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6 October 2026 13:52
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A list of local events happening in and around SE23 in October. This is a wiki, so if you know of any other interesting events, please feel free to add them
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This is the borough-local poet buried in Brockley Cemetery whose line Gone With The Wind in one of his poems was taken by Margaret Mitchell for the title of her novel. The film starred our own Leslie Howard.
Ernest Christopher Dowson (2 August 1867 – 23 February 1900) was an English poet, novelist, and short-story writer. Despite his short lifespan, he made a lasting impression on the literature of the English fin-de-siècle through his Decadent poetry. After Dowson's death, his collected poetry was published in an edition illustrated by the artist Aubrey Beardsley, with an introduction by the poet Arthur Symons. Ernest Dowson was born in Lee, then in Kent, in 1867. His great-uncle was Alfred Domett...
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rob
6 October 2026 19:26
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See our separate post about the Anniversary event here
We’d like to invite you all to come along to the event we are putting on to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Forest Hill Society.
Date: 17 October 2026, 2pm to 5pm
Venue: Stanstead Lodge, 260 Stanstead Rd, London SE23 1DD (come and see the newly refurbished areas of this historic building)
RSVP here: Click to see the event page
However, it will not all be about looking BACK 20 years, but an opportunity to talk about the NEXT 20 years as well.
First, we will have Liam …
