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Stories, poetry, histories and memories are all shared in our fortnightly podcast created by Lewisham libraries staff. We started collecting material at the beginning of Covid-19 lockdown in April 2020 and shared them with customers and residents through Facebook as the weekly series “Lewisham Voices”. We are now publishing them more widely through this podcast. There are memories from residents of growing up in Lewisham during the 1950s, and local author Caleb Azumah Nelson reflects on a more recent childhood. Poets recite their poetry, and authors read whole stories or share special chapters from their novels. Historians remember famous residents such as Olaudah Equiano and Robert Browning, and a theatre company reveals how they involve the community in their productions. Each fortnight the podcast will have a different theme or format – but the link is always “words”. Keep in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lewishamlibraries, Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LewishamLibraries/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/LewishamLibraries www: https://lewisham.gov.uk/myservices/libraries Music: Forget your feet - Tayler Watts. Artwork: Emily Fellah
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Monday May 10, 2021
Monday May 10, 2021
May is Local and Community History month. A time to highlight and raise awareness of the past of our local areas and communities.
Local resident Christine Henley was born in 1947 and grew up in Hilly Fields, Lewisham. In this episode of Library Words taken from Lewisham Voices Summer 2020, Christine recounts life in the post war years with childhood memories of the prefab she grew up in and the games they played. Her memory for recounting details of her early life, the neighbourhood shops, local community and family life really brings this period of near history alive.
The account with images is in Lewisham Voices on Facebook.
https://www.history.org.uk/historian/resource/1567/local-and-community-history-month
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