#BexleyArchives guided walks coming soon:
16 May: The General Strike in Erith
20 June: A Walk Around Welling
18 July: A Rebellious Ramble through the Loyalist Land, from Danson to Hall Place
We are now taking a break and will re-open on 7 April. We wish you a Happy Easter.

Thanks to @jpaprice.bsky.social who gave an excellent talk at #BexleyArchives on Deptford Ragged School which later provided education to working people. Here in Bexley evening classes in arithmetic, dressmaking and leatherwork (1928) had expanded to car maintenance and Tourist French by 1963.

We have a small display here at #BexleyArchives on Hides department store which includes this paper bag. Hides was a popular shop in Bexleyheath's Broadway 1861-1979 and had wonderful displays every Christmas. #WrappingPaper #ArchiveAdventCalendar

2025 has been a year of anniversaries for #CelebratingBexley and #BexleyArchives – Dissolution of Lesnes Abbey (500 years), Crossness Pumping Station (160 years), Danson Park (100 years), London Borough of Bexley (60 years). #EYAAnniversaries #ExploreYourArchive

Does your church, faith group or club have a regular newsletter? At #BexleyArchives Centre newsletters are donated to us on a regular basis. Each one provides a fascinating snapshot of community life at a particular moment in time. #LocalHistory

For #BlackFriday we have some amazing #Christmas2025 deals here at #BexleyArchives
⭐️Bargains on our books, plus 3 for the price of 2 on our Old Ordnance Survey maps.
⭐️And if you aren’t able to visit us to make your purchase, we are offering free postage to UK addresses until 18 December.

That important event in the #BexleyArchives calendar: putting up the Christmas decorations. We have to admit our #BexleyLibraries colleagues have outdone us this year with Rudy the Reindeer. #Christmas2025

Our new exhibition at #BexleyArchives looks at #music in the 1960s. Bexley Jazz Club at the Black Prince had a rhythm and blues club every Sunday. Performers include Ben E. King, Jeff Beck Group with Rod Stewart and Derek & the Dominos featuring Eric Clapton. Were you there? Who did you see?

Archivist Oliver Wooller will give a talk here at #BexleyArchives on 18 October 2.30pm 'Caesars, Senators and Centurions', looking at the Roman period in Bexley, as roads, engineering and laws were brought to the Cantiaci of Kent. Tickets: £5.

Local historian Peter Daniel will give a talk here at #BexleyArchives on 20 September 2.30pm ‘The Blitz Over Bexley’ exploring this period of intensive bombing raids which disrupted life and caused death and injury to civilians in the Bexley area. Tickets: £5.

The #BexleyArchives autumn events programme begins 20 Sept. with a North West Kent Family History Society pop-in session 10am-1pm at Local Studies Centre on 1st floor of Central Library Bexleyheath. Everyone is welcome, no pre-booking required. #genealogy #familyhistory @nwkfhs.bsky.social

Archivist Oliver Wooller will give a talk here at #BexleyArchives on 18 October 2.30pm 'Caesars, Senators and Centurions', looking at the Roman period in Bexley, as roads, engineering and laws were brought to the Cantiaci of Kent. Tickets: £5.

A double bill here at #BexleyArchives on 20 September!
10am-1pm: free drop-in session with North West Kent Family History Society.
2.30-4pm: talk by Peter Daniel, The Blitz Over Bexley. Tickets £5
Plus see this new book now on our shelves! #familyhistory #WWII

Interested in #FamilyHistory? At #BexleyArchives you can search census and parish records on Ancestry for free, browse local newspapers and family history books.

On 20 Sept. 10am-1pm North West Kent Family History Society is holding a free drop-in session here. All welcome. @nwkfhs.bsky.social

Rob Harris of the Crossness Engines Trust marks the 160th anniversary of the beam engines with a talk here at #BexleyArchives on Saturday 15 November, ‘When Bexley Saved London: Crossness Pumping Station, Bazalgette’s sewers and the Birth of Modern Sanitation’. Tickets £5.

