Penny Duggan
@pennyduggan.bsky.social
Archives | Local History | Family History
Bexley, Blackfen, Kent, London, Ireland
Archives Officer @BexleyArchives
Chair of Lamorbey and Sidcup Local History Society
http://blackfenpastandpresent.com
Bexley, Blackfen, Kent, London, Ireland
Archives Officer @BexleyArchives
Chair of Lamorbey and Sidcup Local History Society
http://blackfenpastandpresent.com
Just a couple of days to go until Christmas Comes to Blackfen on Saturday 29 November. Lots going on at Blackfen Community Library and in the George Staples Car Park. Come along and support your local shops in #Blackfen too!
November 27, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Just a couple of days to go until Christmas Comes to Blackfen on Saturday 29 November. Lots going on at Blackfen Community Library and in the George Staples Car Park. Come along and support your local shops in #Blackfen too!
It was an honour today to take part in the Remembrance Sunday parade to St John’s Church and the wreath-laying at Sidcup War Memorial on behalf of Lamorbey and Sidcup Local History Society.
The sacrifices made must not be forgotten.
The sacrifices made must not be forgotten.
November 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
It was an honour today to take part in the Remembrance Sunday parade to St John’s Church and the wreath-laying at Sidcup War Memorial on behalf of Lamorbey and Sidcup Local History Society.
The sacrifices made must not be forgotten.
The sacrifices made must not be forgotten.
A great weekend lined up with the Erith Made Festival (including ‘Pleasure Garden’ at the Exchange) on Sat 13 Sept and Woodland Festival at Lesnes Abbey on Sun 14 Sept. I’ll be on a stall at both with @bexleyarchives.bsky.social so come and say hello! #CelebratingBexley
September 9, 2025 at 7:32 AM
A great weekend lined up with the Erith Made Festival (including ‘Pleasure Garden’ at the Exchange) on Sat 13 Sept and Woodland Festival at Lesnes Abbey on Sun 14 Sept. I’ll be on a stall at both with @bexleyarchives.bsky.social so come and say hello! #CelebratingBexley
A Very Victorian Day Out at Crossness Pumping Station celebrating 160 years of sewage disposal. A fabulous combination of engineering, music, history, ice-cream and beer.
September 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Very Victorian Day Out at Crossness Pumping Station celebrating 160 years of sewage disposal. A fabulous combination of engineering, music, history, ice-cream and beer.
A day in #Londonium - a fantastic mudlarking exhibition at the Roman amphitheatre underneath London’s Guildhall, with so many incredible stories unearthed from the tiniest objects that have been found beside the Thames. Part of Totally Thames Festival 2025
September 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
A day in #Londonium - a fantastic mudlarking exhibition at the Roman amphitheatre underneath London’s Guildhall, with so many incredible stories unearthed from the tiniest objects that have been found beside the Thames. Part of Totally Thames Festival 2025
Back at work today @bexleyarchives.bsky.social with my impressive stash of Ancestry goodies and full of bright ideas from the Archives and Records Association Conference @araukie.bsky.social #ARA2025
September 1, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Back at work today @bexleyarchives.bsky.social with my impressive stash of Ancestry goodies and full of bright ideas from the Archives and Records Association Conference @araukie.bsky.social #ARA2025
My first ARA conference and I am incredibly thankful for the Ancestry bursary that allowed me to be here. A fantastic learning opportunity and archivists are all such lovely people! #ARA2025
August 27, 2025 at 12:43 PM
My first ARA conference and I am incredibly thankful for the Ancestry bursary that allowed me to be here. A fantastic learning opportunity and archivists are all such lovely people! #ARA2025
A perfect day in Bristol: a second hand book shop, a castle and ‘the oldest pub in Bristol’.
August 25, 2025 at 5:17 PM
A perfect day in Bristol: a second hand book shop, a castle and ‘the oldest pub in Bristol’.
What an inspiring exhibition of creativity from Centrepieces in ‘Reflections on Where We Live’ showing what a profound impact our surroundings have on our memories and experience. In the Stables Gallery at Hall Place #Bexley until 12 August. #CelebratingBexley #LocalHistory #art
August 1, 2025 at 11:54 AM
What an inspiring exhibition of creativity from Centrepieces in ‘Reflections on Where We Live’ showing what a profound impact our surroundings have on our memories and experience. In the Stables Gallery at Hall Place #Bexley until 12 August. #CelebratingBexley #LocalHistory #art
Inspiring messages at the beautifully decorated Sidcup Library. ‘Reading is dreaming with open eyes’. #books #reading #libraries #summerreadingchallenge
July 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Inspiring messages at the beautifully decorated Sidcup Library. ‘Reading is dreaming with open eyes’. #books #reading #libraries #summerreadingchallenge
Happy 10th Birthday to the Friends of the Old English Garden at Danson Park. The gardens are stunning thanks to this group of volunteers.
May 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Happy 10th Birthday to the Friends of the Old English Garden at Danson Park. The gardens are stunning thanks to this group of volunteers.
