellhouse.co.uk/events/2025/...

Online talk - Dulwich and the Silver Screen — Bell House

Discover Dulwich's connection with cinema's first 'Talkie' - The Jazz Singer. £5.60 | Online | Book here

www.bellhouse.co.uk

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Dulwich Society @dulwichsociety.com · Sep 9

The Southwark Day Centre for Asylum Seekers is facing its most challenging time in nearly 30 years as Southwark’s leading refugee charity. It urgently needs funds to continue to help refugees, migrants and asylum seekers. You can donate here www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-sdcas

A photo of two pans of food with a plate full of food above them. Text reads Help save SDCAS - help us to raise £70K

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Dulwich Local History @history.dulwichsociety.com · Sep 8

Our next online talk with fabulous local legend Brian Green👇 #Dulwich #LocalHistory

Bell House Dulwich @bellhousedulwich.bsky.social · Sep 8

www.bellhouse.co.uk/events/2025/...

Online talk - Dulwich and the Silver Screen — Bell House

Discover Dulwich's connection with cinema's first 'Talkie' - The Jazz Singer. £5.60 | Online | Book here

www.bellhouse.co.uk

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Dulwich Local History @history.dulwichsociety.com · Aug 29

Two of our own👇 #Dulwich #LocalHistory

British Association for Local History @balhnews.bsky.social · Aug 29

New on the blog! In one of our latest blogs, Sharon O'Connor and David Natzler from the Dulwich Society local history group share how they have been recording their local boundary markers.

Find out more: ow.ly/SfjK50WNsOl

#WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll

Weathered stone partially buried in soil with faint, eroded inscriptions surrounded by green ivy and dry leaves.

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Partizan Dulwich @partizandulwich.bsky.social · Aug 27

Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913) naturalist & biologist who developed the theory of evolution by natural selection. Hispaper prompted Charles Darwin to publish On the Origin of Species
Wallace was a dedicated socialist & social reformer

42 Deronda Road, Herne Hill
@pasttensehistories.bsky.social

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Dulwich Local History @history.dulwichsociety.com · Aug 27

No way Alfred Russel Wallace lived in Herne Hill! @hernehillsociety.bsky.social did you know this?

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Dulwich Society @dulwichsociety.com · Jul 21

👇Lovely article here about Herne Hill Velodrome @hernehillvelodrome.bsky.social @hernehillsociety.bsky.social

Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · Jul 21

my fourth sports column is out! will be in the paper on Sunday but has been put online early - do read if you want to find out what happened when I went to watch track cycling in south London: observer.co.uk/news/columni... [free to read]

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Dulwich Local History @history.dulwichsociety.com · Jul 18

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Dulwich Local History @history.dulwichsociety.com · Jul 18

Wow congrats Zoia! What a great book. A future historian here 👇💪 #Dulwich #LocalHistory

The Girls' Schools Association @gsauk.bsky.social · Jul 15

🌟 Meet Zoia, one of our Junior Writing Award finalists (ages 9-11) 🌟

From James Allen’s Girls’ School, her entry The Story of Dulwich takes us on a colourful journey through time, packed with detail, perspective and brilliant illustrations.

Watch Zoia share the inspiration behind her story.

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Dulwich Local History @history.dulwichsociety.com · Jul 8

Can confirm: www.dulwichsociety.com/the-journal/... #Dulwich #LocalHistory

On the Street Where You Live - The Dutch Estate by Ian McInnes

The minutes of the Camberwell Housing Committee held on 15th March 1965 confirm that the ‘Dutch’ Estate’s road names were a direct response to Camb...

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