Archivist Oliver Wooller will give a talk here at #BexleyArchives on 18 October 2.30pm 'Caesars, Senators and Centurions', looking at the Roman period in Bexley, as roads, engineering and laws were brought to the Cantuari of Kent. Tickets: £5.

Historian Peter Daniel will give a talk here at #BexleyArchives on 20 September 2.30pm ‘The Blitz Over Bexley’ exploring this period of intensive bombing raids which disrupted life and caused death and injury to civilians in the Bexley area. Tickets: £5.

The #BexleyArchives autumn events programme begins 20 Sept. with a North West Kent Family History Society pop-in session 10am-1pm at Local Studies Centre on 1st floor of Central Library Bexleyheath. Everyone is welcome, no pre-booking required. #genealogy #familyhistory @nwkfhs.bsky.social

We have a great selection of local sport books on our shelves at #BexleyArchives. Our newest acquisition is ‘A Pictorial History of Kent Football’ written by Richard Ralph, a fantastic collection of photographs of Kent #football cup competitions. #sport #localhistory

Last few tickets remaining for a talk by Dr John Price @jpaprice.bsky.social here at #BexleyArchives on 26 April 2.30pm called 'Baildon Street: The Blackest Street in Deptford?' examining Charles Booth’s Poverty Map of 1889 and the return visit of his investigator ten years later. Tickets: £5.

In #ArchivesToday here at #BexleyArchives we have just put up brand new Bexley Snapshots in Time display banners created by our #BexleyMuseum friends at Hall Place which will be here till the end of the month before going on tour. #CelebratingBexley #Archive30

But how true was this? Were there other factors that influenced Arkell? Public historian Dr John Price @jpaprice.bsky.social will tell us in his talk 'Baildon Street: The Blackest Street in Deptford?' here at #BexleyArchives on 26 April 2.30pm. Tickets: £5.

Public historian Dr John Price @jpaprice.bsky.social will give a talk here at #BexleyArchives on 26 April 2.30pm called 'Baildon Street: The Blackest Street in Deptford?' examining Charles Booth’s Poverty Map of 1889 and the return visit of his investigator ten years later. Tickets: £5.

Events at #BexleyArchives have something for everyone! Queer London by Sheldon K. Goodman on 15 Feb, Ben Aaronovitch on 8 March, Baildon Street Deptford by Dr John Price on 26 April, all held at Central Library #Bexleyheath. #LocalHistory #LGBTQHistoryMonth #CelebratingBexley

Public historian Sheldon K. Goodman is giving a talk at #BexleyArchives on 15 Feb. 2.30pm looking at 2000 years of London history: how much LGBTQ+ culture is woven through its existence? Tickets £5 at bit.ly/40EvpgU. #London #History #LGBTQHistoryMonth

New #books here at #BexleyArchives include Mudlarks: Treasures from the Thames by Jason Sandy, a perfect accompaniment to Mudlarking and Thames Mudlarking. Also new are Kent's Transport Heritage by James Preston and Kent's Military Heritage by Dean Hollands. #localhistory

Public historian Dr John Price will give a talk here at #BexleyArchives on 26 April 2.30pm called 'Baildon Street: The Blackest Street in Deptford?' examining Charles Booth’s Poverty Map of 1889 and the return visit of one of his investigators ten years later. Tickets: £5.

Our 2025 events continue on 15 Feb. at 2.30pm with a talk by public historian Sheldon K. Goodman looking at 2000 years of London history: how much LGBTQ+ culture is woven through its existence? Tickets £5 from #BexleyArchives or online at bit.ly/40EvpgU

Thank you to Simon McKeon who gave a fascinating talk today at #BexleyArchives on the Hall Place Historical Pageant of 1932. While there was no film at Hall Place, there was film of a Pageant at nearby Foots Cray Place in the 1920s. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRHR...

The 1932 Historical Pageant of #HallPlace #Bexley attracted 30,000 visitors including the Duke of York (later George VI), pictured here with Lady Limerick. If you'd like to hear more, Simon McKeon is giving a talk here at #BexleyArchives on 18 Jan at 2.30pm. Tickets £5.