Tomorrow is the #Blackfen Easter Fayre. At 11am I'm leading a guided walk of Blackfen - a bit different to last year as it has a music theme running through it, combining two of my favourite things! 🎶😍 #localhistory #music
Don’t miss the Blackfen Easter Fayre on Saturday 28 March 10am-3pm! We have a market, crafts, magic, treasure hunt, #localhistory walk, games and bingo. Thanks to Tom’s Butchers, Spar and Blackfen Chiropractic Clinic for sponsoring the entertainment. #Blackfen #Easter
Slap a tower on one end of your shed and a spire on the other and you've got yourself a sham chapel. #Blackfen #Bexley #London #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk
Just a couple of days to go until Christmas Comes to Blackfen on Saturday 29 November. Lots going on at Blackfen Community Library and in the George Staples Car Park. Come along and support your local shops in #Blackfen too!
Lots of fun to be had in #Blackfen on 12 April at the Easter Fayre including a bit of #localhistory with a guided walk!
#Sidcup #Blackfen #Welling #Bexley #Falconwood #Footscray #Blendon
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To get you in the mood here are young musicians from around #Bexley back in 1970: trumpeters at St Augustine’s School #Belvedere, flautists at St Joseph’s RC School #Crayford, violinists at Days Lane School #Blackfen, ensemble at Sidcup Hill School. #Music #CelebratingBexley
For #LocalHistory this week I've been updating my Then & Now images. It's sometimes hard to see that modern life is an improvement! Recycling bins and utility cabinets: not the most glamorous view in #Blackfen. A big contrast to 26 July 1937 when the new cinema opened. #OnePlaceWednesday
A glance at the Erith Observer newspaper of October 1954 provides a snapshot of what was on offer at Odeon cinemas in #Blackfen and #Welling. #film #cinema #localhistory
A nice walk in sunny #Blackfen today. Holly Oak Wood Park and the Shuttle at Berwick Crescent: remnants of the ancient landscape.
It’s almost exactly 10 years since my book on #Blackfen was published. Oral history interviewing was a major part of my research and I met some lovely people along the way. Sadly quite a few of them have since died but I’m so glad they got to tell their stories. #OnePlaceStudies #OnePlaceWednesday
