tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36569653119658821772024-03-14T04:43:00.844+00:00Lewisham Heritagea blog for information, news and whatever about Lewisham's heritageUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger170125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656965311965882177.post-21769651087111954842019-02-14T15:12:00.000+00:002019-02-14T15:43:38.456+00:00Archives advice <br />
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Our records are spread over two catalogues, both of which
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1. National Archives’ Discovery catalogue:<o:p></o:p></div>
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http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ (Tip: If you filter
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2. Local archives records on the Lewisham Council website
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https://www.lewisham.gov.uk/inmyarea/history/Pages/archive-catalogue.aspx<o:p></o:p></div>
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All archive material must be ordered in advance. Please
email us a list of the archive references of the items you wish to consult. We
require ten standard working days’ notice (not Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday) to
retrieve archive documents for viewing, and we generally set a limit of twenty
items per visit (depending on their size). Once we have processed your request,
we will contact you again to make an appointment at a mutually convenient time.
Please note that we do not make appointments until we have retrieved the
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656965311965882177.post-34298874740906448372019-02-07T17:25:00.000+00:002019-02-07T17:25:20.908+00:00Comrade Kath – a brief life of Kath Duncan<br />
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Kath Duncan, communist political activist in 1920s and 30s
Deptford, is the subject of a new play Liberty and a biography The #Last Queen
of Scotland by Ray Barron Woolford. Red Blouse Theatre, a local radical theatre
company first formed in the 1930s and newly re-formed for the Deptford Heritage
Festival, will stage the play in February 2019.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Katherine Sinclair Duncan (nee MacColl) was born in 1888
Argyllshire, Scotland. She became a teacher and joined the National Union of
Teachers (NUT). After a marriage of convenience to Alexander “Sandy” Duncan in
1923, the couple moved to Hackney. They joined the Hackney Labour Dramatic
Group, part of the Workers Theatre Movement, a revolutionary, left-wing theatre
movement which had it’s origins in the Russian revolution of 1917. After a time
in the Independent Labour Party, she joined the Communist Party of Great
Britain because of the UK General Strike of 1926.<o:p></o:p></div>
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In 1929 she was elected to the party’s central committee,
but stood down a year later when she moved to Deptford. During the 1931 General
Election she hit the local headlines as the communist party candidate for
Greenwich where she received over 2,000 votes.<o:p></o:p></div>
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A powerful public speaker at demonstrations, town hall
deputations and street meetings, she championed the National Unemployed Workers
Movement and other working class causes such as opposing the Means Test,
defending the rights of Lewisham street-traders, supporting the hunger marchers
and the South London gas charges protest (“The great Gas Fight”) of 1936.<o:p></o:p></div>
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In 1932, local dockers demonstrated against ships sending
arms to Japan which had just invaded Manchuria, China. Opposed to fascism and
war, Kath spoke at a demonstration in Woolwich and was hospitalised after the
police charged the crowd. Demonstrating the next day in what became “The Battle
of Deptford Broadway”, Kath was charged with disturbing the peace. She refused
to be bound over and so spent a month in Holloway Prison.<o:p></o:p></div>
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After her release the London County Council tried to
remove her name from the teachers list. Helped by a 5,700 strong petition and
letters of support from many Deptford trade unions, Kath soon won this battle
and went on to stand unsuccessfully for the L.C.C (London County Council) in
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Arrested again in 1935 for refusing to stop speaking
outside a New Cross employment exchange in Nynehead Street, she was charged and
convicted of willfully obstructing a police inspector in the execution of his
duty. The National Council for Civil Liberties took up her case, the first time
they had done so. The appeal was dismissed but Duncan v Jones [1936] became a
landmark case. It established that free speech was allowed unless likely to
cause a disturbance. The case has been cited in the courts in defence of the
rights of animal rights protesters, Stonehenge campaigners and demonstrations
at an RAF air base. Red Blouse Theatre, a local radical theatre company first
formed in the 1930s and newly re-formed for the Deptford Heritage Festival,
will stage Liberty.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Later, Kath spent much of her time opposing fascism. She
was involved in the Battle of Cable Street and an active member of the Aid to
Spain Movement, interviewing volunteers for the International Brigade in the
Spanish Civil War.<o:p></o:p></div>
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During the 1945 election, she worked for the Labour Party
addressing envelopes in Deptford Labour Committee rooms even though she had
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After her death, the London District Committee of the
Communist Party published a pamphlet “Deptford’s Tribute to Kath Duncan” which
is available on reference in Lewisham Local History and Archive Centre. Kath
Duncan died in Scotland 1954, but she lives on in the popular memory in
Deptford.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656965311965882177.post-24560140614716132722019-02-04T15:17:00.003+00:002019-02-04T15:17:59.562+00:00Clemence Dane’s ‘Regiment of Women’<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">Clemence Dane, pen name of Winifred Ashton
(1887-1965), was a successful screen writer, playwright and novelist. She was
