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London: A Very Local History

Podcast London: A Very Local History
Louis & Ollie
This is London: A Very Local History, the podcast where we visit the different areas of London one by one, zooming in on each place’s unique history and present...

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  • Waterloo
    The final episode of our first season - Waterloo! Waterloo! F.K.A. Lambeth Marsh. Named after a famous battle - but it was given to the bridge before the train station. From then on it’s a very railways sort of story, UNTIL the post war redevelopment of the Southbank. An alternative theatre land, the salacious Roupells, THAT lonely house and the birth of the circus (acrobats and that - not the one you’re listening to).Follow us on Instagram @averylocalhistory for some visual accompaniment to the episode
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  • Peckham
    T.I.T. and a Saxon place name - is it taken from the river or the hills though? In the rest of the episode we track an increasingly familiar residential and transport boom, from retail wonderland to uncertain prosperity. And what of the great RYE - with a history taking in wild beast shows, whale bone arches and PoW camps. We’ll also wander down Rye lane and enjoy the murals of Peckham, PLUS meet our first significant lost river!Follow us on Instagram @averylocalhistory for some visual accompaniment to the episode
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  • Camberwell
    What's in the name..?* There’s a few theories, but one part they all agree on is that there was a well. Better health, an historic knees up, asylums to workhouses (workhouses to asylums?), an embarrassment of parks, notable residents from the first black woman to have a BBC radio show to Florence and her machine. Top boozers, TOP scran, and uncovering the Earl’s Sluice (our lost waterway for this segment)Follow us on Instagram @averylocalhistory for some visual accompaniment to the episode*we use the term 'cripple' in this episode in its historic context
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  • The History of London Pt. 4
    It's the final instalment in our overview of London's history. We’re into the last 100 years - and it’s chocka! Victorian goes Edwardian, Charles Booth’s poverty map, slum clearance, women’s suffrage, the first London Olympics, the First World War, the SECOND World War, post-war regeneration, The Festival of Britain, high rise estates, decline in the docklands, the Troubles in London, THE BIG BANG and a new millennium. Out of breath yet? Don’t worry, that's the lot.Next Monday we begin dissecting the map of London with our first area episode, taking in the fresh south London air in Camberwell. Won’t you come and joiners?Visual notes available on Instagram @averylocalhistory
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  • The History of London Pt. 3
    In part three of our intro to London's history we ask what happened post FIRE, and how did it define the face of London as we know it? Not just surviving, but thriving - bridges, banking and a heavy dose of imperialism makes Britain, with London at its centre, one of the preeminent civilisations in human history. One can only speculate on what the pace of change in this period felt like on a human level, but we can do the locomotive, and bask in the glory of the Victorian sewer system.Visual notes available on Instagram @averylocalhistory
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About London: A Very Local History

This is London: A Very Local History, the podcast where we visit the different areas of London one by one, zooming in on each place’s unique history and present day character, offering a more detailed picture of this fascinating, curious and sometimes overwhelming metropolis.Follow us on Instagram @averylocalhistory
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