Lewisham Local History Society

The usual dynamic list of meetings and speakers for Lewisham Local History Society has just turned up - meetings of interest to us:
30th January - Prof. Vivian Nutton on Roy Porter, a great historian
27th February - Dr.Andrew Flinn on Herbert Morrison and the South Lewisham Labour Party
27th March Ray Thatcher - Joseph Hardcastle and Hatcham House
24th April Dr.Roger Bowdler - The Pursuit of Special Interests, designation in London
22nd May Charlie Mackeith & Madeleine Adams - Restoring Boone's Chapel
26th June Gordon Dennington - Zeppelins and Gothas over London
17th July Steve Grindlay - Sex and Scandal in Sydenham
25th September - Richard Hartree - The Penns of Lewisham
30th October - Len Reilly - The Promised Land. The Lure of South London
27th November - Brian Bloice - London's Postal History
11th December - Sir Ian Mills - Six centuries of Christian Art at St.Margaret's Lee

Grrrrrrrr.....

So, someone stole the glass out of the concrete panels at A20 Fitness: how very disappointing.... I'm going to have to use a lot more steel, obviously, to keep them from walking away....

Looks like we'll be finishing up with the install of the table & planters (& replacement glass) this weekend; I'll be happy to see it all finally done :)
In other news, I took a collection of jewelry to a cute boutique in Eagle: the Black Pearl. It's located just off old State st, next to ReDesign. They have a variety of gift items, including cooking utensils, jewelry, bath products, home decor, & lots more. Grand opening will be next week---more about that later.

Info on Bonney wanted

We have a request for information about George Bonney who was a boat builder in 1860 perhaps in Woolwich. Can anyone give us any information.

letter from John Day

Our member, John Day, has written to say that he has just finished cataloguing 80-100,000 drawings for Firepower (these are from the Royal Artillery archive). It has taken him the last 15 years to do this!!
Can we encourage him to tell us more?

Artist Reception...

I Beams & Pipe

New Toy!!!

Kevin, Read, & I spent about 8 hours to get this huge old lathe loaded onto the truck in Emmett, & then unloaded into Read's shop in Nampa....holy cows!! But, totally worth the effort....I bought the lathe from my neighbor's Grandpa, & Read is keeping it in his shop for me: we agreed that he can use it for as long as it's there--he only has to make a thing or two for me when I need it :)
It's an old style piece of machinery: the whole thing weighs around 4000 lbs!! Apparently, Lawrence bought it from Yankee Machine, in Boise years ago & used it a bit, but it's mostly sat in his shop collecting dust....

We had to take it apart; it was too heavy to lift in 1 piece...

So cool looking!! I love old stuff....this thing will last a life-time... After we got it back to Read's & set it up, we turned it on & it works great!!! I'm excited about the possibilities--this is definitely an investment for the future shop!