famous (infamous?) for her novel ‘Regiment of Women’ which claimed to be a
study of lesbian relationships in a school setting. But did you know that she
was born in Blackheath and went to Sydenham High School? She also lived in
Sydenham from 1913-1919. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">‘Regiment of Women’ was published in 1917
and was widely influential in terms of social attitudes. The novel may have
inspired Radclyffe Hall to write The Well of Loneliness, but it has since has
been criticised for its negative portrayal of lesbian sexuality even though
Clemence Dane was almost certainly a lesbian herself.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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lengths to keep her private life private. Using documentary evidence including
Dane’s will, author Diane Hamer suggests that Dane had been in a long-term
relationship with Elsie Arnold who lived with her. She also writes that the
relationship came to an end and that Dane then became romantically involved
with another woman-Olwen Bowen-Davies.</span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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screen play for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Anna Karenina</i> for
Greta Garbo and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A Bill of Divorcement </i>staring
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of Women (Clemence Dane) and The Well of Loneliness (Radclyffe Hall) are both available
from Lewisham libraries. You might also be interested in Virginia Woolf’s novel
Orlando which presents a different, more positive, presentation of sexuality
and gender identities although written about the same time. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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We know that women served as sailors in the Royal Navy as
early as 1650. Unfortunately what is we know about these women is not first
hand. Few sailors (men or women) knew how to write. As a result, there exists
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Three women, “The Lady Tars”, have left memoirs of their
experiences serving as men in the Royal Navy. They are Hanna Snell (1723-1792),
Mary Lacy (1740-1773+) and Mary Ann Talbot (1778-1808). Mary Lacy had strong
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Originally joined the army but deserted over an unfair
punishment to which she was subject. She then joined the marines and was
wounded several times in the Battle of Pondicherry. She later worked on stage
where she would wear her uniform, do military drills and sing patriotic songs. <o:p></o:p><br />
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Started her military career in the army disguised as a
boy servant to an officer. After his death at the Battle of Valenciennes, she
deserted and was pressed into the Royal Navy. She served as a cabin boy, and
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A British sailor who became a shipwright. She is the only
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Lacy ran away from home dressed as a boy at the age of
nineteen in 1759, and worked as a servant for a ship's carpenter of the British
navy under the name William Chandler until 1763. She then studied as an
apprentice to be a shipwright. In 1770, she took her exam as a shipwright,
arguably the first woman to have done so. In 1771, however, she was forced to
stop working because of her rheumatism, and applied for a pension from the
admiralty under her legal name, Mary Lacy, which was granted.<o:p></o:p></div>
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That same year, Mary gave birth to her first child,
Margaret Lacey Slade, who was baptized at St Nicholas, Deptford, Kent, on 29
August. Their other children were Josias Slade (1775–1777), Mary Slade
(1777–1777), Josias Slade (1778–1781), Elizabeth Slade (1780–1780), and John
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In 1775 Mary petitioned for her husband to be granted a
servant because of his 16 years' service as a shipwright. She had also applied
unsuccessfully before Lord Sandwich for her husband to succeed Thomas Boyles,
who lined the stuff for the Sawyers at the dockyard.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Mary died in 1801 and was buried at St Paul, Deptford,
Kent, on 3 May 1801. Her husband, Josias Slade, died in 1814 and was also
buried at St Paul, Deptford, Kent, on 13 February 1814. In his will and
codicil, he only mentions his son, John Slade, and daughter, Margaret, now wife
of Joseph Ward (Margaret Lacey Ward died the following year and was buried at
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Hannah Snell, Mary Lacy and Mary Anne Talbot.The Lady
Tars: the autobiographies of Hannah Snell, Mary Lacy and Mary Anne Talbot
(2008). Contains all the three memoirs. (Available at Lewisham Local History
and Archives Centre-reference only). <o:p></o:p></div>
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Peter Guillery. The Further Adventures of Mary Lacy:
'Seaman', Shipwright, Builder. History Workshop Journal, Volume 2000, Issue 49,
1 January 2000, Pages 212–219.(Not available from Lewisham Local History and
Archives Centre). <o:p></o:p></div>
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Over the past decade the Irish authorities have made many
Irish family history resources freely available online. Ireland is now a world
leader in the field. Most of the records are in English so lack of knowledge of
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1. <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/abroad/how-to-trace-your-irish-family-history-a-step-by-step-guide-1.3423973">How to trace your Irish family history: a step-by-stepguide</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Excellent starter online article from the Irish Timeswith links to lots of useful resources. <o:p></o:p></div>
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A good, free pdf booklet is available from the National
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3. <a href="https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/irish-genealogical-research-getting-started/how-to-start-your-family-history">Starting your family history</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Useful quick tips but get the NLI guide download as well.
