Catalogue description Records of the Sidcup Literary and Scientific Society

The records which were deposited at Hall Place in 1980, include minute books, 1880-1905 and 1919-1952; these include reports of lectures as well as minutes of council meetings. A series of scrapbooks covering the period 1887-1951 also provide a useful insight into the activities of the Society. The records also contain an important collection of photographs by Philip E.W. Street (d.1974) of Sidcup and the surrounding area taken as part of the Sidcup and District Regional Survey from 1928 onwards. Copies of many of the photographs, obtained from the Historical Monuments Record, are in the Section's Illustrations Collection.

See A Short History of the Sidcup Literary and Scientific Society (1906) and Sidcup Literary and Scientific Society Centenary History, 1880-1980 by Gertrude Nunns (1980)

Sidcup Literary and Scientific Society, 1880 -

The Sidcup Literary and Scientific Society was founded in 1880 following a period of considerable urban development in Sidcup mainly of a middle class nature. Activities included regular lectures and summer outings and an annual Conversazione. The Society continues to flourish.

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