@labouruk.bsky.social must be worried about losing #Lewisham as they've just knocked at my door #SE13 to talk about #localelections I told them no, not this time. #Greens for me and never #ReformUK #London @lewisham.gov.uk @lewishamlocal.bsky.social
The site for the Archibald Corbett Library was formerly tennis courts, and was donated by Archibald Corbett. The £4,500 construction cost was donated by philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. “… presumably would have made good use of the new Library which opened in Torridon Road in 1907. The local council had wanted to build one for several years, and Corbett was willing to donate land, but they were short of funds so it wasn’t until Andrew Carnegie – world famous philanthropist and serial builder of around 3,000 libraries – stepped in with a donation of £4,500 that it finally came into existence. Sadly for the estate’s tennis fans it was the recreation ground that Corbett offered up for the new building: maybe he figured the new Mountsfield Park over the other side of Brownhill Road was close enough to provide for healthy exercise.” Extract from the history of the Corbett Estate on the Corbett Society website - see: https://thecorbettsociety.org.uk/the-estates/catford-hither-green/
Photo by Paul de Zylva, library volunteer, of a red Jaguar E-type on the road in front of the Corbett Community Library, known to many as Torridon Library on the junction of Torridon Road and Sandhurst Road in Catford, Lewisham, London, SE6.
The commemorative plaque for the 30th November 1907 opening of the Archibald Corbett Library can be seen high on the right hand side wall as you enter the foyer of the library. The library was opened by Mrs ECB Philpott, who was the wife of the vicar of nearby St Andrews’s Church which opened in 1904.
View of the library from the top deck of a London bus at the top of Sandhurst Road. It’s an odd thing that even from at that height, our magnificent dome is hard to see. Come in to see it from below.
118 years ago today, St Andrew’s Day, 30 Nov 1907, our library opens to serve the people of #Catford #SE6 #HitherGreen #SE13 #Lewisham
1907 also saw the serving of the first school meals and the start of London’s first metered taxi service.
Come in for more knowledge, fun, etc
Page one of the leaflet of Corbett Community Christmas events 2025 lists the Christmas Tree Festival, the Corbett Christmas Fair, and Christmas at Abbotshall.
Page two of the Corbett Community Christmas leaflets shows details for the: - the Christmas Tree Festival from 24th to 29th November from 10am to 5pm each day at St Andrew’s Church Hall SE6 1XD and - the Corbett Christmas Fair from 10am to 4pm on Saturday 29th November at two venues: the Corbett Community Library at 103 Torridon Road SE6 1RQ and St Andrew’s Church Hall SE6 1XD.
The third page of the leaflet details Christmas at Abbotshall on Sunday 30 November from 10am to 4pm including Santa’s Grotto, and Christmas Tree Sales.
The fourth and final page of the leaflet sets out how to order a Christmas Tree from Abbotshall Healthy Lifestyle Centre. Order online at Abbotshallhlc dot org forward slash Christmas hyphen trees abbotshallhlc.org.uk/christmas-trees
You lucky people. Yes, it’s the Corbett Christmas:
- Mon 24 to Sat 29 Nov - it’s the Christmas Tree Festival at St Andrew’s Church
- Sat 29 Nov - Corbett Christmas Fair at our place & at St Andrew’s Church Hall
- Sun 30 Nov - Abbotshall Healthy Lifestyle Centre.
#Catford #SE6 #HitherGreen #SE13
The Clue in the Haunted Library - hmmm will Barbie find clues at our Halloween Event?
Crafts, activities, tasty treats, and witches’ brew on Friday 31 October, from 5pm to 8pm.
Drop in at any time. All ages welcome. Entry for a £ donation to the community library.
