DEAD MAN'S PLACE -A Walking Tour to uncover 2,000 years of death in Bankside & Southwark

  • Borough Underground Station

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  • Something A Little Different, Theatre/Arts and Walks & Tours
  • Tickets from £12.00
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  • Sunday 6th October 2024
  • Multiple start times (see ticket info)
Ever since Roman Londinium was first built on the north bank of the Thames, the area to the south of London Bridge has been the place where Londoners from all backgrounds could find people, industries and institutions whose activities were not permitted by the strict rules of the City. This walk will bring to life this area's colourful past, including how Dead Man's Place got its name, Southwark's earliest African residents, the fate of the severed heads displayed on London Bridge, the tragic story of Crossbones Graveyard and why thousands of people originally buried near Borough Market now lie at rest in Surrey. An exploration of the long-lost streets, buildings and burial grounds of Bankside and Old Southwark can cast a light on some of the people who have lived and died here over the centuries.

Caroline Swan's walk through this fascinating part of London will bring to life its history and a rich cast of characters including brewers, activists, prostitutes and even bodysnatchers.


   
        Caroline Swan
Caroline Swan is a London-based historian, accredited tour guide and author of the Flickering Lamps blog. She writes about the histories behind often-familiar buildings, parks and - of course - graveyards: a single grave or an unusual street name can often reveal strange, moving, and sometimes even disturbing stories about the past. 

        

  Image Credit - Skulls: twenty-one skulls or parts of skulls arranged in four rows. Public domain photograph courtesy of the Wellcome Collection

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Dead Man's Place - morning tour

A Guided Tour of Bankside and Old Southwark

 11:00 - 12:30 £12.00
Dead Man's Place - afternoon tour

Afternoon ticket

 14:00 - 15:30 £12.00

Location

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Borough Underground Station, Borough High Street, London, SE1 1JX

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Borough (Tube)

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Organiser
A Curious Invitation and Antique Beat
This year Antique Beat and A Curious Invitation will be hosting The London Month of the Dead, a series of 36 different events investigating the capital’s relationship with its deceased residents. Events will include a private view of the Museum of London’s bone archive, taxidermy workshops, macabre walking tours and private views and a programme of weekend death salons with talks on subjects ranging from public dissection and body snatching to reincarnation and funereal folklore. Each salon will feature a pair of speakers, authorities in fields such as osteology, forensic pathology and the paranormal, who will offer their own perspectives and insights on mortality in the city. Each year the London Month of the Dead donates 20% of all ticket revenue to one of London's magnificent seven cemeteries. In 2017 all of the death salons and concerts will be hosted at the Dissenters and Anglican chapels at Kensal Green. In previous years the month's programme has centered around Brompton Cemetery but the chapel is now undergoing important restoration work, a project the London Month of the Dead is proud to have supported. The London Month of the Dead has been curated by a Curious Invitation and Antique Beat to inform, entertain and provoke on the subject of death and London cemeteries.
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  • Written by Richard

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    Visited 8 months ago
    This annual pre Christmas theremin concert has become a must see event in my festive calendar. I can think of no better environment for listening to this music than in the candlelit chapel at Guy's hospital . Always memorable and wonderful.
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    Visited 8 months ago
    Lydia Kavina was an absolute professional. Also the pianist was totally amazing. The actual performers exceeded my expectations. I think the organizer can improve on the following : 1. Letting people in on time. A long queue had formed, gone past the start time, the weather was freezing that day. I also heard one of the female staff tell off a woman at the front of the queue, for asking to be let in. She quipped 'patience is a virtue'. Actually very rude. 2. To provide some non alcohol based drink, like water 3. An extremely bright spotlight was positioned right next to Lydia, obviously to illuminate her equipment. Problem is that it was positioned so that it was shining directly into our eyes (left side as you look in). Blinding. Had to close my eyes for most of the performance. There seemed to be quite a few technical issues - e.g. mic not working on and off, sound adjustments throughout, light adjustments. All of that combined to distract the audience from the actual performance
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