• Camberwell

  • Jun 17 2024
  • Length: 52 mins
  • Podcast

  • Summary

  • What's in the name..?* There’s a few theories, but one part they all agree on is that there was a well. Better health, an historic knees up, asylums to workhouses (workhouses to asylums?), an embarrassment of parks, notable residents from the first black woman to have a BBC radio show to Florence and her machine. Top boozers, TOP scran, and uncovering the Earl’s Sluice (our lost waterway for this segment)

    Follow us on Instagram @averylocalhistory for some visual accompaniment to the episode

    *we use the term 'cripple' in this episode in its historic context

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