FoDL: Evening Events at the Library

FoDL: Evening Events at the Library 

FRIENDS OF THE DURNING LIBRARY

Evening events at 7.0 for 7.30  --  All welcome
held at the Durning Library, 167 Kennington Lane, SE11
Nibbles and drinks  -  suggested donation £2 in aid of the library

Monday 20 October:  "Queen Victoria and her royal descendants"

Victoria headed an unofficial European Union:  her 9 children, 40 grandchildren and their descendants sat on most of the thrones of Europe.  Some are still there, or have come back.  Bobby Golden, who writes books on the royal family, explains with the help of photographs and a large family tree.

Monday 17 November: "A Month in the Arctic"

An arctic novice, Katrina Phillips spent a month living in an Inuit community within the Arctic Circle in northern Canada.  She was there as base camp manager for an expedition retracing the last steps of Franklin's men.  (Victorian explorer Sir John Franklin and his men died proving the existence of Canada's Northwest Passage.)

Monday 8 December:   The Winter Social

A chance to relax over drinks, snacks, the traditional raffle, and maybe a quiz.  Gordon Johnston will give a short talk on what it was like marching as a cadet in the Coronation procession in 1953.

Monday 19 January:  "From a Place of Conflict to a Place of Peace - the story of The Old Courthouse, Kennington"

In 1995 The Old Courthouse, situated in Renfrew Road just off Kennington Lane, made a dramatic transformation from high-security court hosting figures such as the Krays to peaceful Buddhist Centre. Alison Murdoch will tell the story of how a group of volunteers rescued this Lambeth landmark from the Buildings at Risk register and describe the Buddhist and community activities that it now provides.

Monday 16 February:  "Mr Guy's Hospital and the Caribbees"

Medical historian Jane Bowden-Dan will be discussing the medical care of Caribbean slaves sent "home" from the West Indies by London merchants and treated at Guy's Hospital.  Was it humanitarian concern or enlightened self-interest which led to the slave Samson being treated by premier surgeon Samuel Sharpe?

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