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Home to the historic records of Births, Marriages and
Deaths of the General Register Office since 1864. State registration of all
non-Catholic marriages began in 1845. In 1864, civil registration of all
births, marriages and deaths began.<o:p></o:p></div>
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• Census Records for 1901 and 1911, Census survivals for
1821-51, Census Search forms for 1841-51.<o:p></o:p></div>
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• The Tithe Applotment Books from 1823 to 1837.<o:p></o:p></div>
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AskAboutIreland.ie and the Cultural Heritage Project is
an initiative of public libraries together with local museums and archives in
the digitisation and online publication of the original, the unusual and the
unique material from their local studies' collections to create a national
Internet resource for culture.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Links to Griffiths Valuation. The Primary Valuation was
the first full-scale valuation of property in Ireland. Overseen by Richard
Griffith, it was published between 1847-1964. It is one of the most important
surviving 19th century sources.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="http://databases.dublincity.ie/">Dublin City Council databases</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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The website brings together a number of databases
produced by the Libraries and Archive Service. Most of the original records
from which the databases are created are held by Dublin City Library &
Archive. Includes Dublin Directories 1647-19708 , Dublin Electoral Registers
(1908-1915) and more. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) is
the official archive for Northern Ireland. PRONI is the main archive for
Northern Ireland and holds millions of documents, covering a period from 1600
to the present day. These include valuable genealogical sources such as church
registers, landed estates records, court records and wills.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The National Library Ireland site contains Catholic
Church Parish registers for the whole of Ireland. Religious denomination is
important in determining which records are relevant to your research.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Julie Robinson, Local Studies Librarian, February 2019<o:p></o:p></div>
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Local.studies@lewisham.gov.uk<o:p></o:p></div>
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656965311965882177.post-51830687309647109062019-02-02T10:24:00.000+00:002019-02-04T13:06:04.975+00:00Facing the music with Cecil Coles<br />
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Cecil Coles (1888-1918) was a Scottish composer killed
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He studied at the Royal College of Music and moved to
London. He lived in Lewisham where he married Phoebe Relton in 1912. At this
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In 1915 he signed for overseas service in the 9th London
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and stretcher bearer which involved picking up wounded soldiers, often under
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Throughout, he composed music. His wartime work was sent
to Holst, including a bloodstained manuscript of “Cortege”. This was the
intended third movement of a four movement suite “Behind the Lines.“ <o:p></o:p></div>
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His music remained almost unknown until 2002 when his
daughter rediscovered his music. Recordings and performances followed. His work
is included in “Music from behind the Lines.” Cortege became the theme tune to
the Channel 4 documentary series the First World War.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656965311965882177.post-70227411930638275552019-02-01T15:16:00.000+00:002019-02-01T15:45:20.251+00:00Parish Records<br />
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Prior to civil registration in 1837, most births,
marriages, deaths as well as burials, baptisms and banns, were recorded in the
Church of England church or parish register (irrespective of religious belief).
