In depth history

Vicar dedicated to helping 'delinquent' boys

Albert Edward McKenzie was first London sailor to receive the Victoria Cross medal

East & West India Dock Co. announced a pay cut of around 25 percent to try to rescue their falling...

Twenty years before Sherlock Holmes was created , a fictional super-sleuth was already hunting brutal killers with her ingenuity alone

It's almost impossible to accurately state when the unexploded WW2 bomb fell in Grange Walk, but we can point to...

The unexploded bomb discovered in Bermondsey this week and the reaction of local people sparked memories of the area during...

The Charity School in Rotherhithe was founded in the 1600s for eight mariner's children

Before this turbulent period, the Ivy was known since Victorian times as the Newlands Tavern, changing names twice in the...

The by-election in 1983 saw politicians, press and the public shamed after one candidate was vilified and attacked for being...

Fashion in the forties did not just find innovative ways to recycle ? it acted as reminder to all who...