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Online local history talk: The Hotel at Spy Corner, Tuesday 2 May, 8pm


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The Hotel at Spy Corner: online local history talk from the Dulwich Society, Tuesday 2 May, 8pm


Why were MI5, MI6, Special Branch, the CIA and the FBI so interested in a resident of a hotel which once stood on Dulwich Common in the aftermath of WW2? Along Dulwich Common and within a distance of no more than 100 metres, three different nests of spies existed in World War Two. Follow the incredible story of MI5’s tracking of spies, traitors, Nazis and secret agents in Dulwich during WW2 with local historian Brian Green in this illustrated online talk.


About the Speaker

Brian Green has written eight books about Dulwich’s local history and has contributed numerous articles for the Dulwich Society Journal which he edited for twenty years. He has a MA in London Studies and an MPhil for his thesis “Social change and social reform in Southwark & Bermondsey 1880 -1930”.


This is an online talk, tickets are £5 each and all proceeds go to Bell House educational projects. If you need a free ticket please use the promo code FreeTicket at the check-out: https://www.bellhouse.co.uk/events/2023/5/2/the-hotel-at-spy-corner-with-brian-green

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