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CHAPLIN AT THE DURNING LIBRARY

Monday 2nd September, 7.0 for 7.30
at the Durning Library, 167 Kennington Lane, SE11

"FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF CHARLIE CHAPLIN"

Talk and Chaplin exhibition by TONY MERRICK

Hear local people's memories of "Our Charlie", in the beautiful old library where Chaplin himself was invited to tea as a youth of 20 around 1910.

Official guide for the Chaplin Society, local historian Tony Merrick is an excellent speaker from an old Vauxhall family, famous for his guided walks round the young Charlie Chaplin's haunts. He can trace his London roots back through seven generations.

His granddad was an entertainer's entertainer, singing in Kennington's theatrical pubs for the music hall stars. The music hall tradition is in his blood, giving him a unique insight into the subject. And he is bringing his exhibition of old photographs and theatrical memorabilia.

As Chaplin himself wrote: "They were hard streets and one wouldn't say they were paved with gold, nevertheless the people who live there are made of pretty good metal… God bless you Lambeth."

Open to all. Entry free. Drinks and nibbles available (suggested donation £2 in aid of the library). A Friends of the Durning Library event.

This talk replaces the "Memories of a Lambeth Childhood" of Stephen May, who unfortunately cannot make it this time.

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