Local
Studies and Archive Centre
Local Events
Bexley's Local Studies and Archive Centre offers a wide range of events which take place throughout the year. During the winter there are historical talks at Local Studies and at Hall Place on a range of local subjects and in the summer there are walks conducted by local historians around local areas.
Tickets for events must be purchased in advance and can be obtained from Bexley Local Studies and Archive Centre, Central Library, Townley Road, Bexleyheath, DA6 7HJ or telephone 020 8836 7369.
Upcoming Events
 Thursday 14 May, 7.15pm
Event: Talk by Peter Daniel. Hiram Maxim (£3.50)
Venue: Local Studies and
Archive Centre, Bexleyheath
Peter Daniel, Archives
Education Officer for the City
of Westminster will be giving
an illustrated talk on Sir Hiram
Maxim, the self styled chronic
inventor famous for his
machine gun and a not so
successful flying machine.
 Thursday 4 June, 7pm - 8pm
Event: Women workers in East and South East London (£2.00)
Venue: Bexley Local Studies & Archive Centre at Central Library, Bexleyheath
Photographs and extracts from interviews with women factory workers from 1950 to present day.
Contact: 020 8836 7369
 Saturday 13 June , 10am - 4pm
Event: Mural Painting Workshop – A Magnificent Town and Its Flying Machines (Free)
Venue: Crayford Library
A workshop for kids and adults to work with artist Jonathan Boast to create a mural reflecting Crayford’s History to be displayed in the new Crayford Library.
Contact: 020 8836 7369
 Monday 15 June , 7.15pm - 8.15pm
Event: Sub Rosa Theatre Company present - A Magnificent Town and Its Flying Machines (£3.00)
Venue: Hall Place
On the 90th anniversary of Alcock and Brown’s flight across the Atlantic in A Vickers Vimy, the Sub Rosa theatre company presents an original drama looking at Crayford’s contribution to the pioneering years of flight.
Contact: 020 8836 7369
 Wednesday 17 June, 7.15pm
Event: Guided walk of Old Bexley (£3.50)
Venue: Meeting point specified on ticket
Join Oliver Wooller on a
walk around the ancient
village of Old Bexley,
taking in some of it’s
places of historical
interest including the
Styleman Almshouses,
Saint Mary’s Church and
the old Manor House.
 Saturday 20 June, 10am - 4pm
Event: Animation Workshop – A Magnificent Town and Its Flying Machines (Free)
Venue: Crayford Library
A fantastic opportunity for kids and adults to work with animator Tom Hillenbrand to help create an animation on Crayford’s links with the early history of flight.
Contact: 020 8836 7369
 Wednesday 22 July, 7.15pm
Event: Guided walk of Northumberland Heath (£3.50)
Venue: Meeting point specified on ticket.
Oliver Wooller leads a
ramble around
Northumberland Heath,
taking in the old Brook
Street Cemetery, the
Duke Public House and
St. Paul’s Church.
 Thursday 3 September, 3 - 5pm Free
Event: Evacuee reminiscence afternoon
Venue: Local Studies and Archive Centre, Bexleyheath
An opportunity to get
together to reminisce
about the events of
September 1939, when
Britain went to war and
the lives of children and
adults were changed
forever. This event
commemorates the 70th
anniversary of the
evacuation.
 Saturday 19 September, 10 am - 4 pm Free
Event: Family history day
Venue: Local Studies and Archive Centre, Bexleyheath
North West Kent Family History Society will be providing
advice and assistance for those researching their family
history. These free drop in sessions will give you the
boost you need to discover your ancestors.
 Thursday 22 October, 7.15pm (£4.00)
Event: Talk by Lee Ault. "All the rage"
Venue: Local Studies and Archive Centre, Bexleyheath
Lee Ault will be telling the story of
ladies costumes in the 1920’s,
reflecting a new found freedom that
some women found by working in
the first world war, filling many male
occupations. The talk will be
illustrated with clothes and
accessories of the period.
 Thursday 12 November,
7.15pm (£3.50)
Event: Talk by Oliver Wooller. "Cannons, Courtiers and Carpenters"
Venue: Local Studies and Archive Centre, Bexleyheath
Oliver Wooller will present an illustrated
account of Bexley in the reign of
Henry VIII, including the
dissolution of Lesnes Abbey,
the building of Hall Place
and the foundation
of the Royal
Dockyards at
Erith. 2009
marks the
500th anniversary of Henry
VIII’s accession to the throne.
 Thursday 3 December, 7.15pm (£3.50)
Event: Talk by Denise Baldwin and Katherine Harding. "A little bit of chanting – celebrating our school days"
Venue: Local Studies and Archive Centre, Bexleyheath
With verse and rhyme,
Denise Baldwin and
Katherine Harding will
glimpse into the
history of education
with particular focus
on the Victorian era
and the beginning of
state provision of
education for all.
Tickets for our Local History Talks can be purchased
by post by using our Tickets
Order Form  (29KB) pdf
file,
or can be obtained from Bexley Local
Studies and Archive Centre
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