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Did someone mention Dulwich blue plaques: https://www.dulwichsociety.com/local-history/blue-plaques-in-dulwich

Gentle ‘gentrification’ in an area of East Dulwich: online local history talk from the Dulwich Society, In 1898 Charles Booth surveyed East Dulwich as part of his studies of poverty in London, and defined many streets in East Dulwich as a mix of poverty and comfort. Into the 1970s housing in East Dulwich, east of Lordship Lane, was approaching 100 years old. One small part of the area was declared a statutory housing action area (HAA) to concentrate resources on improving properties and helping households. Current research in a small Study Area, including a part of the HAA, looks at the area over time and considers its sustainability for the twenty first century. About the Speaker Julia Atkins, now retired, has conducted housing policy research for local, London and national government for over fifty years. She had research responsibility for the Pellatt Road Housing Action Area, when she worked for Southwark Council. This is an online talk, tickets are £5 and all proceeds go to Bell House educational projects. Tuesday 4 April, 8pm. For bursary places please email [email protected]. Book here:. https://www.bellhouse.co.uk/events/2023/4/4/gentle-gentrification-in-an-area-of-east-dulwich-with-julia-atkins

Join Duncan Bowie for this illustrated talk on Dulwich's late 19th & early 20th century social reformers. This talk will cover birth control and moral hygiene and sex reformers, housing and planning reformers and anti-slavery campaigners, all of whom at one time lived in Dulwich. The talk will include Annie Besant, Alice Vickery, Havelock Ellis, Ebenezer Howard, Rev. John Harris and Alice Harris and more. Duncan's most recent book, The Radical and Socialist Tradition in British Planning: From Puritan Colonies to Garden Cities, was published in 2016. Tuesday 7 March, 2023, 8pm-9pm This is an online talk, tickets are £5 and all proceeds go to Bell House educational projects. If you need a free ticket please use the promo code FreeTicket at the checkout. Book here: https://www.bellhouse.co.uk/events/2023/3/7/59697zyigpkoaty6w26akdi1m066w9

The skaters are doing great work at the Grove Tavern, especially the amazing Tilly. To find out more about the pub's history, come to our online local history talk, Tuesday 7 February: https://www.bellhouse.co.uk/events/2023/2/7/the-grove-tavern-in-dulwich-with-ian-mcinnes. We can't tell you anything about its future unfortunately.

Join local history expert Ian Mcinnes for this illustrated talk on Dulwich's historic Grove Tavern. There has been a pub on the corner of Dulwich Common and Lordship Lane since the early 18th century and possibly earlier. Originally called the Green Man, it was known as Bew's Corner in the early 19th century and, from the 1860s, the Grove Tavern. The existing building dates from the 1920s and this illustrated online talk will cover not only the pub buildings themselves but also the men who ran the pubs as well as some of the characters who used them. This is an online talk, tickets are £5 and all proceeds go to Bell House educational projects. Tuesday 7 February , 8pm. For bursary places please email [email protected]. Book here: https://www.bellhouse.co.uk/events/2023/2/7/the-grove-tavern-in-dulwich-with-ian-mcinnes

Changing weather patterns – in 2022, a warmer wetter winter, a hot dry summer, a mild autumn – could be a taste of the future. In this illustrated talk, gardening expert Sue Fisher will look at the major impacts of climate change on gardens and how to mitigate the effects, with a wealth of tips and practical advice. The talk is given in association with Bell House Dulwich, with any surplus going towards its garden activities. Tickets are £5 - book here: https://www.dulwichsociety.com/gardens/gardening-in-a-changing-climate-online-talk-by-sue-fisher

Our Wildlife Group say it's a redwing winter - they have come here in numbers as the Scandinavian rowan berry crop failed this year.

Join local history expert and local legend Brian Green for this illustrated talk on Dulwich in World War One: 'Saving Private Russell. Just like the Hollywood movie starring Tom Hanks, Dulwich also had its tragedies. Mr Russell who lived at Pond Cottages had five sons and the youngest was about to be called up for service. The vicar of St Barnabas wrote that he thought his four brothers had already been killed. This talk by Brian Green will recall the enlistment of local men in August 1914 at the rate of 250 per day, the care of wounded at Southwark Military Hospital (Dulwich Hospital), the story of Dulwich’s volunteer battalion and everyday life for civilians. This is an online talk, tickets are £5 and all proceeds go to Bell House garden projects. Tuesday 3 January , 8pm. For bursary places please email [email protected]. Book here: https://www.bellhouse.co.uk/events/2023/1/3/dulwich-in-world-war-one-saving-private-russell-with-brian-green

