Subsequent month, there shall be alternatives to enter the crypt beneath St Leonard’s Church in Streatham or climb up the bell tower.
St Leonard’s Church Streatham
Two excursions of the crypt shall be held on Saturday September seventh, as a part of the Lambeth Heritage Pageant. Native historian John W Brown will take a small group into the depths of St Leonard’s Church’s darkish and dank crypt.
There are two excursions, and each are freed from cost.
11:30am
1:30pm
Word that entry shall be through a steep staircase.
On the identical day, the native historical past honest may also happen contained in the church, with free talks all through the day:
11am Seven O’clock and never a Child Bathed: Robert Holden recounts how, amid the devastation of Lambeth and Wandsworth in the course of the Second World Conflict, his Grandmother delivered 500 infants, to girls in their very own houses.
12:30pm “Deep Are the Roots – Black Historical past Legends in Lambeth 1825-1975” Stephen Bourne, writer of Deep Are the Roots (Historical past Press, 2021), will focus on the lives of a few of the pioneering stage artistes related to Lambeth, together with Ira Aldridge, Cassie Walmer, Connie Smith, Paul Robeson, Berto Pasuka and Alfred Fagon
2:00pm Henry Doulton’s ‘Girl Artists’ Dr Jane Jordan tells of the woman artists on the Doulton’s Lambeth Artwork Pottery which was exceptional for using so many feminine ceramic designers and interior designers. The speak takes us inside Doulton’s to find why so many of those girls selected lengthy careers over marriage
3:30pm Streatham Village Streatham historian and writer, John W Brown will speak concerning the village of Streatham and tales and information of a few of the residents and guests to the village.
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Nonetheless, if you happen to fancy going each up and down, there’s a one-off tour of each the crypt and the bell tower.
That tour takes place on Monday twenty third September at 1:30pm.
Tickets for that tour value £5 and will be booked from right here.
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