We normally turn to parish registers when we have gone as far back as we can
through General Registration records and census returns. These will indicate
which parish you need to search. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Ancestry does have many of these records online. Try
searching directly on these records by selecting UK Parish Baptism, Marriage
and Burial Records. <o:p></o:p><br />
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These will usually be the records for the area that they
cover. But many London and Kent area records are held by the London
Metropolitan Archives. As well as original registers, many registers are
available on microfilm or transcripts (written out in book form). The same register in a different format may well be housed in different archives. <o:p></o:p></div>
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You will need to identify where the individuals lived and
which church holds their records. This is not always easy as there will be
several churches in any given area, so you may have to look through several
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We will check our records and then get back to you to
arrange an appointment or invite you to a drop in day. If we do not hold the
register(s) you seek, we will try and identify who does hold them for you and
let you know. If you drop in without checking with us first, please note that we may not have the register you wish to see or it may be in the archives (not produced on demand). <o:p></o:p></div>
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Family Search https://www.familysearch.org/<o:p></o:p></div>
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FreeReg https://www.freereg.org.uk/<o:p></o:p></div>
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Parish Registers Online https://www.parishregister.co.uk/online<o:p></o:p></div>
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The Genealogist<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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UKBMDParish https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/parish<o:p></o:p></div>
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Julie Robinson, Local Studies Librarian<o:p></o:p></div>
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local.studies@lewisham.gov.uk<o:p></o:p></div>
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The National Trust (NT) should stop emphasising the role
of families in the history of stately homes because it ‘privileges heterosexual
lives’ according to a National Trust curator. Her comments were reported in the
Daily Telegraph (26 January 2019) and have provoked a row over how history is
presented. They also highlight the lack of LGBTQ visibility in heritage
generally. <o:p></o:p></div>
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This is not the first time LGBTQ issues have been raised
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In 2017, the National Trust ran a ‘Pride and Prejudice’
campaign, marking 50 years since the decriminalisation of homosexuality. The
campaign caused some controversy when it outed a late country house squire, in
a film narrated by Stephen Fry, 48 years after his death. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The debate is timely because it comes on the eve of LGBTQ
history month which runs through February. <o:p></o:p></div>
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In recent years heritage organisations such as the
National Trust, the V&A, Historic England and others, have made greater
efforts to be more inclusive and recognise a wider range of groups who have
been marginalised, misrepresented, under-represented or who have been made
invisible. This also includes a greater emphasis on widening access and
increasing participation. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Lewisham Local History and Archives will be running a
series of LGBTQ history themed posts throughout the month. We will bring you
information on archives where you can do research, links to guides for finding
records and a self-guided tour of the V&A, as well as some family history
related links and resources. <o:p></o:p></div>
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To get the best out of the postings, please join us on
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Recent copies of Newspapers are available in the
Information Section, Lewisham Library, Lewisham High Street. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Julie Robinson, Local Studies Librarian. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Local.studies@lewisham.gov.uk<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>@LewishamHistory<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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Lewisham Heritage Blog:
http://lewishamheritage.blogspot.com/<o:p></o:p></div>
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656965311965882177.post-37031310531054682202019-01-15T14:34:00.002+00:002019-01-15T16:54:05.322+00:00Free talk: the life and activism of Kath Duncan<div class="MsoPlainText">
Free Talk: The Life and Activism of Kath
Duncan. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Revolutionary ? Deviant ? Misguided? or the most
important UK LGBTQ and Civil Rights activist in the past 100 years? You decide. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Date: Saturday 9th February, 11.00am. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Venue: Large Meeting room, The Library at Deptford
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The speaker, Ray Barron Woolford is a long term Deptford
Resident. Ray has written 4 books about Deptford and established a local food
bank. Ray has also written Liberty, a book and play about Kath Duncan, that
will be staged in Deptford as part of the Global LGBT history month 14-28 Feb
at Zion Baptist Chapel New Cross Road Deptford SER14 6TJ and the first
biography to be written about Kath Duncan, The Last Queen Of Scotland.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656965311965882177.post-73255625072410145722018-12-21T15:27:00.003+00:002018-12-21T15:27:52.293+00:00A Christmas meal at Lewisham Military Hospital WWI<br />
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The reverse of the menu card shows the programme with
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record of ordinary men whose existence might otherwise have been lost to
history. As such this simple menu is a snapshot of a moment in time in the
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local historian Julian Watson. <b>No booking needed</b>. Meet inside the church 11.00am. Tour takes approximately 2 hours. Saturday 26th January 2019. Suitable
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656965311965882177.post-27830267688918346472018-11-23T14:24:00.002+00:002018-11-23T14:24:47.538+00:00Christmas Closure Local History and Archives Centre<br />
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The Local History and Archive Centre will be closed for
the Christmas period on Monday 24th December 2018-5th January 2019 inclusive.
