Wednesday 20 May 2020
News & features published on 20 May 2020
Grandmother and therapy dog raise hundreds for Guy's & St Thomas'
A great grandmother has been using her daily dog walk to clean up her local area while raising money for Guy's and St Thomas'.
Art by Post: Southbank Centre helps isolated people stay creative
Southbank Centre has launched Art by Post, a pilot scheme to provide isolated people, who do not have digital access, with free creative activities packs.
Forum discussions active on 20 May 2020
Tweets on 20 May 2020
@FenceSittingUK The purple bars show that the test results in today's stats England-wide include tests taken across… https://t.co/4LkNdZs4oW
@timss64 We check the NHS England hospital death stats every day but only put out a tweet if there are new deaths a… https://t.co/aNIw4LwYrO
Wednesday #coronavirus COVID-19 stats for our boroughs:
Southwark: 1,258 cases
(+3 from Tuesday)
396.5 per 100k re… https://t.co/EkjfJ6jutP
RT @BTPFry: Since his involvement in the 2017 London Bridge Terror Attack, PC Leon McLeod set about a mission to increase mental health awa…
RT @se16: #communitycalling
SE16-based @bedehouse and @Time_Talents are among the charities distributing smartphones to Southwark’s most v…
The problems facing @The_Globe are not just financial:
"Nearly 80 per cent of our 570 volunteers are over 70, and… https://t.co/dNJNWyU5WW
A great grandmother has been using her daily dog walk to clean up her local area while raising money for Guy's and… https://t.co/L6ojz50CAA
RT @retrophotoguy: Retro Camera Shot: #Orwo NP22 Film. Chinon CE4, 50 f1.9
#ShadThames London, before the 1980's restoration took place. Ha…
RT @retrophotoguy: Retro Camera Shot: #Orwo UT21 slide film. Chinon CE4, 50 f1.9
#ShadThames London, a couple of years after the B&W shots…
RT @livingbankside: Join @deansouthwark @AmirEden1993 @AdeleLibDem @michaelrawson62 @BishopSouthwark @cathedralsdavid @cllrhumaira @craddoc…
Art by Post: @SouthbankCentre helps isolated people stay creative. They're working with @coinstreet and other partn… https://t.co/9kUgGRYmwy
Medieval bridges were marvels of engineering, given the technology available at the time — and nowhere more so than… https://t.co/v4YWSOIxBn
RT @OmearaLondon: In an effort to prevent the closure of Omeara and protect the wellbeing of our extended family, we’ve reached out to art…
RT @SwkHeritage: James Pascall, the company that created Chocolate Eclairs in 1960, was headquartered off Blackfriars Road from 1887 to 190…
The journal ‘The Builder’ is a bit sniffy about the level of artistic appreciation attained by the youth of the Old… https://t.co/hHBB4VB45h
Mrs Primmer of Pimlico has purse pickpocketed while waiting for a tramcar at St George’s Circupic.twitter.com/whX1sFpsidid
Theft of a handbag in Borough High Street pic.twitter.com/KRrCXcvpyi
The prisoner was, the constable declared, a “terror to the Walworth Roadpic.twitter.com/67SQggefzkefzk
Summons for keeping a “ferocious dogpic.twitter.com/bk5eotguRRguRR
Economising at Tanner Street workhouse pic.twitter.com/GaXk3FTI2d
Bermondsey Board of Guardians had a long and complicated tussle about an architect’s fee for alterations to Tanner… https://t.co/tR75MhJgfC
Head to Bermondsey Street for all your spring cleaning requisites pic.twitter.com/fZoNHBLn2f
“when the inspector saw the car there were four dozen rats in itpic.twitter.com/F93mk5NrxlNrxl
One local business advertised in the local paper of 1910 is still a stalwart of the Bermondsey and Rotherhithe scene pic.twitter.com/gZWcudscpq
110 years later you can still buy a secondhand bicycle in Elephant Road pic.twitter.com/ZXrZHrfJCG
Bermondsey Borough Council was considering the location of the proposed Samuel Bevington Memorial pic.twitter.com/CK9cJ5fg31
The Elephant & Castle Theatre is what more recently became the Coronet, soon to be demolished. pic.twitter.com/gd31AfeYZn
A few snippets from the edition of the Southwark & Bermondsey Recorder published on this day 110 years ago, on 20 M… https://t.co/5Zz4rrzWBg
On the left, the Wheatsheaf in Stoney Street pictured on 20 May 2000, before the top was chopped off the building b… https://t.co/V6A1Tam1l0
On this day 20 years ago ... Three Crown Square at @boroughmarket, in the relatively early days of the retail marke… https://t.co/WEhmLjpT27
Wagamama is reopening its Clink Street branch on Thursday
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