LGBT History Month exhibition 2018
Peckham Levels hosted an exhibition by Southwark Archives for LGBT History Month 2018 called ‘Southwark Queerstory’, which looked at over 150 years of life for the LGBT community in Southwark. The displays showed a great range of Peckham history including a painting...The end of an era
During the Second World War, the British armed services fought the Italian army in North Africa. On the surrender of Italy in 1943 the Italian prisoners of war were initially held in POW camps in Eritrea, but due to shortages of labour in Great Britain, many were...
The River Peck
Peckham’s lost river is hidden for almost all its length; most of it was enclosed in the 1820s and it is now only visible at two points. The River Peck rises on One Tree Hill in Honor Oak and runs down the hill in a culvert to emerge at Harris Girls’...
Memorial plaque unveiled
A commemorative plaque has been unveiled to honour those who lost their lives in the bombing of Savage’s corset factory on 22 June 1944. Twenty four people were killed, mainly young girls. This was the largest loss of life in Peckham during World War II. The...
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The Peckham Society
The Peckham Society is the amenity society for Peckham and Nunhead, SE15. It exists to encourage interest in and to care for the surrounding area.
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Come to a Community Workshop to discuss the local buildings and spaces that you love! This is part of a project to gather a Community List of the buildings and spaces that are of social, historic, cul...
The 22nd of June is the 75th anniversary of the sad bombing of the corset factory on the corner of Peckham Rye and Nunhead Lane in June 1944. 22 people, mostly young women, died in this incident. The Peckham Society encourages people to remember the unexpected & terrifying ‘Doodlebug Summer’ in Peckham and Nunhead, seventy five years ago, in June and July 1944.![]()
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People can visit the commemorative sign that marks the site of this tragedy, designed and written by the Peckham Society. It is also possible to see the density of local bombing in SE15 online:![]()
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