The first drop in day after reopening will be Tuesday 6th January 2019.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please note that staff will not be able to
answer any telephone or email enquiries during this period beginning 12.00
noon 21st December 2018. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may
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In the meantime. We invite you to explore our collections
online at www.leisham.gov.uk/myservices/libraries (books and pamphlets) or
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk (archives). <o:p></o:p></div>
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You can still follow us on Facebook @LewishamHistory,
Twitter #Lewisham History and our blog http://lewishamheritage.blogspot.com/
for scheduled postings, including some special festive postings running most
days while we are closed. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656965311965882177.post-24125580977839584042018-11-01T15:36:00.000+00:002018-11-01T15:36:52.526+00:00Remarkable Residents: Kwes<div>
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Kwes (Kwesi Sey) is a record producer, songwriter,
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Kwes is best known for his production and collaborative
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Born in 1987 he has been actively interested in pop
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diet of Top of The Pops and the Top 40 Chart Show. On his seventh birthday,
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In 2011 signed with Warp Records and in the summer of
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DRC Music project. He was invited along by Damon Albarn to join a team of
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In summer 2012 and early winter 2013, Kwes partnered with
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Opera di Peroni. The project was staged live in various cities throughout the
UK and had featured Kwes’ and Go Opera's take on selected arias from Verdi's La
Traviata and Puccini's La Boheme and La Rondine.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656965311965882177.post-10907605310420831702018-11-01T14:45:00.000+00:002018-11-01T14:45:05.670+00:00Remarkable Residents: Maxi Priest<br />
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Maxi Priest was born in Lewisham, the second youngest of
nine brothers and sisters. His parents had moved to England from Jamaica to
provide more opportunity for their family. His father was a steelworker in a
factory, while his mother devoted her life to Christianity; she was a
missionary at a Pentecostal Church and lead singer for the church choir, and as
a youngster. Maxi grew up listening to
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He was working as a carpenter when he was invited to
build speaker boxes for the prominent Saxon International sound system. It
wasn't long before his contacts there discovered that he could sing as well,
and soon he was participating in live dancehall shows; in 1984, he and Paul
"Barry Boom" Robinson also co-produced Phillip Levi's "Mi God Mi
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656965311965882177.post-41575287596037760482018-10-30T11:35:00.000+00:002018-10-30T11:35:50.189+00:00Remarkable Residents: Erica Pienaar<div style="text-indent: 0px;">
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Erica was born in Cape Town. On Christmas Eve 1954, her
family chose to leave the country boarding a ship bound for Southampton. Her
family quickly established themselves in Crystal Palace and has been loyal to
her South East London ‘roots’ ever since. Erica’s family revered education; it
was clearly understood that it was through a good education that one not only
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She began her
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of the Leathersellers’ Federation of Schools. The Federation was established in
September 2008 in Lewisham and comprises three Colleges: Prendergast-Hilly
Fields College, Prendergast-Ladywell Fields College and Prendergast-Vale
College.<o:p></o:p></div>
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In 2013, Erica was
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‘Her involvement in national and educational change has
inspired countless educationists, teachers and students with resulting
significant local and national impact. Her belief in our young people has shone
through her work and has changed their futures.’<o:p></o:p></div>
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Erica was appointed a Dame on the 2014 Queen’s Birthday
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656965311965882177.post-41639000271375954162018-10-29T16:25:00.001+00:002018-10-29T16:25:55.272+00:00Remarkable Residents: Mica ParisThroughout October to celebrate Black History Month the Lewisham Local History Archive Centre will post our chosen 15 truly remarkable residents. People who were born in the borough or lived within its borders.<br />
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She was born in Islington and moved to Lewisham when she was
about nine. She grew up singing in her grandparents' church and by her mid
teens was making regular appearances with 'The Spirit of Watts' gospel choir.
