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Friends of Durning Library
- Lambeth Libraries Closure COVID-19Lambeth Libraries have issued the following notice: To keep our customers safe we are closing for the time being. Do not worry about overdue books and charges as we will deal with these for you. If you need help we … Continue reading →
- Monday talk postponed!***After a lot of heart-searching we have reluctantly decided that our only sensible option is to postpone our talk by Paul Mason on Monday, 16 March. We do so with great regret, but feel we must bear in mind the … Continue reading →
- Repowering LondonMonday 17 February 2020 Five blocks on the Vauxhall Gardens Estate have their own clean energy. Agamemnon Otero MBE, co-founder and director of Brixton-based Repowering, will tell us how the charity enables communities to fund, install and manage this and … Continue reading →
History & Social Action News and Events
- Croydon Crisis Up-Date 29 MarchIn the early evening of 28 March My London reported that Croydon had 261 confirmed cases of COVID-19. Council COVID-19 Action On 27 March Tony Menwaman, the Council Leader, announced: ‘As a council we have we have swiftly implemented a … Continue reading →
- Need A Good Laugh? Try Losing It AllWhen it was published in 1991 I read my cousin Simon The Fate of Glassingall in one sitting, laughing all the way through. Inspired by his holiday visits to our grandfather’s house in Scotland it was a free-flowing compendium of … Continue reading →
- Croydon Crisis Update 27 MarchFood Banks Need Help Sarah Jones, the Croydon Central MP, has emailed to say that ‘food is urgently required for local food banks who have a desperate shortage at the moment.’ She has compiled a fuller list than the one … Continue reading →