Loughborough Road Histories

🙏 Jingle Bell Heist, good film to London location spot, Loughboro’ Hotel Sterlings Dept. Store.
Pointed @adrianpgibson.bsky.social in direction of filming, friends since then 😁.
People round world now reading Loughboro’ Hotel history blog loughboroughroadsw9histories.wordpress.com/2020/05/16/l...

Proud my hometown was where Hezekiah coached. As you know paid a little visit there myself a few weeks ago

👏👏👏 @musichallsociety.bsky.social 👇 incredible collection.

1909 Xmas card – exploring the Boswell family history This card has been in my collection for some time. As the festive season approached, I pulled it out and decided to see whether I could uncover more about its recipients, Miss and Master Boswell. W…

‘Tis the season so pulled out a 1909 Christmas card and did a bit of research. Card was sent to brother and sister Gladys and George Boswell.

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So glad Ada’s resting place has been found. Looks like she is in good music hall/variety company.

1/2 Dr Elizabeth Pace, advocate for women’s health & rights, b1866 Brixton, family later moved to Stockwell Park Road, then to The Chase Clapham. Attended Clapham High School then trained to be a doctor at London School of Medicine for Women.

Glad to hear. If we don’t use ‘em we’ll lose ‘em

Good thought, could offer a short talk too.

Lion, scarecrow or tin man?

A wander round post box history – Loughborough Road and beyond The post box, so familiar people hardly notice them. Even less noticed now so few people send letters and cards. But I love a bit street furniture, so thought I’d take you on tour of Loughbor…

Not posted here for a while but as it’s #OnePlaceWednesday and I’ve written a blog, first in a while. Thought I’d share the love for the #postbox. We have a few rarities too.

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Event organiser, Meera Flynn of The London Archives

Jane Pritchard talking London scenes in Music Hall Ballets

Mark Fox talking about the bricks and mortar of Music Halls.

Image from Jason Price's talk - High versus Low culture & Mr William Archer with an fabulous moustache.

I had a great day @thelondonarchives.bsky.social yesterday talking unrideable mules🐴 (yes! really!) at the Clapham Grand, and listening to some excellent talks from @roadsw9.bsky.social @naomipaxton.bsky.social Tony Fletcher, Jane Pritchard, Wanda Robins, Mark Fox, Alison Boulton and Meera Flynn.

Nelly Roberts: Orchid Painter - The Garden Museum

Sorry you couldn’t join us. Obviously mention on Minet Huguenots on walk as well as lost orchid gardens and more. Walk for Garden Museum part of Nelly exhibition there www.gardenmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/nel...

Ooo where? Up in Notts soon

Talk: exploring changing pub culture – The White Horse and other Brixton pubs, Tues 23rd Sept 2025 Hosted by the  Loughborough Road History project, this talk looks at the fascinating history of Brixton pubs, focusing on the iconic White Horse, Loughborough Hotel and others.

🙏 @brixtonbuzz.bsky.social for the mention of talk coming up on Tuesday www.brixtonbuzz.com/2025/09/expl...

Exploring changing pub culture: The White Horse and other Brixton pubs The fascinating history of Brixton pubs, focusing on the iconic White Horse, Loughborough Hotel and others

Exploring Changing Pub Culture, fascinating history of north Brixton pubs
Talk part of @vangoghhouse.co.uk #FestivalofEncounters
📅 23 Sept.
⏰ 7-9pm
📍Brixton Jamm, 261 Brixton Road, SW9 6LH

Free, please book here
pubhistorytalk.eventbrite.co.uk

A futuristic model of Lambeth with sweeping clean lines - the future as seen in the past of Waterloo.

The new free exhibition at Lambeth Archives looks at the ambitious world of Ted Hollamby's Department of Architecture and Planning, 1965-1980. Modernism, the future and architectural merit, open until the 26th.