Join local history expert Ian McInnes for this illustrated tour of Dulwich’s magnificent Georgian heritage: the buildings and the families who lived in them. This is an online talk, tickets are £5 and all proceeds go to St Christopher's Hospice. Tuesday 6 December, 8pm. For bursary places please email [email protected]. Book here: https://www.bellhouse.co.uk/events/2022/12/6/georgian-dulwich-with-ian-mcinnes

Join local history legend Brian Green for this illustrated talk on how Dulwich's farms became sports clubs after WW1. This is an online talk, tickets are £5 and all proceeds go to Sydenham Hill Wood's path improvement project. Tuesday 1 November, 8pm. For bursary places please email [email protected]. Book here: https://www.bellhouse.co.uk/events/2022/4/5/farming-in-dulwich-with-brian-green-larcw

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Thanks Pugwash, appreciate it! The more members we have, the more we can do, the stronger our voice with local decision makers such as the Dulwich Estate and the local councils.

If you are not already a member, you can try our monthly eNews free for 3 months as a taster: https://www.dulwichsociety.com/society/enewsletter-free-trial. To keep you informed of what's going on in Dulwich we publish a quarterly printed Journal, a monthly digital eNews and an annual ‘Dulwich Gardens open for Charity’ booklet. We maintain a website, three Twitter accounts and an Instagram account plus we offer talks, walks and tours. Just £10 per household per year, join here: http://dulwichsociety.com/membership

Music writer Patrick Humphries takes us on a musical tour of Dulwich. This is an online talk, tickets are £5 and all proceeds go to St Christopher’s Hospice. Tuesday 4 October, 8pm. For bursary places please email [email protected]. Book here: https://www.bellhouse.co.uk/events/2022/10/4/dulwichs-musical-past-with-patrick-humphries

Our Wildlife group would like you to know what wildlife you see in your garden. Anything that grabs your attention: birds, butterflies, beetles, insects. Just a date and a species name if you know it. Watching garden wildlife is not only enjoyable but recording your observations will help our Wildlife Group understand what we are gaining and losing in Dulwich, in the context of the climate crisis. Email your information to [email protected] Thank you.

Ah sorry Sue, it has been popular which is great as these youngsters are doing good work up there; I think they are keeping a waiting list so it might be worth emailing them. Also, we would encourage anyone passing by to say hello and take a look at the skate park and also the kitchen garden they have created.

You can support the brilliant work the skaters are doing at the derelict Grove Tavern by attending their adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream called A Midsummer Skate Dream on 3rd and 4th September. at 3pm and 7pm. It's part funded by the Arts Council and has a professional director. Tickets are free: https://www.instagram.com/midsummerskateplay/

Just pressing the back arrow works for me? Roughly top left?

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Fantastic to have it up and running again. Thank you to Joe and Mark and everyone who has helped.

The traders in Dulwich Village are planning some events, including for children, which they will announce tomorrow (Monday).

Aren't they fantastic? You can't help but smile when you see one. We are making a thread of them on our Twitter feed so please let us know of any we miss:

The recycling bin beside the old burial ground was repeatedly broken into and finally the door was vandalised beyond use (see attached). The bin was taken for repair in January. Members of the local community have suggested many alternative locations for it including on Calton Avenue (where the old stocks sign used to be) and with the other recycling bins at North Dulwich station. All other electrical recycling bins are in the north of the borough and can be found via this page: https://www.southwark.gov.uk/bins-and-recycling/recycling/recycling-centres/waste-electrical-and-electronic-equipment-weee

Brian Green's in person talk, Hell?s Bell?s, tells the story of the Dulwich Picture Gallery in WW2 and Bell House?s role in the restoration of the pictures by art expert Dr Johannes Hell. Brian will also talk about the rebuilding of the Gallery after the war. The talk is on Wednesday 18 May at Bell House, 27 College Rd, SE21 7BG at 7pm and is part of the Dulwich Festival. Tickets ?8 but if you need a free ticket or are under 30 please email [email protected]. Proceeds will be split between Dulwich Picture Gallery and the Bell Health mums and babies? friendship group. https://www.bellhouse.co.uk/events/2022/5/18/hells-bells