Come and see our new exhibition of Charles Gimpel’s recently discovered photographs from 1960s Brixton. Newly donated to Lambeth Archives, these remarkable images offer a glimpse into everyday life in Brixton. Part of our Black History Month programme: www.lambeth.gov.uk/black-histor...

Have you visited David Western's exhibition, Ghost of the High Street, yet?

There's still time! The exhibition is on display until 3 October and is free to visit during our opening hours.

The show is part of Lambeth Heritage Festival 2026.

#SouthLondonArt #Lambeth #LambethHeritageFestival

We’re now into the third week of the Lambeth Heritage Festival!

There is still some spaces available for
🔎 Lambeth Archives: Behind the Scenes Tour
📅 Saturday 19 September
🕒 3pm
🎟️ Booking required – bit.ly/4eNvJQz

📖 Explore the full LHF2026 programme:
www.lambeth.gov.uk/lambeth-heri...

Cycle the length of the Effra River! This sounds great! More stuff in the Heritage Festival booklet linked below

We’re now into the second week of the Lambeth Heritage Festival 2026, with plenty more local history to discover! Check the full festival programme and remember to book your place, as many events are already fully booked:https://www.lambeth.gov.uk/lambeth-heritage-festival

This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Festival of Britain, and this milestone is being celebrated as part of the Lambeth Heritage Festival 2026.

You can explore the full programme on www.lambeth.gov.uk/lambeth-heri...

The first carnival organised by and for the black community in London was held indoors in 1959. A precursor to today's annual Notting Hill Carnival in London, it was initiated by Claudia Jones, who published and edited 'The West Indian Gazette'. NHC is celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2026.

The Lambeth Heritage Festival 2026 programme brochures have arrived!

Some events are always very popular and places can be limited, so be sure to book in advance to avoid missing out.

You can also browse it online and download a PDF version:
www.lambethlocalhistoryforum.org.uk/lambeth-heri...

Teenagers playing billiards in the Springfield Methodist Church hall, Wandsworth Road, South Lambeth/ Vauxhall. c. 1968.

Visitors to the South Bank interacting with Jeppe Hein's 'Appearing Rooms' water sculpture. The Danish artist's work is a regular feature during the summer months on the elevated terrace adjacent to the Royal Festival Hall. Digital image dated 24th August 2008

The London Bathing Season [Old Father Thames to boy chimney sweep] "Come my dear! Come to its Old Thames, and have a nice Bath!"

Punch magazine June 18th 1869.

The London Bathing Season, showing the former condition of the Thames.

UK records hottest ever May day, and here's @brockwelllido.bsky.social showing the swimming pool and fountain with crowds having fun in 1948. The Lido was built by the London County Council in 1937 at a cost of £25,000 and listed Grade II in 2003. #POOL #LondonLidos #LambethHeritage #1940s

📸 Have you checked out our current exhibition yet?

The Triangle by photographer Jan Enkelmann is on display at Lambeth Archives until 29 May.

Shot over 9 years, the exhibition offers a powerful portrait of Brixton, its streets and its communities through the eyes of a South London resident.

C20 is saddened to hear of the death of Sir Terry Farrell (1938-2025), an architect who traversed myriad styles - from Modernism to High-Tech and PoMo - and was a champion of conservation, urbanism and contextual design.
We’re raising a glass, or perhaps that should be a TV-am eggcup, in his honour.

The Society is saddened to hear of the death of Sir Nicholas Grimshaw (1939-2025). An inspirational architect and always a gentlemen, his buildings are beautiful, original and inventive solutions to elegantly analysed briefs. We can think of no finer tribute than listing his Waterloo Int. Terminal.

A really fine exhibition at @lambetharchives.bsky.social !

The new free exhibition at Lambeth Archives looks at the ambitious world of Ted Hollamby's Department of Architecture and Planning, 1965-1980. Modernism, the future and architectural merit, open until the 26th.

🚨Today's blog post is on the new exhibition 'Building "Homes for Tomorrow": Lambeth’s Council Housing of 1965 to 1980' at @lambetharchives.bsky.social. The images below (a nursery school and a housing scheme for elderly people) capture the era's ideals.
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Opening on 15 July A Vanishing Kennington, an exhibition of the Manning Photographers studio archive, now passed to Lambeth Archives, it charts the lives of Lambeth residents and businesses over seventy years from nearly half a million photos. #lambetharchives #photography #lambeth #southlondon