Pleasure, thoroughly enjoyed it. Good to shine a bit of extra light on George Le Brunn’s music hall composing career, and his life in and around Brixton. Looking forward to more delving in BMHS archive in future too and not just Le Brunn’s song sheet collection

Another great review of Re:trace my project with Basil McDonald and Longfield Hall. Basil has done a fantastic job reshooting Brian Bloice’s 1967 original photos. Glad you enjoyed it @jasoncobb.bsky.social
🙏 for the post.

Glad you enjoyed Loughborough Road History’s collaboration with Basil McDonald.

RE:TRACE – photographic exhibition revisits a walk from Hubert Grove in Brixton to the Minet Library, 1967 to 2025 A photographic  exhibition at the Longfield Hall in Camberwell retraces a walk from Hubert Grove in Brixton to the Minet Library. The first set of images were taken by local historian Brian Bloice …

RE:TRACE exhibition, a Loughborough Road History project with photographer Basil MCDonald and Longfield Hall featured in @brixtonbuzz.bsky.social 🙏
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200 years of the Waterloo Commissioner's Classics The flurry of church building in the 1820’s left Lambeth with the four "Waterloo Churches". Nicholas Weedon looks at how they are faring.

St Matthew’s Brixton, one of Lambeth’s “Waterloo” churches which are just over 200 years’ old. Hear their story from architect Nicholas Weedon in a Brixton Society talk on Thursday 11 September at 6.15pm. FREE but booking essential: bit.ly/StMatthewsTalk

The end of the article mentions the setting up of @brixtonsociety.bsky.social. Their 50th anniversary exhibition has just ended charting their ingoing work. Catalogue of the exhibition here charity.ebay.co.uk/charity/i/Br...

It came into my inbox this morning which prompted me to search socials. Great read.

So back in June, local artist Phoebe Kaniewska attended my Hidden River Effra walk as part of her research for her upcoming exhibition all about the river. Now I’m very excited to announce I will be running a special edition of the walk where I will discuss the myths and stories that have 1/2

Architect's drawing of Clapham Manor nursery garden

Architect's drawing of housing for elderly complex

🚨Today's blog post is on the new exhibition 'Building "Homes for Tomorrow": Lambeth’s Council Housing of 1965 to 1980' at @lambetharchives.bsky.social. The images below (a nursery school and a housing scheme for elderly people) capture the era's ideals.
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Building ‘Homes for Tomorrow’: Lambeth’s Council Housing, 1965 to 1980 The exhibition uses original architect’s models, archival documents and images and oral history to explain the planning context and to explore and celebrate Hollamby’s architectural legacy for Lambeth...

1/ I was pleased to attend the launch in Lambeth Archives of this interesting exhibition on "Building ‘Homes for Tomorrow’: Lambeth’s Council Housing of 1965 to 1980". It will be described fully in a guest post by its curator Christiane Felber on Tuesday.
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I was there too. Maybe we met. Fascinating exhibition. Christiane’s research is so important in telling the more depth story of Hollamby’s developments in Lambeth, the work of his team and local resistance. Fantastic that new materials will be deposited at Lambeth Archives

Re:trace going up. Opening at Longfield Hall SE5 tomorrow.

Poster photography exhibition Re:trace Hubert Grove to Longfield. A 1967 walk from Clapham north to Minet Estate revisited in 2025. Image of Longfield. The left side of the hall an image taken in 1967 the right side of the hall image taken on 2025. Together they show the complete circular hall building with conical roof. Background of the poster in orange.

Re:trace exhibition
📅 9-28 September
🕑 10am-6pm daily
📍Longfield Hall
50 Knatchbull Road SE5

Basil McDonald has retraced the route and reshot images taken by Brian Bloice in 1967 on a walk from Brian’s home on Hubert Grove SW9 to Lambeth Archives at Minet Library, opposite Longfield Hall.

Lambeth Local History Fair in full swing at Clapham Library. Limbering up for my talk.