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
A great weekend lined up with the Erith Made Festival (including ‘Pleasure Garden’ at the Exchange) on Sat 13 Sept and Woodland Festival at Lesnes Abbey on Sun 14 Sept. I’ll be on a stall at both with @bexleyarchives.bsky.social so come and say hello! #CelebratingBexley
What an inspiring exhibition of creativity from Centrepieces in ‘Reflections on Where We Live’ showing what a profound impact our surroundings have on our memories and experience. In the Stables Gallery at Hall Place #Bexley until 12 August. #CelebratingBexley #LocalHistory #art
'Then and Now' photography is a great way to see what has changed over the years - as well as what hasn't changed!
Now on display at Bexley Local Studies and Archive Centre, covering a variety of places across the borough of Bexley.
#LocalHistory #CelebratingBexley
Stall with museum merch and replicas
Landover and Rover in Met livery
Catching us today at @crimecon.bsky.social in central London or the @mphvc.bsky.social open day in Sidcup? Don't forget to tag us! #busy #crimecon #celebratingbexley #classiccars #crimeconuk #cm150
We have recently celebrated the 100th anniversary of the opening of #DansonPark but it wasn't until June 1952 that Hall Place Gardens opened to the public, when the Duchess of Kent was received by local dignitaries and large crowds. #CelebratingBexley
This Saturday's 'Ten Decades of Danson Park' guided walk is now sold out! But there are still tickets left for Lesnes to Lessness on 21 June, and for Lamorbey and Halfway Street on 12 July, 2.30pm. Tickets are £5. Get in touch to book your place! #CelebratingBexley
The Mentor Ring Celebrates 60 Years of Bexley! Join us for a free community evening of fun!
📅 Friday 16 May 2025 | 🕕 6–8:30PM
📍 St Michael’s Church Hall, Welling, DA16 3AP
Thank you The National Lottery Fund England for your support
#Bexley60 #CommunityCelebration #TheMentorRing #CelebratingBexley
#WhyArchives?
In this year of anniversaries here in Bexley - including Lesnes, Crossness and Danson - the Local Studies and Archive Centre has become the place to be! Archives enable everyone to learn about our local area and take pride in our heritage. #Archive30 #CelebratingBexley
Our programme of summer guided walks is now out: Ten Decades of Danson Park on 17 May, Lesnes to Lessness on 21 June, Lamorbey and Halfway Street on 12 July. All start at 2.30pm and tickets are £5. Contact us to book your place: archives@bexley.gov.uk. #CelebratingBexley
We had a lovely surprise today when a satisfied customer brought us these celebratory chocolates! (Not to be eaten near any archives, obviously!). #ArchiveFoodAndDrink #CelebratingBexley #Archive30
On 13 April 1925 (Easter Monday) Princess Mary officially opened Danson Park to the public with thousands in attendance. Of course it rained. One of its greatest attractions was the boating lake, along with miniature golf, children's playground and Tea Kiosk. #CelebratingBexley #DansonPark
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
Today we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the London Borough of Bexley and some of our Archive Treasures (much older than 60 years!) were on display at our Civic Offices for staff to see. #YourArchive #CelebratingBexley
Looking forward to a month of posts for #Archive30 @arascot.bsky.social
Our first Mayor was Councillor Mrs Marjorie Barron. Bexley was one of only three London boroughs which elected women as Mayors in 1965. #1965 #CelebratingBexley
The new London Borough of Bexley’s Coat of Arms was designed to incorporate the history of its constituent parts: rivers, oak tree (borough charter), cogwheel (industry), gateway to the south, white horse (Kent), red stags (Erith). #1965 #CelebratingBexley
What will the new borough be called? After the prototype name ‘Borough 18’, in the end the historic and simple name ‘Bexley’ was chosen. Our new London Borough had a varied landscape, from industries to parks, from The Thames to the Shuttle. #1965 #CelebratingBexley
As we approach the 60th anniversary of the London Borough of Bexley, what did our area look like in #1965? Here are Sidcup House, Belvedere Power Station, Waterside Gardens at Crayford and Boathouse Café at Danson Park. #LocalHistory #CelebratingBexley
The London Borough of Bexley was created on 1 April 1965 from the merger of Erith, Bexley, Crayford and Sidcup – a complex task requiring preliminary work by councillors which first met at Crayford Town Hall in May 1964. #CelebratingBexley
Celebrating the 25th anniversary of Bexley’s incorporation as a municipal borough in 1962 with this film of fun fairs, games and civic pride at Danson Park and Bexleyheath. www.londonsscreenarchives.org.uk/title/26/ #CelebratingBexley #LocalHistory @filmlondon.bsky.social
A celebration through pictures from Bexley Museum and Bexley Archive collections. Take a peek at bygone Bexley and see how much has changed. Free entry.
Stables Art Gallery at Hall Place #Bexley.
1-26 March 2025. Open daily 9.30am to 5pm.
#CelebratingBexley
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
Let's celebrate the next generation of musicians at the 14th Bexley Young Musician of the Year Final on 15 March 2025. Organised by Rotary and held at Rose Bruford College #Sidcup. For tickets (£12) and further information see bexleyyoungmusician.com #Music #CelebratingBexley
A beautiful day for a stroll at Hall Place and to see the new Bexley Snapshots in Time display in the Stables Gallery. Brilliant seeing kids with their parents looking at the Then & Now images. #LocalHistory #photography #museums #archives #CelebratingBexley
Just a handful of tickets left for ‘In Conversation with Ben Aaronovitch’ on Saturday 8 March. Tickets are free but must be booked in advance at www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/bexley-lib.... #London #Books #CelebratingBexley
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
2025 is a year of milestones for #Bexley: 100 years of Danson Park, 500th anniversary of the dissolution of Lesnes Abbey, 160 years of Crossness Pumping Station, and the London Borough of Bexley’s 60th anniversary. That's a lot of history to be proud of! #CelebratingBexley
