Andrew Simpson

Now for many years those of my friends who share my love of Eltham, Woolwich and Plumstead have sung the praises of the two volumes of “Reco...

It is pretty true that during many of the urban redevelopment schemes of the 1960s and 70s, it was the pubs which remained long after the ho...

In the summer of 1847 Alexander Somerville had come looking for potato blight, that disease which had ravaged the crops of Ireland and had ...

Part of the Chorlton Book Festival 2026 collection Chorlton Library Manchester, Greater Manchester Thursday, September 24    6 PM - 7 PM Ov...

  Now I have been a great fan of Roger Shelley’s photographs for over a decade, ever since he shared a collection of pictures he took of a g...

Holland Wood, by the Cliffs along Chorlton Brook, circa 1907 We are in Holland Wood, sometime at the beginning of the 20th cent...

Now I am back with my copy of the Official Guide to Woolwich which was published by the council. It includes Eltham and Plumstead, and was ...