Peckham and Dulwich - A history..

[Louisa]

Came across this wonderful British History website which contains some wonderful first hand accounts of the local area between 100 and 500 years ago. If anyone remembers the Heaton Arms pub standing on the edge of what is now the new co-operative building at Peckham Rye/Rye Lane, on here is a wonderful painting of "Heaton's Folly" which stood on this site a few centuries ago. Have fun reading.

British History Online - Peckham and Dulwich

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/image.aspx?compid=45282&filename=fig102.gif&pubid=344

[Mick Mac]

Interesting stuff Louisa on Dulwich College and the Picture Gallery. Thx.

[Marmora Man]

LIke the following quote from the link; "In Lordship Lane, there was, in the time of William Hone, an inn called the "Plough" ? an old-fashioned wooden structure ? on one of the windows of which was the following inscription, cut with a diamond: "March 16, 1810. Thomas Jones dined here, eat six pounds of bacon and drank nineteen pots of beer."

[????]

...what, and no mention of "Kiddes, all manner of perambulators and their braying mothers"?

[*Bob*]

Any ghosts in there, Lou?

[Louisa]

*Bob* I think it's probably an odds on favourite that all those mentioned in this are probably dead ;-)

Louisa.