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MAY 2022
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WHAT’S ON
Walk your way round Brixton and Lambeth A year’s worth of walks complied by the Lambeth Local History Forum includes many in and near Brixton. Most last between 90 minutes and two hours.
15 May Sunday 12.50pm
Guided Walk of Brixton Hill
15 May Sunday 2.30pm
Tulse Hill Led by Alan Piper of the Brixton Society
29 May Sunday 2.30pm
Brixton’s Blue Plaques Led by Bill Linskey of the Brixton Society
JUNE
5 June Sunday 2.30pm
JULY
3 July Sunday 2.30pm
West Norwood Cemetery tour
9 July Saturday 11am
Kennington Uncovered Organised by Lambeth tour Guides Association
9 July Saturday 2.30pm
Brixton Market heritage walk
10 July Sunday 12.50pm
Guided Walk of Brixton Hill
24 July Sunday 2.30pm
Stockwell Green Led by Bill Linskey of the Brixton Society
West Norwood Cemetery tour
11 June Saturday 2.30pm
Brixton Market heritage walk
12 June Sunday 12.50pm
31 July Sunday 2.30pm
Clapham Ghost Signs Led by Alyson Wilson of the Clapham Society
Guided Walk of Brixton Hill
19 June Sunday 2.30pm Myatt’s Fields Led by Alan Piper of the Brixton Society
22 June Wednesday 6pm
Clapham Common: Women of South Side Over 200 Years Led by Michael Tuffrey of the Clapham Society
22 June Wednesday 7pm
Midsummer Wild Flower Hunt, Brockwell Park Organised by South London Botanical Institute
A booklet with full details is available online. at lambethlocalhistoryforum.org.uk Many are free, but donations are welcome. The walks until October include:
21 August Sunday 2.30pm Lansdowne Way and Larkhall Park Led by Alan Piper of the Brixton Society
SEPTEMBER
1 Sept Thursday 6pm
The History of Clapham Common Led by Tom Jansz of the Clapham Society
4 Sept Sunday 2.30pm
West Norwood Cemetery tour
10 Sept Saturday 2.30pm
Brixton Market heritage walk
10 Sept Saturday 10am
Herne Hill Heritage Trail: Central Led by Robert Holden of the Herne Hill Society
11 Sept Sunday 12.50pm
Guided Walk of Brixton Hill
AUGUST
7 August Sunday 2.30pm
West Norwood Cemetery tour
13 August Saturday 11am
Kennington Uncovered Organised by Lambeth tour Guides Association
13 August Saturday 2.30pm
Brixton Market heritage walk
18 Sept Sunday 2.30pm
Brixton West of the High Street Led by Alan Piper of the Brixton Society
24 Sept Saturday 10am
Herne Hill Heritage Trail: South Led by Robert Holden of the Herne Hill Society
14 August Sunday 12.50pm Guided Walk of Brixton Hill
SELF-GUIDED WALKS
Streatham Literary Walk North A stroll around the north of Streatham visiting locations connected to its famous literati Download the route: bit.ly/StreathamLitNorth The Streatham Festival & The Streatham Society Streatham Literary Walk South Discover the homes of famous authors and the places they visited Download the route: bit.ly/StreathamLitSouth The Streatham Festival & The Streatham Society West Norwood Town Centre A map to guide you to the location of 21 blue plaques Download the route: norwoodforum.org/blue-plaque-scheme Norwood Forum
REGULAR WALKS
GUIDED WALK OF BRIXTON HILL
Friends of Windmill Gardens A 90-MINUTE walk with a Blue Badge Guide, covering 19th- and 20th-century developments near Brixton Windmill, including the prison, waterworks, trams and telegraphy. All proceeds to Brixton Windmill Booking essential: brixtonwindmill.org/visit/ guided-walks
LAMBETH TOUR GUIDES ASSOCIATION WALKING TOURS All walks cost £12. Booking essential. Details of each are on the LTGA Eventbrite page. Booking essential: eventbrite.co.uk/o/ lambeth-tour-guides-association-41091500013 West Norwood Cemetery Tours Friends of West Norwood Cemetery
Brixton Market Heritage Walks Brixton Society: A 75-minute walk taking in the street markets, covered arcades and high street. Starts 2.30pm from Brixton Station Road Cost £5 per person (includes a copy of the book of the walk) Booking essential: brixtonsociety.org.uk/events
Guided tours usually last 1½–2 hours on the first Sunday of the month. Highlights include the monuments of Sir Henry Doulton, Mrs Beeton, Baron de Reuter and Sir Henry Tate. Booking essential on Eventbrite via www.fownc.org/tickets
Dame Elizabeth Anionwu
Leading Black British women photo exhibition at the BCA Stories of Black Leadership III: Inspiring Legacies, is a portrait commission by award-winning photographer Misan Harriman. On show at the Black Cultural archives on Windrush Square until 4 June, it makes visible the journeys of pioneering Black British women who, says the BCA, “have excelled beyond measure, inspired many and left a lasting legacy that builds up those around us”. It is the final part of the BCA’s Stories of Black Leadership photographic and oral history series sponsored by JP Morgan, a three-year project to make visible the journeys of pioneering Black British women. Inspiring Legacies presents the personal experiences of five women leaders:
● Dame Elizabeth Anionwu, health care administrator, lecturer, emeritus professor of nursing at the University of West London, and
vice-chairperson of the Mary Seacole memorial statue appeal ● Bishop Rose Hudson-Wilkin MBE, the first black woman to become a Church of England bishop and suffragan Bishop of Dover, deputising for the Archbishop of Canterbury ● Claire Ighodaro CBE, the first woman president of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and former financial director of BT Broadband ● Dame Donna Kinnair, former chief executive and general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing ● Jacky Wright, chief digital officer and a corporate vice president at Microsoft US. Inspiring Legacies is presented alongside previous exhibits, Radiating Greatness and Breaking Barriers, that were unveiled in 2018 and 2019 respectively at the London headquarters of J P Morgan.
Domino club championship and entertainment in town hall Brixton Immortals domino club is organising a three-match championship combined with entertainment and a chance to discuss health and wellbeing. The second and third of the six-hour matches will be in Lambeth town hall in Brixton. The first will be in Bellenden Road, Peckham, at the ElimHouse Community
Association on Saturday 21 May. The Brixton matches will be on Saturday 28 May and Saturday 11 June. All matches will run from 3.30 to 9.30pm and will be followed by entertainment with a popular local sound system until 1.30am. The Immortals are running the events with three community organisations:
● MYcommunity Lambeth, part of Age UK Lambeth, providing support on health, housing and finances; ● Black Thrive Global, which evolved from the work of the Black Thrive Lambeth partnership, established in 2016 to address the inequalities that negatively impact the mental health and wellbeing of Black
people in the borough; ● Hills, Brooks & Dales primary
care network of GP practices in Tulse Hill and Herne Hill. Participants will be invited to: ● Engage with local health and wellbeing teams ● Have a blood pressure check and seek advice on the results ● Talk to community link workers about any support needs ● Get information about local projects and services.
