Dulwich Local History

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A newspaper advert for Henri Lawrence, photographer, from 1919
A group of people stand in sunshine in a cemetery listening to a woman tell them things they never knew
A beautiful terracotta tomb
a group of people stand in the sunshine front of a church listening to a tour guide
A group of people stand in front of a brick building, listenign to a tour guide. The sky is blue in the background
The front of a large book entitled 'Names of the Streets and Places in the administrative county of London 1955', published by the London County Council
part of a spreadsheeet showing population figures from the 1800s for Dulwich and Camberwell as a whole
a red postbox with a grey solar panel on top and a drawer for parcels on the front. On a street with a car to one side and houses in the background
A b&w photo of 2 pearly kings and 1 pearly queen seen from behind. They are in full regalia with paerl buttons decorating their suits and hats.
red pillar box on a grass verge, road and flats behind
red Charles III pillar box on a street, cars and houses behind
red George VI pillar box on a street, shops behind
red George V pillar box with a crocheted topper, on a street beside a bench, van and houses behind
red Edward VII pillar box on a street, cars and houses behind
red Queen Victoria pillar box
a red Queen Victoria post box set into a brick pillar, fencing to one side and a road to the other
red VR postbox in Elmwood Rd Dulwich, road and shrubbery behind
red post box with Victorian red brick houses behind and a bright blue sky
red edwardian post box set in a brick wall in Dulwich, South London
a red Victorian post box mounted in a wall in Dulwich, South London. A wooden picket fence to the right and houses in the distance on the left
3 black and white photos of sexual reformers in Dulwich: Alice Vickery, Havelock Ellie and Alison Neilans
The Victorian Old Grammar School in Dulwich with a lit Christmas tree in front and Dulwich Picture Gallery off to the left.
Leafy trees to the left and right of a Victorian stink pipe in Dulwich Village. In the foreground are white posts and chains surrounding what remains of the manor wastes
a sepia photo of a team of young footballers posing for a team photo
montage of 3 photos: head and shoulders of 2 men, one looking at his hands and a film poster with a painist and a woman singing
A black & white engraving of a large Victorian house with two ladies by the gate. the road in front has not yet been constructed.
Sharon O’Connor, Dulwich Society, and Dr Margaret Ashwell, Widdowson’s biographer
a b&w photo of Elsie Widdowson as a young woman on one of her graduation days. She wears a gown and mortar board with a while blouse. She is smiling happily and stands on a park with trees and shrubs behind
People stand outside a Victorian house
People stand in a street looking at Victorian houses
People listening to a speaker outside Victorian houses
People outside a Victorian terraced house
Group of people in a street listening to a speaker
People standing outside a library
People looking at huge mausoleums and graves
People stand in front of a terracotta mausoleum
A group of people looking at a large tomb
A group of people in the shade looking at a gravestone with trees behind.
A group of people in the sunshine in a graveyard surrounded by trees and shrubs.
A group of people listening to a woman, surrounded by graves
A group of people look at a plaque set into the road
A group of people in front of a modern grave with trees all around
A group of people looking at a map
A group of people listed to a woman in front of some large tombs
A man points out a finger post sign to a group of people
A group of people look at a man holding up a large photo. Trees behind
A group of people stand on a pavement in front of some gates looking up towards a building on the other side of the road
A group of people standing on front of a large Georgian house. Trees frame the scene
A group of people in the sunshine in front of a station and an old red London phone kiosk
People in front of a pub
People in front of a pub
A group of people in front of a large mural showing an Elizabethan actor
A group of people in a road listening to a historian
A group of people beside a velodrome
A group of people outside some beautiful old buildings in the sunshine
A group of people in the shade at Belair Park
A group of people listen to a historian in a sunny park
A group of people in a park listen to a historian
People in the sunshine