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Bexley Archives @bexleyarchives.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Bexley Archives will have a stall at the Ageing Well event on 3 October at the Civic Offices in Bexleyheath so please do stop by to see us! #ageingwell

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Bexley Archives @bexleyarchives.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Tickets are selling fast for The Buildings Archaeologist at Bexleyheath on 7 November so get in touch with us at Bexley Archives to book your place!

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Bexley Archives @bexleyarchives.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Bexley Archives will have a stall at the Ageing Well event on 3 October at the Civic Offices in Bexleyheath so please do stop by to see us! #ageingwell

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Bexley Archives @bexleyarchives.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

For centuries loam was quarried in Erith for use all over England and it changed the town's landscape forever. In this talk on 17 Oct. 2.30pm Ken Chamberlain will give the site's story from quarry to housing development. Tickets £5. To book your place email archives@bexley.gov.uk

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Bexley Archives @bexleyarchives.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Built for artist William Morris, Red House Bexleyheath was described by his friend Edward Burne-Jones as ‘the beautifullest place on earth’. You can enjoy the house yourself on 17 and 18 Sept 11am–4pm when it is open to visitors for Open House programme.openhouse.org.uk/listings/1454

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Bexley Archives @bexleyarchives.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This is what a day trip to Erith looked like in 1900! The ancient church of St John the Baptist, Erith will be open to visitors on Saturday 12 September 10am - 2pm as part of Open House. More details are at programme.openhouse.org.uk/listings/13046

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Bexley Archives @bexleyarchives.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

More precarious work, this time reshingling the spire at the ancient church of All Saints Foots Cray c1939. Step back in time by visiting the church on Sunday 13 September, midday to 5pm, as part of the Open House Festival. programme.openhouse.org.uk/listings/2616

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Bexley Archives @bexleyarchives.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

St James Church North Cray has recently been inspected by steeplejacks to assess for repair work. Here is an inspection by steeplejacks in 1936! The church is open for guided tours on 12 Sept 10.15 and 11.45am. To book your place please see the details at www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-e...

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Bexley Archives @bexleyarchives.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Here at #BexleyArchives we are delighted to be hosting Dr James Wright on 7 November at 2.30pm as part of his book tour. To hear him talk about The Buildings Archaeologist please book your place by emailing archives@bexley.gov.uk or by visiting the Local Studies Centre. @jpwarchaeology.bsky.social

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Bexley Archives @bexleyarchives.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

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Bexley Archives @bexleyarchives.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Join our guided walk of Victorian Sidcup on 19 Sept 2.30-4pm with Archives Officer Penny Duggan as we consider the enormous changes that took place 1837-1901 and reflect on the lives of the people who lived there. Tickets £5. To book your place please visit us or email archives@bexley.gov.uk

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Bexley Archives @bexleyarchives.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Bexley Archives is teaming up with the Live Well, Age Well hub at Sidcup Storyteller to give A Stroll around Victorian Sidcup on 28 July at 10.30am. On our walk we will see churches, schools and the site of the cottage hospital. For more details and to book your place see shorturl.at/0LYTf

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Guided Walk: A Stroll around Victorian Sidcup

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Bexley Archives @bexleyarchives.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

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Bexley Archives @bexleyarchives.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Interested in researching your family history but need a bit of help? Look no further. Super Jes, as we like to call her, will be here at #BexleyArchives on occasional Mondays/Tuesdays, so get in touch so we can arrange a session for you. #familyhistory #genealogy

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Bexley Archives @bexleyarchives.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

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Bexley Archives @bexleyarchives.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Please note that our guided walk of 'Sidcup in the 60s' due to take place at 10.30am on 23 June has been cancelled due to the hot weather. Instead we offer some cooling pictures of swimming pools from Bexley in the past: Danson, Lamorbey, Martens Grove and Crook Log.

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Bexley Archives @bexleyarchives.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

An exhibition here at #BexleyArchives commemorates the Old Bexley United Football Club. The highlight of 1966 was when the official switching on of the new floodlights coincided with playing West Ham United! #FIFAWorldCup

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Bexley Archives @bexleyarchives.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

We have a new exhibition here at #BexleyArchives commemorating the Old Bexley United Football Club which was wound up 50 years ago in June 1976. Presented by www.thelifeandtimesofbexleyunitedfc.co.uk, the display takes us through the highs and lows of the club from its beginnings in the 1920s.

