Camberwell Beauty – Bridge to Nowhere https://bridgetonowhere.friendsofburgesspark.org.uk Burgess Park reflecting back in time Mon, 24 Jul 2023 20:06:32 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.4 https://bridgetonowhere.friendsofburgesspark.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/cropped-BridgeRed-1-32x32.png Camberwell Beauty – Bridge to Nowhere https://bridgetonowhere.friendsofburgesspark.org.uk 32 32 Trial run for Heritage Trail, 25 May 2014 https://bridgetonowhere.friendsofburgesspark.org.uk/trial-run-for-heritage-trail-25-may-2014/ Thu, 29 May 2014 01:32:07 +0000 https://www.bridgetonowhere.friendsofburgesspark.org.uk/?p=489 Visiting the site of R White and Co. Following the Burgess Park heritage trail Visiting the site of Glengall Basin Visiting the end of Burgess lake. Visiting the site of the Old Library and Bath House tba Visiting the lime kiln. Visiting the almshouses at Chumleigh Gardens ]]> Telling the story of the park https://bridgetonowhere.friendsofburgesspark.org.uk/telling-the-story-of-the-park/ Sun, 10 Nov 2013 11:33:06 +0000 https://www.bridgetonowhere.friendsofburgesspark.org.uk/?p=98 Continue reading Telling the story of the park →]]> Year 5 pupils from Michael Faraday School  and Gloucester Primary explored Burgess Park to learn about its history with local storyteller Vanessa Wolf.

Tiled image of the Camberwell Beauty butterfly
Learning about the Camberwell Beauty tiled picture on the side of the Old Baths House on Wells Way

The storytelling walk helped the children discover what the park would have been like before and after the war. They had to imagine the park as it would have been – full of houses, shops, factories and a canal. The storytelling sessions involved lots of role play, singing, creative writing, tasting and smells!

See more pictures of the children touring the park.

St George's Church
Formerly St George’s Church, this building stood next to the Camberwell branch of the Surrey Canal
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