#Southwark

Your thoughts needed! It’s decision-time for our Covid-19 Mutual Aid Group...should we apply for council funding (with requirements) or politely decline? https://www.southwark.gov.uk/health-and-wellbeing/public-health/for-the-public/coronavirus/south
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1: Aylesbury Estate being demolished today by Labour Southwark council. They promise 11,000 new council homes over the next 20 years mostly financed by huge private housing developments in North
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On this day 110 years ago - Southwark & Bermondsey Recorder, 7 October 1910. A few snippets to follow. Notice of forthcoming talk by Alfred Salter on Socialism, Communism, Anarchism
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#OTD in 2019: To further her research and engagement with the Early Years sector, The Duchess of Cambridge visited Sunshine House Children and Young People’s Health and Development Centre to
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A short thread on the wonderful @GSTTnhs about St Thomas’ Hospital and its moves over the years. When the current unpleasantness is over much can be found out @OldOpTheatre a
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Classic example of what I was saying last night. Friend texts to ask for advice for their mate Them: she’s going to meet X for lunch. Do they have to
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Major changes must be made to our roads to enable sustainable travel in our communitiesWe are asking @lb_southwark to take bold and ambitious action to ensure our streets have safe
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Great Cllr day today.Hosted an online #Lockdown surgery. Then visited all the housing repairs flagged up by residents. 1st problem:The deck-Access balconies on Prospect House @SE1 were flooded, because the
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Disappointed to see the misleading and emotive claptrap being pushed through letterboxes on Herne Hill and Dulwich today. It's nonsense: all roads can be accessed at all times by anyone
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(1/5) Testing/Cases update. Firstly, there seems to be a load of backlogged cases in today's higher than usual total of 1,522. Of the 2,204 added in the past 2 days
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The borough-wide surge testing taking place in Lambeth, Wandsworth, and a small area of Southwark, has now come to an end, with over 150k people stepping forward to take a
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I literally screamed with the fear of death and/or ghosts because the cat jumped onto my bed throgh the window the other nightAnyway here’s some good South London pics from
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Someone has put these posters around Whitehall, this one was by Downing ST. Anyone know who’s behind them? I am going to do some digging on this ”Charity” I can
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Been researching theories of ‘urban degeneration’ and found these pics. Children at the Lant St School, Southwark, photographed in 1875. Described in 1904/5 as the ‘lowest type' by a govt
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1/ THREAD. What did the London County Council ever do for us? ‘Housing Londoners, 1945-60’ suggests quite a lot (with special thanks to @LCCmunicipal) for supplying my copy). For a
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Greetings virtual Blitz Walkers of the world. It's another gorgeous day in London but I trust that you're not tempted to venture out and are staying at home. We're standing
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