At the age of seventeen, she got her first break as a backing vocalist with the
UK band Hollywood Beyond.</div>
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In 1988 she released her debut, platinum-selling album, 'So Good’ from which she had her first top ten hit, 'My One Temptation'. </div>
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Mica Paris is one of the UK’s most respected female singers with a career full
of Top 10 hit singles and albums worldwide. 2003 saw Paris
being presented with the Gold Badge Award by the British Academy of Composers
and Songwriters for her special contribution to the British entertainment
industry. In 2004 she was in the Top 10 list of the 100 Great Black Britons,
which was compiled to celebrate the achievements and contributions made by the
British Black community over the centuries. </div>
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In 2007 she wrote an empowering book 'Beautiful Within,' to critical acclaim. Mica has extended her talents, acting in many dramas and performing in numerous West End musicals.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656965311965882177.post-46580137098214415622018-10-29T15:19:00.000+00:002018-11-17T15:07:51.878+00:00Did you know Agatha Christie was a VAD in WWI? Accounts of women’s nursing experiences in World War One<br />
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<o:p> </o:p><b>Vera Brittain –Testament of Youth</b></div>
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First published in 1928, Vera Brittain’s account of her
wartime experiences and how she became a pacifist was one of a handful of books
which broke the silence over the First World War. She relates how she lost her
brother, fiancée and friends while working as a V.A.D. (she trained at
Camberwell). A passionate account, it stands as a moving memoir and epitaph for
a “lost” wartime generation. Since it first appeared, it has become an ‘A’
Level literature text book, a television series (twice) and a film. Still
resonating with successive younger generations, it has stood the test of time.
Available in Lewisham Libraries.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Dorothea Crewdson- Dorothea’s War: a First World War
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Born Bristol 1886, raised in Nottingham. 1911 became a
VAD in British Red Cross and passed her exams the next year. She began by
helping out at local hospitals or serving tea and buns to wounded soldiers on
hospital trains. In May 1915, she was stationed in Le Treport, northern France
and spent the rest of the war working in different field hospitals. Although
not a fully trained nurse, the military was under great pressure to relax the
rules and allow women like Dorothea to serve in<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>military hospitals in France. Despite over 40 military hospitals in
France by April 1915, they could not cope with the high numbers of casualties.
She began at No.16 Stationary hospital, Le Treport, France. In 1918, Dorothea
was awarded the Military Medal for bravery. She died in France in 1919 while
still working as a nurse after contracting peritonitis. Her dairies were
published by her nephew in 2013. Available in Lewisham Libraries. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Erica Nadin-Snelling -Matron at War: the story of Katy
Beaufoy (1869-1918)</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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Sister Katy Beaufoy was born in Birmingham and served in
both the Boer War and was a QUAIMNs nursing sister then Matron on His Majesty’s
Hospital Ships in World War I. She kept a war time diary of her service and
excerpts have been published from 1915-1917, together with some letters to her
family. The dangers of nursing service at sea are revealed as are the details
of daily life. Katy was officially reported missing believed drowned after the
hospital ship Glenart Castle was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat on 26th
February 1918. Her medals include the Dead Woman’s Penny and the medal for
reorganising the Queen of Italy’s nursing service. Available in Lewisham
Libraries.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Before she became a bestselling crime writer, Agatha
Christie joined the VAD in 1914. She served in a Devon hospital in Torquay.<o:p></o:p></div>
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She began by doing first aid courses in early 1914
followed by practical work visits to local hospitals. <o:p></o:p></div>
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‘That was intimidating because the regular nurses, who
were in a hurry and had a lot to do, despised us thoroughly.’<o:p></o:p></div>
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Initially she was a ward maid, a reserve force, before
she became a V.A.D. She also had pharmaceutical lessons from a local chemist to
help her prepare for examinations. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Later her medical service stood her in good stead. She
worked as a hospital dispenser in World War II. Doubtless this is where she
gained her knowledge of poisons which feature as a murder method in so many of
her crime novels. Available in Lewisham Libraries.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Julie Robinson, Local Studies Librarian<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656965311965882177.post-6935858461415652062018-10-29T12:22:00.001+00:002018-10-29T12:25:15.179+00:00Treating Tommy: a day in the life of a British Military Hospital in World War One<br />
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During the First World War, the military hospital day in hospitals like Lewisham
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The men had to wear a special hospital uniform. This was
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Patients wearing hospital uniform at Lewisham Military Hospital. ⒸLewisham Local History and Archives Centre.</td></tr>
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After breakfast, those patients who were able helped to
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11am. Doctor’s inspection. After this patients were free
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In the afternoon, patients would have free time. They
might visit the local town or attend parties hosted by local charities.