#Catford #SE6 #HitherGreen #SE13
Street Waders Artist Anna Reading’s sculpture, Street Waders, responds to the memories of local people who experienced Lewisham’s Great Flood of 1968. The sculpture acts as a weathervane, responding to changes in the weather and environment surrounding Lewisham’s #RiverQuaggy. Incorporated into the design are silhouettes of a kingfisher and reed-like plant forms. Central to its imagery is a risen water line evoked by a zigzag, above which is a hollow vessel, perforated with holes allowing rainwater to drip through. Hanging beneath the water line are dangling, wading feet and cast impressions of smooth black rocks, representing Blackheath Pebbles, the 55-million-year-old rocks found on the bed of the Quaggy. Photo credit: Ollie Hammick
Photo credit: Ollie Hammick Lewisham Underwater: Remembering the Great Flood of 1968 On 15-16 September 1968, following days of torrential rain, much of Lewisham found itself under water. What became known as the ‘Great Flood’ had a profound effect on Lewisham’s people and their relationship with its rivers. A collaboration between the Quaggy Waterways Action Group (QWAG) and Lewisham Council’s Climate Resilience Team, Lewisham Underwater gathered memories of the Lewisham residents who were affected, connecting an event over 50 years ago with our relationship to local rivers today. Through public art, fun-filled river activities and even a new flood beer called ‘Deluge’, Lewisham Underwater made rivers everybody’s business. Explore images and more from the project in the digital archive: https://sites.gold.ac.uk/inlivingmemory/project-2/
Photo credits: Ollie Hammick Street Waders Artist Anna Reading’s sculpture, Street Waders, responds to the memories of local people who experienced Lewisham’s Great Flood of 1968. About the artist Born in Newcastle Upon Tyne (1987), Anna Reading is a Lewisham resident and artist. She has a BA in Fine Art from Central St Martins (2010), an MfA in Sculpture from Slade School of Fine Art (2017), and is the winner of the 2018-19 Mark Tanner Sculpture Award. Reading’s work deals with issues around anthropocentric perspectives and the subsequent impacts upon environments, bodies, and human psyches. Her sculptural works attempt to engage and collaborate with the environment around us, looking for lessons in survival within hostile settings. Reading creates hybrids of imagery, materials and forms to highlight the unruly spaces at the edges of the built environment.
Great Flood of 1968 On 15-16 September 1968, following days of torrential rain, much of Lewisham found itself under water. What became known as the ‘Great Flood’ had a profound effect on Lewisham’s people and their relationship with its rivers. A collaboration between the Quaggy Waterways Action Group (QWAG) and Lewisham Council’s Climate Resilience Team, Lewisham Underwater gathered memories of the Lewisham residents who were affected, connecting an event over 50 years ago with our relationship to local rivers today. Through public art, fun-filled river activities and even a new flood beer called ‘Deluge’, Lewisham Underwater made rivers everybody’s business. Explore images and more from the project in the digital archive: https://sites.gold.ac.uk/inlivingmemory/project-2/ Led by Goldsmiths, University of London, In Living Memory celebrated Lewisham’s diversity and heritage for London Borough of Culture 2022.
Is it a bird? Is it a…?
Come to the unveiling of Street Waders, Anna Reading’s striking sculpture inspired by the Great Flood of 1968, beside the #RiverQuaggy
11am - 12.30pm, Sat 13 Sept @ Plough Bridge Gardens, central #Lewisham, #SE13 5AF, along from St Stephen's Church + Police Station.
Lewisham honours forgotten World War One War heroes at Ladywell and Brockley cemetery #Brockley #LAdywell #Lewishham #SE4 #SE6 #SE8 #SE13 lewisham.gov.uk/articles/new...
2nd #breakfast in my fave #French cafe in #Ladywell #Lewisham #SE13 before the rush of very noisy and rude middle class mums and old ladies!
Lewisham Fire Claims Boy's Life; Police And Fire Brigade Investigate - (IN FULL: t.ly/IBUbd)
Officers are still in attendance.
#Lewisham #London #Fire #MetropolitanPolice #FireBrigade #LewishamFire #LewishamRoad #SE13
@hyperoptic.bsky.social Service is going out for 4 hours today between 9 am and 6pm #Lewisham and they cannot tell me when it will start! #hyperoptic #SE13 not good enough #broadband #WFH
It’s StoryTime at our place on Thursday 10 April from 9.30am to 10am.
