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FRIENDS OF THE DURNING LIBRARY - Evening events at 7.0 for 7.30

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FRIENDS OF THE DURNING LIBRARY

Evening events at 7.0 for 7.30 -- all welcome
(come soon - space limited)

Held at the Durning Library, 167 Kennington Lane, SE11

£2 suggested donation

Nibbles and drinks

Monday 8 December: The Winter Social

A chance to relax over drinks, snacks and the traditional raffle. (Raffle prizes gratefully received.) Test your local knowledge in Chris Cossey's quiz. As a farewell to this 50th anniversary year, 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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