Concerts and gramophone recitals would also have taken place. At Lewisham
Military Hospital some patients were even treated to a motor car outing!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Article from the Kentish Mercury. ⒸLewisham Local History and Archives Centre.</td></tr>
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About 7.00pm patients were served supper. A typical
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Others did not survive. On 25 May
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First funeral of a soldier from Lewisham Military Hospital.ⒸLewisham Local History and Archives Centre.<br />
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Enquiries:local.studies@lewisham.gov.ukUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656965311965882177.post-63726830125762822532018-10-29T11:39:00.000+00:002018-10-29T12:41:02.830+00:00Treating Tommy: from the Front Line to Lewisham Military Hospital in World War OneThe First World War quickly produced devastating injuries
on the battlefield which posed a real challenge to treat. Survival depended on
quick medical intervention. The wounded were often moved several times.<br />
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RAP, while others were carried by stretcher bearers. RAPs were often set up in
trenches or abandoned buildings typically, 2---300 yards of the front line.
There, they would be treated by a regimental medical officer (RMO). The RMOs
were qualified doctors but knew little about treating war wounds. RMO’s
administered pain relief, anti-tetanus injection and a basic dressing.
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Evacuation began from the RAP and continued to advanced
dressing stations (ADS) further away from the front line where soldiers could
be treated. Casualty Clearing Stations (CCS) were next up the line and were the
first static units a casualty would encounter. CCSs often moved, casualties
being moved back to base hospitals in France and Flanders.<o:p></o:p></div>
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As well as Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) doctors,
military medical staff included the Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing
Service (QAIMNS), the Territorial Force Nursing Service (TFNS) and the
Voluntary Aid Detachments (VADs) . Other ad hoc organisations not under
military control such as First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY) and the Society of
Friends –Friends Ambulance Unit, (FAU), Quakers and conscientious objectors,
also made a contribution. QAIMNS sisters were sent to France in 1914 and their
numbers increased after that as the need for experienced nursing staff
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There were two types of base hospital stationary and general.
They were mainly located in large towns or ports, notably Boulogne and Etaples.
Unofficial, voluntary hospitals supplemented these RAMC units but were not
officially approved by the military authorities. The work was hard and time off
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Transporting the wounded was a real challenge and barges
were eventually used to transport men direct to hospital ships due to pressure
on the railways. Once at a British port, casualties were transferred to an
ambulance service train and sent to a receiving station. Receiving stations
were local hospitals such as Lewisham Military Hospital. They were the last
stop on a wounded soldier’s medical journey.<o:p></o:p></div>
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In 1915, the Lewisham Workhouse Infirmary was cleared to
make way for expected wartime casualties. The hospital was then renamed
Lewisham Military Hospital. It cared for officers, ranks and German POWs. It
was headed by Dr Frederick Sherman Toogood who was given the temporary rank of
Major with the Royal Army Medical Corps. The Hospital Workhouse Infirmaries
were ideal for conversion into military hospitals as they often had gardens and
other amenities for the staff and patients. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Lewisham Military Hospital had beds for 24 officers and
838 rank and file. They also had provision for shell-shocked officers. The
first wounded arrived in May 1915, including some injured during the infamous
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The hospital treated those who needed more specialist
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The first patients would be walking wounded in cars
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Once at the hospital, the men would wash, uniforms
fumigated and replaced with a hospital military suit. The hospital suit was a
blue jacket and trousers with a white shirt and a red tie. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Patients details were taken and then they were taken to
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Ignatius Sancho (c.1729 – 14 December 1780) writer,
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He was celebrated in the late 18th-century as a man of
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Sancho grew up an orphan. At the age of two he was taken
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sisters at a house in Greenwich. During this time he met the 2nd Duke of
Montagu, who lived in nearby Blackheath. He liked the young Ignatius and bought
him books, and tried to persuade the sisters to educate him. After the duke’s
death Sancho ran away from the house in Greenwich and persuaded the duke’s
widow to employ him. Sancho worked in the Montagu household for the next 20
years, serving as Mary Montagu’s butler until the Duchess’s death in 1751, and
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well-known cultural figure, maintained an active social and literary life until
his death in 1780. As a financially independent male householder, Sancho became
eligible to vote and did so in 1774 and again just before his death in 1780. He
was the first person of African descent to vote in a British general election.
