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Contribitors - Rotherhithe & Bermondsey Local History Society
We are helping to develope, provide and promote the calendar of events, attractions and activities as part of the Mayflower 400 programme in London.
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The Rotherhithe & Bermondsey Local History Society’s aim is to encourage interest in the history of Rotherhithe, Bermondsey, the surrounding area, Docklands and the River Thames.
It was established in 1994 in the days of the London Docklands Development Corporation (L.D.D.C.). This quango, established in 1981 to regenerate the disused docks, sought to engage the local community by funding local history lectures. Diana Rimel of Goldsmiths College organised these in the former Dock Offices on Surrey Quays Road and in 1994, when the L.D.D.C. withdrew, Time & Talents stepped in and re-packaged the talks as its local history group.
The founding Chair of the society was Stuart Rankin. He was succeeded by Paul Blosse, then Michael Daniels and Claire Sexton. The current Chair is Michael A Reardon.
In 2011 we simplified our relationship with Time & Talents to become the autonomous society we are today, appointing distinguished local historian Stephen Humphrey as our President.
We are extremely grateful to Tommy Steele, O.B.E., for being the society’s Patron