Upcoming Events
Thursday 26 February 2026, 7.30pm, History Talk: ‘The Everyday Heroes of Postman’s Park’, The Finchley Society, Avenue House, Stephens House and Gardens, 17 East End Road, N3 3QE
March 5 to April 4 2026, Exhibition: ‘Putting Away Childish Things’, Gerald Moore Gallery, Mottingham Lane, SE9 4RW (with the Museum of Everyday Life)
Saturday 14 March 2026, 10.30am, History Walk: ‘Walking with Booth: Hatcham Park 1899’, Telegraph Hill Festival, Book Tickets Here
Sunday 15 March 2026, 10.30am, History Walk: ‘Walking with Booth: Nunhead 1899’, Telegraph Hill Festival, Book Tickets Here
Sunday 15 March 2026, 2.00pm, History Walk: ‘A People’s History of Waverley Park’, Telegraph Hill Festival, Book Tickets Here
Monday 16 March 2026, 10.00am, History Talk: ‘Educating Deptford: The Deptford Ragged School and its Place in the Community’, Mycenae House Local History Group, Mycenae House, 90 Mycenae Road, SE3 7SE
Wednesday 18 March 2026, 7.00pm, History Talk: ‘Educating Deptford: The Deptford Ragged School and its Place in the Community’, Telegraph Hill Festival, New Cross Learning Community Library, 283-285 New Cross Road, SE14 6AS, Book Tickets Here
Sunday 22 March 2026, 10.30am, History Walk: ‘A People’s History of New Cross’, Telegraph Hill Festival, Book Tickets Here
Sunday 22 March 2026, 2.00pm, History Walk: ‘A People’s History of Deptford New Town’, Telegraph Hill Festival, Book Tickets Here
Tuesday 24 March 2026, 6,30pm, History Event: ‘Playing with the Past: An evening of Retro Board Gaming’, Telegraph Hill Festival, New Cross Learning Community Library, 283-285 New Cross Road, SE14 6AS, Book Tickets Here
Thursday 26 March 2026, 7.15pm, History Talk: ‘Putting on the Ritz’, Lewisham Local History Society, St Dunstan’s Jubilee Pavilion, Canadian Avenue, SE6 4SW (with the Museum of Everyday Life and U3A volunteers)
Saturday 28 March 2026, 10.30am, History Walk: ‘A People’s History of Waverley Park’, Telegraph Hill Festival, Book Tickets Here
Sunday 29 March 2026, 10.30am, History Walk: ‘A People’s History of Deptford New Town’, Telegraph Hill Festival, Book Tickets Here
Sunday 29 March, 2026, 2.00pm, History Walk, ‘Walking with Booth: Deptford 1899’. Telegraph Hill Festival, Book Tickets Here
Tuesday 7 April 2026, 7.30pm, History Talk: ‘Educating Deptford: The Deptford Ragged School and its Place in the Community’, Lamorbey & Sidcup Local History Society, St Lawrence’s Community Hall, Hamilton Road, Sidcup.
Saturday 16 May 2026, 11.00am – 5.00pm, Pop-up exhibition: Nunhead Cemetery Open Day (with the Team from the Museum of Everyday Life)
Thursday 28 May 2026, 7.15pm, History Talk: ‘Educating Deptford: The Deptford Ragged School and its Place in the Community’, Lewisham Local History Society, St Dunstan’s Jubilee Pavilion, Canadian Avenue, SE6 4SW
Saturday 19 September 2026, 2.00pm, History Talk: ‘The Everyday Heroes of Postman’s Park’, The Charlton Society, (venue TBC)
Previous Events
Thursday 29 January 2026, 7.15pm, History Talk: ‘Wish You Were Here: Social, Cultural, and Community Histories from the Ken White Postcard Collection’, Lewisham Local History Society, St Dunstan’s Jubilee Pavilion, Canadian Avenue, SE6 4SW (with the team from the Museum of Everyday Life)
Saturday 17 January 2026, 2.00pm, History Talk: ‘Educating Deptford: The Deptford Ragged School and its Place in the Community’, Bexley Local Studies and Archive Centre, Central Library, Townley Road. Bexleyheath DA6 7HJ
Wednesday 10 December 2025, evening (6.30pm), History Talk: ‘Educating Deptford: The Deptford Ragged School and its Place in the Community’, Lewisham Heritage, Deptford Lounge, 9 Giffin Street, SE8 4RJ.