Interactive story time sessions for under 5s as we read you some of our favourite stories and have a singalong!
#Catford #SE6 #HitherGreen #SE13 #Lewisham
Easter Braiding Workshops at our place:
Wednesday 10 April from 2.30pm to 4.30pm:
corbettcommunity.org.uk/listing/east...
Thursday 11 April from 11am to 1pm:
corbettcommunity.org.uk/listing/east...
#Catford #SE6 #HitherGreen #SE13 #Lewisham
Get the picture?
The community jigsaw is coming along.
Pop in to add to it.
Who will put the final piece into place?
#Catford #SE6 #HitherGreen #SE13
Join us at the opening night of 50 Years of the Catford Cat:
- Our place
- 6 to 8pm
- Thursday 13 February
- Meet and chat with the artists
- Drinks available from our bar
- Chance to buy cards and prints.
#Catford #SE6 #SE13 #Lewisham #catfordcat #artexhibition #GallerySE6 #CorbettCommunity
Wow it is windy here in #London #SE13 #StormHerminia #windy #rain
UPDATE 10/1
We continue to get sightings of a 'SISSY like dog', most recently in the Grove Park area - Sissy will be feeding somewhere
DO YOU PUT FOOD OUT FOR LOCAL WILDLIFE or STRAY CATS? PLEASE CAN YOU CHECK VIDEO DOORBELLS & CAMERAS FOR SISSY?
Sissy missing Hither Green #SE13
🐕 Please look out for Sissy, DEAF & PARTIALLY SIGHTED missing since 13 December 2024 from home on Meridian Estate, next to Mountsfield Park #Lewisham #SE13
She is chipped & wearing a green check collar with a tag. Neutered. An older dog, BLIND in one eye and quite DEAF doglost.co.uk/dog-blog.php...
Father Christmas drops in to our Christmas Fair - open until 5pm, today, Saturday 30th November (our 117th birthday!)
#Catford #SE6 #HitherGreen #SE13 #Lewisham
The library was opened by Mrs ECB Philpott, who was the wife of the vicar of nearby St Andrews Church which open in 1904. The site for the library, which was donated by Archibald Corbett, had been tennis courts, and the £4,500 cost of construction was donated by Andrew Carnegie.
The commemorative plaque for the 30th November 1907 opening of the Corbett Library can be seen high on the right hand side wall as you enter the foyer of the library.
The front of the Corbett Community Library in 2018. Photograph: Paul de Zylva
Leaflet about the Corbett Community Library and on how to become a Friend of the library and all of the activities and services it provides to the local area. For more on the library and everything that happens under our splendid dome see: https://corbettcommunity.org.uk
117 years ago today - St Andrew’s Day, 30 November 1907 - our library opens to serve the people of #Catford #SE6 #HitherGreen #SE13 and #Lewisham borough.
Also in 1907:
- London’s first metered taxis ran
- The first school meals were served.
See pics’ ALT text for more.
Another #lockdown flashback from 2020. This was taken just off Hither Green Lane in #SE13. Not just the one #pissymattress. Some excellent suspicious staining too. The amount of #flytipping in #Lewisham was ridiculous in 2020.
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The Joiners Arms, Lewisham Town Centre
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All our tweets (and some of your responses) from tonight's #LewishamCentral Assembly meeting: storify.com/bitoclass/lewisham-centr... #SE13 #Lewisham
Just had a power cut here to the north of #Lewisham town centre for about a minute - wonder how widespread that was? #SE13
New SE13URE post – #LewishamGateway: the 27-month plan se13ure.wordpress.com/2014/03/22/lewisham-gate... 27 maps and 2,500 words on what to expect in #SE13 until 2016.
Lovely lovely Lewisham :) #SE13 MT @fionalaird: I am profoundly in love with this fabulous London audience #bbcqt
Hard to fault the opening line of Underworld's Karl Hyde's new album (just heard it on y'day's Lauren Laverne): www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music... #SE13
Can anyone recommend a (fast, inexpensive) barber in, or a bit north of, Lewisham town centre? #hyperlocal #SE13 #hivemind #notbeehiveminded
