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Remembering when I came to reside and work in the London Borough of Southwark nearly 40 years ago.

I became a member of the Chamber of Commerce in 1995. I found that Southwark had a diverse and friendly population who were welcoming to new residents.

Ken Hayes, Life member

The London Borough of Southwark is the most historic of London’s Boroughs dating back to Roman and Viking times, it is a cultural Borough and one to conduct business in.

Authors like Chaucher, Shakespeare, Dickens and Keats lived here, and many national businesses had a manufacturing plant in the Borough.

It had two Teaching Hospitals, St Thomas’ and Guys and the Evelina Childrens Hospital, all still in use today.

Southwark has three Universities, London Southbank University, the London College of Communications and the University College of Osteopathy, plus the Camberwell College of Art.

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Tunnel Museum, Cumming Museum, the Cinema Museum and the Imperial War Museum and the Science Museum at Guys Hospital. The Borough Market is over 1.000 years old, originally a Wholesale food market, now a retail market.

Southwark has three Cathedrals, Southwark Cathedral, (Anglican)/ ST. Georges Cathedral, (Roman Catholic) and St Mary’s Cathedral Camberwell (Orthodox).

There has been a large amount of redevelopment in Southwark at London Bridge, Blackfriars and the Elephant and castle in recent years, the Shard being the most prominent of these.

Southwark was a hub for manufacturing since the Industrial revolution and its proximity to the Port of London, which was at the time one of the largest in the world.

Southwark has a long history of being a successful place to conduct business and can continue to do so into the future.

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