The Dexy’s Are In Kennington Come On Eileen
Dexy's Midnight Runners 1982 No 1 Record, Come on Eileen will always be associated with Kennington, due to the accompanying video. The video was directed by Julien Temple and filmed here in…
Look around Florence Welch’s fabulous pad
Florence Welch has lived in South London her whole life and she has firmly set her roots here in Kennington. Just a short 10-minute hop to her mother's home in…
The Last Two Rock Concerts To Be Held At The Oval
In a recent article, I told the story of when The Oval became the venue for the Goodbye Summer rock festival that featured The Who, Rod Stewart & The Faces…
When the Oval rocked to The Who & Rod Stewart
The Oval, drugs and rock'n'roll In the 175 years of Surrey County Cricket Club's existence surely one of the strangest events ever to happen at the famous ground was when…
Sean Lock 15 Stories High in Kennington
We recently learned of the sad passing of comedian Sean Lock at the age of 58. The much-loved comic has been rightly praised by fellow comedians and fans alike. And…
When the Pink Floyd came to Kennington Park
It was in April 1967 when Pink Floyd visited Kennington as part of their first-ever photoshoot. These were the very first publicity shots that anyone took of them. They were…
The Zombie horror ward at Waterloo Hospital
The beautiful Royal Waterloo Hospital for Children and Women opposite the BFI Imax hides a grizzly past. At the very top of the building was Ward 5 known as the…
Clara the 20-year-old Rhino who died in a Lambeth Pub
In 1758, Clara the Indian rhino died at the Horse and Groom pub in Lambeth, after spending 17 years touring Europe. In that time she was seen by many famous naturalists and artists, and many important descriptions and depictions of rhinos were based on her
The Most Famous Dodo From Lambeth
Back in the Sixteenth Century - Lambeth was once the home of one the world's largest collections of curiosities (the Ark). When it opened it became a major attraction and…
Murder, Insanity and the making of the English Dictionary
A Murder in Lambeth It was approx. 2 am on the Saturday morning of February 17, 1872, when Lambeth residents were awakened by the unfamiliar sound of gunshots breaking through the…