womenofsouthlondon.bsky.social
Celebrate the amazing mostly historic women with a connection to South London. Meet suffragettes, actresses, activists, writers, pioneering HCPs, politicians, sportswomen & many more women from all walks of life. Includes some reposts from the other place
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@womenofsouthlondon.bsky.socialBrixton Ladies Bicycle Club Mrs A. Freke Rational Dress South West London Ladies Bicycle Club founded 1894 Mrs A. Freke sec 378, Coldharbour lane Brixton Mrs Warner Captain 56 Trinity Rd Tooting HQ Bay Tree Temperance Hotel, Merton @womenofsouthlondon.bsky.social @londonclarioncc.bsky.social
Show PostBrixton & South West Ladies Bicycle Club 1894 Mrs A. Freke (believe this is the same pioneering woman) Streatham News - 5 September 1941 Women's Local Government Association Pharmaceutical Association @womenofsouthlondon.bsky.social @pasttensehistories.bsky.social @londonclarioncc.bsky.social
Show Post1941 WW2 Women municipal workers of Bermondsey, London, being trained in rifle drill by members of the local home guard. Southwark @municipaldreams.bsky.social @lccmunicipal.bsky.social @pasttensehistories.bsky.social @history.dulwichsociety.com @womenofsouthlondon.bsky.social Always Anti-Fascist
Show Post#SteepleSaturday 1736 St George the Martyr in Borough, So London. 3rd church on site, w tall landmark Portland stone tower topped w ball+weathervane. Charles Dickens had lodgings opposite, while his father was in Marshalsea Prison next to church. Little Dorrit features scenes in/around St George's.
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