Friel on Friday… Western Motor Works – Learn about the first ever purpose built car service station in the country, right here in Chislehurst and see the ‘Old Lady’ Panhard car out in the vintage rally. Vintage Friel, this one, epic fail on the...
Visit a charming backwater of Chislehurst; learn about its fruity name and a pub that’s changed it’s name. From schools to singers, with banana in between, there’s a little bit of everything down Old Perry Street! With Joanna Friel, Heritage Rep for...
Friel on Friday… Chislehurst School for Girls; a school that has had many reincarnations but survived wartime bombing to retain its place as an educator of young women – kept firmly apart from the boys over in Sidcup! With Joanna Friel, Heritage Rep for...
Friel on Friday… Chislehurst Cemetery is the final resting place of an artist friend of Dickens and a recipient of the VC in The Great War. The chapel, designed by the same architect who planned The Dorchester Hotel is a tranquil place – unlike the...
Friel on Friday… Lord Ted Willis In Shepherd’s Green there is a connection between Black Beauty and Yardbirds…. Learn about this seeming connection with nature with a story of a blue plaque and a blue lamp! Featuring Joanna Friel, Heritage Rep for...
Friel on Friday… Alan Watts Learn about the little cottage in Holbrook Lane that was birthplace of a significant philosophical teacher; a leader of the Californian flower power movement born here in Chislehurst. Featuring Joanna Friel, Heritage Rep for...