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After his death in 1782 Sancho’s letters were published
as 'The Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, an African'. They contained
reflections on slavery and empire, as well as his own vexed experiences as a
highly educated person of African origin living in London. Sancho was an avid
reader and pursued a self-taught education, taking full advantage of the
libraries at the Montagu house, as well as its constant stream of highly
cultured visitors. When Thomas Gainsborough visited to paint the portrait of
the Duchess of Montagu, he also had Sancho sit for a portrait. As well as
appearing on the stage, Sancho was particularly productive as a composer of
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656965311965882177.post-76055442775396561382018-10-23T13:06:00.001+01:002018-10-23T13:06:33.500+01:00Remarkable Residents: Doreen Lawrence<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Throughout October to celebrate Black History Month the Lewisham Local History Archive Centre will post our chosen 15 truly remarkable residents. People who were born in the borough or lived within its borders.</span><br />
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Baroness Doreen Lawrence of Clarendon OBE is an anti-racism campaigner and founder of the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust in 1998. She received an OBE in 2003 for services to community relations. In 2012 she won a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Pride of Britain Awards and was made a life peer in 2013. In January 2016, she
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Doreen Lawrence was born in Jamaica in 1952. She immigrated to England aged nine, and later became a bank worker. She is the mother of Stephen Lawrence, a British teenager who was murdered in a racist attack in Eltham in 1993. For many years, Doreen has sought justice for her son while creating a positive and dynamic legacy in his honour. She and Stephen’s father, Neville Lawrence, founded the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust in 1998 to promote a positive community legacy in their son’s name.</div>
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A public inquiry into the handling of Stephen’s case was held in 1998, leading to the publication of the Macpherson Report, one of the most important moments in the modern history of criminal justice in Britain. It led to profound cultural changes to attitudes on racism, to the law and to police practice. It also paved the way for a greater understanding of discrimination of all forms and new equality legislation.</div>
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In 2000, she set up the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust
to help young people realise their ambitions to become architects. In 2008, the
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people an opportunity to nurture and use their creativity. <o:p></o:p>In 2014 she was awarded Freedom of the Borough for her services to the borough.</div>
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The Council agreed: ‘To do one of these things in the
wake of such a devastating personal tragedy would be remarkable but to do both
indicates someone deserving of the highest recognition. The dignity and
humanity that she has demonstrated makes her a truly inspirational figure for
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(born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942 – September
18, 1970) American rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and rock legend lived in
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Born in Seattle, Washington, Hendrix began playing guitar
at the age of 15. In 1961, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and trained as a
paratrooper in the 101st Airborne Division; he was granted an honourable
discharge the following year. Soon afterwards, he moved to Clarksville,
Tennessee, and began playing gigs on the Chitlin' Circuit, earning a place in
the Isley Brothers' backing band and later with Little Richard, with whom he
continued to work through mid-1965. He then played with Curtis Knight and the
Squires before moving to England in late 1966 after being discovered by Linda
Keith, who in turn interested bassist Chas Chandler of the Animals in becoming
his first manager. Within months, Hendrix had earned three UK top ten hits with
the Jimi Hendrix Experience: "Hey Joe", "Purple Haze", and
"The Wind Cries Mary". He achieved fame in the U.S. after his
performance at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967, and in 1968 his third and
final studio album, Electric Ladyland, reached number one in the U.S.; it was
Hendrix's most commercially successful release and his first and only number
one album. The world's highest-paid performer, he headlined the Woodstock
Festival in 1969 and the Isle of Wight Festival in 1970, before his accidental
death from barbiturate-related asphyxia on September 18, 1970, at the age of
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soldiers-who fought in it. The number of wounded was unprecedented and caring
for them at home was a huge challenge for both the military and civilian
authorities. The exhibition explains how the wounded were brought from the
front line to Lewisham Military Hospital and how they were cared for. Nurses
played a vital role. As well as caring for the wounded, some like Sister Daisy
Ankers, kept autograph books to boost morale. Daisy’s autograph book has the
names of many soldiers treated at Lewisham Military Hospital. Many were wounded
during the gas attack at Ypres (April–May) 1915. Daisy’s autograph book was
recently donated to Lewisham Archives and was the inspiration for the
exhibition. It can be seen, together with colour reproductions of some pages,
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