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Tag Archives: Norwood Society
Dinosaurs, parks and Concretopia: Norwood’s diverse talks
The Norwood Society’s 2019 programme gets under way at Upper Norwood Library next week, with the first in a series of invigorating walks and inspiring talks arranged by its hard-working volunteers. The Norwood Society’s area covers parts of Lambeth and … Continue reading
Beulah Hill’s ‘Electric House’ and history of recorded sound
The Norwood Society’s next local history meeting next Thursday is “Colonel Gouraud: The man who brought recorded sound to England”. The speaker will be Howard Hope, a lifetime specialist in the history of recorded sound, and he will talk about … Continue reading
A year of walks and talks through south London’s history
The Norwood Society has just published its programme for 2018 – a schedule of monthly talks, and some walks, which enlighten and inform about the history and heritage of the area. The Norwood’s Society’s events are wide-ranging, with expert speakers … Continue reading
The Nostradamus of Norwood, and other fascinating tales
The next Norwood Society local history meeting is on Thursday November 16 when the topic will be “The Nostradamus of South Norwood Hill and other fascinating residents”. Stephen Oxford has thoroughly researched the South Norwood Hill area and in this … Continue reading
Talk reveals 150 years of Crystal Palace sporting history
The Norwood Society’s next local history talk is on Thursday October 19, at Upper Norwood Library, when Stuart Hibberd, the Society’s authority on sport at the Palace, will present “The sporting history of the Crystal Palace in the 1860s and … Continue reading
Digging up the facts about London’s lost rivers, Jan 19
The Wandle is not the only “lost” river of south London, as the first history talk of the new year for the Norwood Society will demonstrate, when Jon Newman, author of the recently published River Effra, South London’s secret spine, … Continue reading
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Dukes, bishops and butchers: how Croydon was named
The rush for development in Croydon today is modest compared to late 19th Century, when whole new residential areas were built out of what had been Surrey countryside and the town expanded with the coming of the railways. The Norwood … Continue reading
Posted in History, Norwood Society
Tagged Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Norwood Society, South Norwood
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Norwood Society rounds off the year with social event
The Norwood Society’s final meeting of 2016, being held as usual at Upper Norwood Library, takes place on Thursday, December 15 from 7.30pm, and will be a social event. The Society, which stages talks and lectures about the social history … Continue reading
Stonework in 21st century is Norwood Society’s next talk
The next history talk at the Norwood Society, on October 20, will take an expert look at building restoration and conservation, delivered by someone who should know: Nick Wilson, of Stonewest, one of the country’s leading restoration, conservation and stone … Continue reading
Walks and talks in Norwood take a look at ‘dangerous women’
The Norwood Society stages its third summer walk of the year tomorrow, August 18. Starting at 7pm outside All Saints Church, Beulah Hill SE19, Richard Lines will lead along Church Road and the Triangle. The Norwood Society’s next evening talk … Continue reading
Walk back through history with the Norwood Society
This month and next, the Norwood Society has two local history walks which each will last about 90 minutes: Thursday July 21 at 7pm. Crystal Palace to West Norwood. This walk will be led by Alun Thomas via Gipsy Hill. … Continue reading
History’s for the taking with talks and walks on Norwood’s past
The Norwood Society’s next local history talk is “Shopping at the Palace”. Dairymen, corn chandlers, piano merchants, a butcher with a goat that wandered up and down Westow Street, saddle makers, tea gardens, two local newspapers, a bookshop with Ruskin’s … Continue reading
Bronte anniversary marked by talk at Norwood Society
The Norwood Society’s next talk, on Thursday May 19, celebrates the bi-centenary of Charlotte Bronte’s birth with a talk by the biographer of the Brontes’ biographer. Winifred Gerin: a writer’s life from Norwood to Howarth, will be presented by the … Continue reading
History talk takes look at life on different sort of ‘estate’
The Norwood Society’s next local history talk is “Wates in the Woods”, when Ian McInnes, the chairman of the Dulwich Society, returns to describe the development of the estate that can be so clearly seen from the top deck of … Continue reading
Uncover your family history with Norwood Society course
The Norwood Society begins a series of workshops on how to conduct local and family research later this month. The fortnightly meeting begins on Thursday, January 28, at 10am at Upper Norwood Library. The group will use web-based and Upper … Continue reading
A year of Norwood history, from Lockwood to the Brontes
The Norwood Society’s Local History Talks are held on the third Thursday of the month at 7.30pm at the Upper Norwood Library, Westow Hill. The events are free entry including refreshments, but donations are appreciated. The programme for 2016 has … Continue reading
Norwood Society looks at history of The Salvation Army
The next meeting of the Norwood Society will be about William Booth, the Methodist preacher who founded The Salvation Army and who spoke to audiences of thousands at the Crystal Palace. It is 150 years since Booth’s foundation of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Norwood Society, Salvation Army, Upper Norwood Library
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Norwood Society calls for protest against library closure
Anticipating a larger than usual turnout, Lambeth Council has switched Monday’s meeting to Dunraven School in Streatham, where it will discuss, and doubtless then rubber-stamp in its usual “co-operative” manner, its proposals to close half of the borough’s libraries – … Continue reading
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Tagged Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Labour, Norwood Society, Steve Reed OBE, Upper Norwood Joint Library, Upper Norwood Library Trust
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Dig into the fascinating history of the Crystal Palace subway
The Norwood’s Society’s next history talk takes place at Upper Norwood Library on Thursday June 18, from 7.30pm, when the subject will be the Crystal Palace subway. This remaining splendour of the original Crystal Palace is explained by Stephen Oxford, … Continue reading
Get on the trail of the River Effra and Sherlock Holmes
The Norwood Society has announced the details of its series of summer walks over the coming weeks. Some, such as the first, a tour of Anerley and Penge, are conducted as part of local festivals (in this case, the Crystal … Continue reading
