Wildflower & Nature Walk Sunday 21st April 2024 led by Tom Moulton & Peter
Robinson
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There will be a Wildflower and Nature Walk Sunday 21st April 2024 led by
Tom Moulton and Peter Robinson. Meet at the Ladywell Road Gate, the guided
walk is...
1 week ago
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Looks like SE London was on the receiving end of the odd V2 but did you know Barnes Wallis (of bouncing bomb fame, also designed the Lancaster bomber I believe) lived in New Cross?? so we got our own back
see
http://www.computing.dundee.ac.uk/staff/irmurray/pictures/241NCRplaque.jpg
and
http://www.computing.dundee.ac.uk/staff/irmurray/wallissites.asp
241 new cross road apparently
Yes I've noticed the plaque before - there's also a Barnes Wallis Community Centre behind Somerville Adventure Playground.
I'm reading "The Italian Boy" all about the 'reurrectionists' of London - body snatchers basically. There was a roaring trade in the 1800's supplying medical schools with corpses. One of the pubs they used to meet at
"....as unofficial guild halls, where bodies could be stored, and tips and warnings exchanged, and as houses of call for those indirectly involved in the trade.... "
Was the Bricklayers Arms. Ah! the good old days, when you could leave your door open and everyone smiled....obviously don't leave your door open for long or some bugger will steal your granny's body!
Apparently it was only a misdemeanor to be in a possession of a body as it was not considered theft because a corpse was not considered to belong to anyone. Although some resurrectionists had a way of 'finding' fresh bodies.
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