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Christmas quiz: The answers
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Why was the Charter School, Red Post Hill previously known as ‘Billy Biro’? It was originally William Penn (hence ‘Billy Biro’) School (and then Dulwich High School for Boys) before becoming The Charter School in 2000
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Where did the seats in Sharp Works (haberdashery and knitting shop), Railton Road come from? From the former Cinema Grand at 222 Railton Road
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This literary icon was born 100 years ago. He first came to London in 1933 and had links to Herne Hill. He was known to have drunk in the Half Moon pub. He had friends with lodgings, with whom he is thought to have stayed, in a road near the pub which may have been the inspiration for his final masterpiece. Who is he? Dylan Thomas (Under Milk Wood)
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What was the function of the cast iron columns found in on the corner of Chaucer Road and Dulwich Road, on Dulwich Road by the bus stop nearest Meath House and at the junction of Water Lane and Dalberg Road? Victorian columns (stench Pipes) for
Congratulations to David Dutnall of Carver Road, who gave the right answer to every question, and even corrected us on the date of the music festival in question 6 (1937 not 1939). David’s prize, a bottle of Prince de Didonne VSOP Cognac, was donated by our generous Chair, Colin Wight. Thanks to Chris Bleathman for setting the questions.
launched a campaign to bring that part of the Effra which flows along the edge of Brockwell Park (and perhaps ultimately the whole of the Effra) back to the surface as a visible and enjoyable river
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Which is the biggest park: Brockwell, Dulwich, Peckham Rye or Ruskin? Brockwell Park, at a little more than 50 hectares. Dulwich Park is 29 hectares and Ruskin nearly 15.
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What tragic event occurred on 6 June 1892 at the formal public opening of Brockwell Park? Thomas Lynn Bristowe MP, who led the campaign to create the Park, had a heart attack and died in Brockwell Hall
venting fumes from the River Effra (now the Effra Sewer)
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Who spent his childhood at 28 Herne Hill from the age of four? He wrote in his autobiography of the sketch he made when he was 13 of the bridge across the Effra from the bottom of Herne Hill to Norwood Road and the pleasure he got from “the tadpole-haunted ditch [the Effra] in Croxted Lane [now Road]”. John Ruskin
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What scheme was proposed in 1992 to bring “windsurfing down Brixton road, fishing by the Oval or paddling through West Norwood”? The Effra Redevelopment Agency
Herne Hill-Spring 2015
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Where in Herne Hill can you see two plaques on one house and whom do they commemorate? 2 Warmington Road. Richard Church and Sam King
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What event in Herne Hill was the composer Michael Tippett involved with in the summer of 1939? A ‘Pageant of Youth’ in a temporary open air theatre in Brockwell Park near to the Herne Hill gate.
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