A day of celebration and remembrance in Sidcup tomorrow, Saturday 10 May! Free event. All welcome.
#VEDay80 live music at United Services Club.
Bell Tower Tours at St John’s Church.
Exhibition - Sidcup in WWII at Storyteller.
Exhibition - Story of Sir Harold Gillies, Hadlow Rd
#VEDay80 live music at United Services Club.
Bell Tower Tours at St John’s Church.
Exhibition - Sidcup in WWII at Storyteller.
Exhibition - Story of Sir Harold Gillies, Hadlow Rd
May 9, 2025 at 8:01 AM
A day of celebration and remembrance in Sidcup tomorrow, Saturday 10 May! Free event. All welcome.
#VEDay80 live music at United Services Club.
Bell Tower Tours at St John’s Church.
Exhibition - Sidcup in WWII at Storyteller.
Exhibition - Story of Sir Harold Gillies, Hadlow Rd
#VEDay80 live music at United Services Club.
Bell Tower Tours at St John’s Church.
Exhibition - Sidcup in WWII at Storyteller.
Exhibition - Story of Sir Harold Gillies, Hadlow Rd
It’s #VEDay but this plaque amongst oak trees in a peaceful spot at Danson Park reminds us that lives were still being lost in the Far East.
May 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
It’s #VEDay but this plaque amongst oak trees in a peaceful spot at Danson Park reminds us that lives were still being lost in the Far East.
Lamorbey & Sidcup Local History Society's free exhibition 'Sidcup in the Second World War' is now open at Sidcup Storyteller! This war was a community effort, with local people volunteering as fire watchers, first aiders, fundraisers and rest centre helpers. #VEDay80
May 4, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Lamorbey & Sidcup Local History Society's free exhibition 'Sidcup in the Second World War' is now open at Sidcup Storyteller! This war was a community effort, with local people volunteering as fire watchers, first aiders, fundraisers and rest centre helpers. #VEDay80
A brief break in studying means I can catch up on this recent find in a second hand book shop. Look at Castles by Alfred Duggan (no relation) splendidly illustrated by Raymond Briggs.
April 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
A brief break in studying means I can catch up on this recent find in a second hand book shop. Look at Castles by Alfred Duggan (no relation) splendidly illustrated by Raymond Briggs.
Lots of fun to be had in #Blackfen on 12 April at the Easter Fayre including a bit of #localhistory with a guided walk!
March 25, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Lots of fun to be had in #Blackfen on 12 April at the Easter Fayre including a bit of #localhistory with a guided walk!
A celebration in music at the United Services Club #Sidcup on Saturday 10 May 11am-2.30pm. Learn more about what VE Day means and support our borough’s young musicians from Belvedere Concert Band, Merton Court School Choir and Bexley Music Ensembles. #VEDay80 #history #music
March 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
My trip to #Leicester has been all the better thanks to these ‘Story of Leicester’ information boards. A city full of interesting and characterful buildings and such a rich history, it was a joy to explore.
March 20, 2025 at 1:18 PM
My trip to #Leicester has been all the better thanks to these ‘Story of Leicester’ information boards. A city full of interesting and characterful buildings and such a rich history, it was a joy to explore.
I don’t know who John Pethybridge was, but I always wholeheartedly agree whenever passing through Lamorbey Park that this is indeed a peaceful spot. #Sidcup
March 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I don’t know who John Pethybridge was, but I always wholeheartedly agree whenever passing through Lamorbey Park that this is indeed a peaceful spot. #Sidcup
The sun has brought lots of people to @HallPlaceBexley today and the Snapshots in Time exhibition (added to since last weekend) has some wonderful images of Hall Place through the years and Then & Now of #Bexley. It’s free and on until 26 March. #LocalHistory #photography
March 9, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The sun has brought lots of people to @HallPlaceBexley today and the Snapshots in Time exhibition (added to since last weekend) has some wonderful images of Hall Place through the years and Then & Now of #Bexley. It’s free and on until 26 March. #LocalHistory #photography
Among my primary school projects (which my parents thankfully kept!) this is the one I remember best, following a school visit to Rochester, and no doubt it cemented my love of #castles. Forever grateful for the teachers who inspired me at a young age. #OneManConference @jpwarchaeology.bsky.social
March 8, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Among my primary school projects (which my parents thankfully kept!) this is the one I remember best, following a school visit to Rochester, and no doubt it cemented my love of #castles. Forever grateful for the teachers who inspired me at a young age. #OneManConference @jpwarchaeology.bsky.social
A beautiful day for a stroll at Hall Place and to see the new Bexley Snapshots in Time display in the Stables Gallery. Brilliant seeing kids with their parents looking at the Then & Now images. #LocalHistory #photography #museums #archives #CelebratingBexley
March 1, 2025 at 11:58 AM
A beautiful day for a stroll at Hall Place and to see the new Bexley Snapshots in Time display in the Stables Gallery. Brilliant seeing kids with their parents looking at the Then & Now images. #LocalHistory #photography #museums #archives #CelebratingBexley