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Bexley Archives @bexleyarchives.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Today is #WorldBeeDay and we remember Alfred Dewey who opened a Music Warehouse in #Sidcup. He was a piano tuner, violin teacher, photographer (examples shown) and local council chairman. As a beekeeper he helped to form the Kent Bee Keepers' Association in 1917. Oh and he was a ventriloquist too!

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Bexley Archives @bexleyarchives.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

On Saturday a group enjoyed a guided walk with Archives Officer Penny Duggan looking at the impact of the 1926 General Strike on the town of Erith. Workers lost wages, transport stopped, coal supply was restricted and the beer was running out. #GeneralStrike100

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Bexley Archives @bexleyarchives.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Archives Officer Penny Duggan has partnered with Bexley Buddies in an initiative to enhance health and wellbeing at GP surgeries through reminiscence. At Bursted Wood Surgery we were next door to the former Bexley Maternity Hospital which was built in 1937 and stimulated some childbirth memories!

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Bexley Archives @bexleyarchives.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Join Archives Officer Penny Duggan for a guided walk of Sidcup on Tuesday 26 May 10.30am-12 at #SidcupStoryteller Ageing Well Hub. For Sidcup/Bexley residents aged over 50. No need to book, just drop in. #LiveWellAgeWell

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Bexley Archives @bexleyarchives.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Erith in 1926 was a busy industrial town but that all stopped on 4 May when the General Strike began. Find out more on a guided walk with Archives Officer Penny Duggan on 16 May 2.30pm. Tickets £5. To book your place email archives@bexley.gov.uk #GeneralStrike100

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Penny Duggan @pennyduggan.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

A super day sharing #localhistory at Bursted Wood for Bexley Buddies, an initiative that addresses non-medical needs within GP surgeries. I’m determined to get #BexleyArchives out and about! A perfect place for reminiscing about the former Maternity Hospital next door which is to be redeveloped.

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Bexley Archives @bexleyarchives.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Join us on 20 June 2.30-4pm for A Walk Around Welling, with Archives Officer Penny Duggan. From hamlet to bustling high street, what events have had an impact on its history? Tickets £5. To book your place please visit us or email archives@bexley.gov.uk

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Bexley Archives @bexleyarchives.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Join our walk on 16 May 2.30-4pm – 'The General Strike in Erith' with Archives Officer Penny Duggan. How did the 9-day strike in 1926 affect workers and what impact did it have on residents in Erith? Tickets £5. To book your place please visit us or email archives@bexley.gov.uk #GeneralStrike100

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Bexley Archives @bexleyarchives.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Do you have Irish ancestry? Today is an exciting day if you do, with the release of the 1926 census for Ireland. Here at Bexley Local Studies and Archive Centre we have a large collection of family history books to assist with your #familyhistory. #1926census

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Bexley Archives @bexleyarchives.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Join us for a Rebellious Ramble through the Loyalist Land with Community Archivist Oliver Wooller – a guided walk from Danson to Hall Place marking 250 years since American Declaration of Independence. Tickets £5. Contact us to book your place at archives@bexley.gov.uk.

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Bexley Archives @bexleyarchives.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Join us on 20 June 2.30-4pm for A Walk Around Welling, with Archives Officer Penny Duggan. From a hamlet on Watling Street to a bustling high street, what events have had an impact on its history? Tickets £5. To book your place please visit us or email archives@bexley.gov.uk

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Bexley Archives @bexleyarchives.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

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Bexley Archives @bexleyarchives.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

#BexleyArchives guided walks coming soon: 16 May: The General Strike in Erith 20 June: A Walk Around Welling 18 July: A Rebellious Ramble through the Loyalist Land, from Danson to Hall Place We are now taking a break and will re-open on 7 April. We wish you a Happy Easter.

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Bexley Archives @bexleyarchives.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Join Archives Officer Penny Duggan for 'Memories of School Days', a reminiscence-style interactive session talking about where we live. 24 March 10.30am-12 at #Sidcup Storyteller Ageing Well Hub for Sidcup/Bexley residents aged over 50. No need to book, just drop in. #LiveWellAgeWell

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Bexley Archives @bexleyarchives.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

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Bexley Archives @bexleyarchives.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Today is World Sleep Day and we hope you will stay awake long enough to look at these impressive beds at Hall Place from the time Lady Limerick was in residence. These photographs date from c1938. #WorldSleepDay #Bexley

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Bexley Archives @bexleyarchives.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Join Archives Officer Penny Duggan for 'Memories of Sidcup', a reminiscence-style interactive session talking about where we live. 24 Feb 10.30am-12 at Sidcup Storyteller Ageing Well Hub for Bexley residents aged over 50. No need to book, just drop in. arena.yourlondonlibrary.net/web/bexley/w...