Thursday 27 November 2025, 7.00pm, History Talk: ‘London’s Forgotten Heroes’, Salon in the City, The Horse Hospital, Colonnade, WC1N 1JD
Wednesday 15 October 2025, 7.45pm, History Talk: ‘Windrush 1948: Journey, Arrival, Settlement, Belonging’, Leyton & Leytonstone Historical Society, St. John’s Church Hall, E11 1HH
Friday 25 July 2025, 7.30pm, History Talk: ‘Windrush: Settlement, Citizenship, and Belonging’, The 1940s Society, Otford Memorial Hall, TN14 5PQ, entry £5 cash on the door
Friday 27 June 2025, 10.00am, History Talk: ‘Baildon Street: The Blackest Street in Deptford?’, U3A South East London Heritage Group, Horn Park, Eltham Road, SE12 8UE
Saturday 21 June, 12.00noon – 5.00pm, Hilly Fields Midsummer Fayre (with Building Stories, and Historybox)
Saturday 8 June 2025, 10.00am, History Walk: ‘Walking with Booth: Nunhead 1899’
Saturday 8 June 2025, 1.45pm, History Walk: ‘A People’s History of New Cross’
Saturday 17 May 2025, 11.00am – 5.00pm, Nunhead Cemetery Open Day (with the Museum of Everyday Life, Building Stories, and Historybox)
Saturday 26 April 2025, 2.30pm, History Talk: ‘Baildon Street: The Blackest Street in Deptford?’, Bexley Local Studies and Archive Centre, Townley Road, Bexleyheath
Thursday 24 April 2025, 7.15pm, History Talk: ‘The Forgotten Heroes of Postman’s Park‘, Lewisham Local History Society, St Dunstan’s Jubilee Pavilion, SE5 4SW
Tuesday 8 April 2025, 6.00pm, History Performance and Exhibition: ‘The Salon of Curiosities’. Telegraph Hill Festival.
Sunday 6 April 2025, 1.45pm, History Walk: ‘A People’s History of New Cross’. Telegraph Hill Festival.
Sunday 6 April 2025, 10.00am, History Walk: ‘Walking with Booth: Deptford 1899’. Telegraph Hill Festival.
Saturday 5 April 2025, 1.45pm, History Walk: ‘Walking with Booth: Nunhead 1899’. Telegraph Hill Festival.
Saturday 5 April 2025, 10.00am, History Walk: ‘Walking with Booth: Hatcham Park 1899’. Telegraph Hill Festival.
Monday 31 March 2025, 10.00am, History Talk: ‘The Everyday Heroes of Postman’s Park’, Mycenae House Local History Group, Mycenae House, 90 Mycenae Road, SE3 7SE
Saturday 29 March 2025, 10.00am, History Walk: ‘A People’s History of New Cross’. Telegraph Hill Festival.
Saturday 29 March 2025, 1.45pm, History Walk: ‘Walking with Booth: Deptford 1899’. Telegraph Hill Festival.
Sunday 30 March 2025, 10.30am, History Walk: ‘Postman’s Park: Heroic Self-Sacrifice in Victorian London’.
Tuesday 4 February 2025, 7.30pm, History Talk: ‘The Forgotten Heroes of Postman’s Park’. Lamorbey & Sidcup Local History Society, St Lawrence’s Community Hall, Hamilton Road, Sidcup.