Bermondsey Bonanza
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Tuesday 11 September 2018
(11am-c.1pm) - Leader: Andrew Davies
We start with the creation of a garden city pioneered by the wonderful Dr Alfred Salter and then stand on the spot where Turner painted ‘The Fighting Temeraire’. Next, arguably the finest riverside views on London, followed by converted flour mills, where Dickens set the climax of ‘Oliver Twist’, the River Neckinger, old warehouses in Shad Thames, the former Courage brewery plus Jacob the dray horse.
And the first railway line in London…..
No wonder Bermondsey is ‘on the Up’!
Leader
Andrew Davies is an author, broadcaster. He read law at Oxford University but turned a passion for history into his job. He runs his own companies called “All About London” and “All About Britain”, which specialise in walks, talks, outings and holidays. He lectures extensively for The Arts Society, the National Trust, London and Essex University Extra-Mural Departments, the Open University and the British Museum, travelling all over the world.
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