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Bexley Archives @bexleyarchives.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

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Bexley Archives @bexleyarchives.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

On #WomenAndGirlsInScienceDay we wonder what became of these girls from Lessness Heath School, Erith in October 1970.

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Bexley Archives @bexleyarchives.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

On Saturday March 2.30pm, mudlarker Sean Clarke will give a talk here at Bexley Archives, Small Change in Muddy Waters - stories of trade tokens. Tickets £5 To book your place please call 020 3045 3369, email archives@bexley.gov.uk or visit the centre (open 9.30am to 5.30pm Monday to Thursday).

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Bexley Archives @bexleyarchives.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

On Saturday 14 February 2.30pm to 4pm we have a talk by Chris Hawkins on 'Lesnes Abbey - Dissolution and the Years After'. Why was it one of the first to be dissolved and how were the ruins saved? Tickets £5, location Central Library Bexleyheath - contact us to book your place!

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Bexley Archives @bexleyarchives.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Thanks to @jpaprice.bsky.social who gave an excellent talk at #BexleyArchives on Deptford Ragged School which later provided education to working people. Here in Bexley evening classes in arithmetic, dressmaking and leatherwork (1928) had expanded to car maintenance and Tourist French by 1963.

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Bexley Archives @bexleyarchives.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Still a handful of tickets left for our talk on 17 January at 2.30pm by Dr John Price - Educating Deptford: The Deptford Ragged School and its Place in the Community. Tickets £5, location Central Library Bexleyheath - contact us to book your place!

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Bexley Archives @bexleyarchives.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

We wish everyone a #MerryChristmas and hope you all have a jolly good time. (Pictured, Rose and Crown, Welling, 1981). #ArchiveAdventCalendar

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Bexley Archives @bexleyarchives.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Here is a snowy scene at Hall Place Gardens, Bexley in 1964. #WinterWonderland #ArchiveAdventCalendar Bexley Local Studies and Archive Centre is now closed for Christmas. We will re-open at 9.30am on 5 January.

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Bexley Archives @bexleyarchives.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

This is how locals in Bexley village celebrated Christmas in 1995! Were you there? As well as splendid costumes, there are some lovely interior views of the shops as they used to be. Bexley Local Studies and Archive Centre is now closed for Christmas. We will re-open at 9.30am on 5 January.

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Bexley Christmas Show, 1995

A lively record of Christmas festivities in Bexley, a variety of impressive performances, from jazz bands to mime artists, as jaunty locals dressed as Christmas decorations populate the streets at nig...

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Bexley Archives @bexleyarchives.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Our first talk of 2026 is on 17 January 2.30pm by Dr John Price @jpaprice.bsky.social - Educating Deptford: The Deptford Ragged School and its Place in the Community, exploring stories of the children who attended. Tickets £5, location Central Library Bexleyheath - contact us to book your place!

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Bexley Archives @bexleyarchives.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Parcels of ‘toothsome cake and chocolate’ were sent by Sidcup residents to boys in the trenches in 1916, but by 1917 the making of fancy pastries was prohibited. (Sidcup Times). #NaughtyOrNice #ArchiveAdventCalendar

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Bexley Archives @bexleyarchives.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

We have a small display here at #BexleyArchives on Hides department store which includes this paper bag. Hides was a popular shop in Bexleyheath's Broadway 1861-1979 and had wonderful displays every Christmas. #WrappingPaper #ArchiveAdventCalendar

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Bexley Archives @bexleyarchives.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Our first talk of 2026 is on 17 January 2.30pm by Dr John Price - Educating Deptford: The Deptford Ragged School and its Place in the Community, exploring stories of the children who attended. Tickets £5, location Central Library Bexleyheath - contact us to book your place! @jpaprice.bsky.social

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Bexley Archives @bexleyarchives.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Thank goodness for the lamplighter on #DarkNights, here at 1. Bridgen and 2. Erith #ArchiveAdventCalendar

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