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Look out for a range of events and activities with Bexley’s
commemorations of the 100th anniversary of the first
trans-atlantic flight.
http://www.alcockandbrownevents.co.uk/event-timelines/

ThursDAY 16 May
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1 – 2pm

Bexley Local Studies
and Archive Centre
A Lunchtime Look
at May Place
The May Place estate was the principal
country seat in Crayford and the
Jacobean mansion was once the home
of Sir Cloudesley Shovell, admiral and
commander-in-chief of the British Navy.
We shall look at the history of this estate and some of its owners & residents
using materials we hold here at the Centre. Tickets £2.05

Monday 10 June 2.30 – 3.30pm
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Chaucer Room, 1st Floor, Central Library Bexleyheath
A Lady an Explorer? - the
adventures of Mary Kingsley

After her youth in Bexleyheath, Kingsley
set out on her own to explore West
Africa. This talk will look at the life of
a woman who would let neither the
conventions of the times nor the wildlife
she met stop her. Tickets £4.30