And Did Those Feet

After a little bit of digging around. I discovered some very interesting facts about printing in Southwark.  Dawn Kemp, the new Director of the Old Operating Theatre Museum alerted me to Peter Treveris, the Southwark based printer of the first illustrated Herbal in England, ( Peter Treveris’ Grete herball ). I had not heard of this herbal before, and wondered if it had anything to do with the printing of the first Bible in English by Miles Coverdale in the grounds of St Thomas Hospital, Southwark in 1537. Title Page of Grete Herball A little bit of research established that Treveris was established as a printer at the 'sygne of the wodows'  in 1516.  ( The Stationers' Company and the Printers of London , 1501–1557  By Peter W. M. Blayney; ).  Was this the 'Sign of the Widows'? Treveris was an alien, possibly from Trier, and was a publisher/translator. However,  what was a great discovering was that Treveris also published the 'Handywo...

This is the first illustrated guide to herbs printed in England in 1529. and it was printed in Southwark. I am wondering whether it was printed by the same people who printed Covedale's Bible. Special Collections » Peter Treveris’ Grete herball of 1529

I have just updated the links page on the Old Operating Theatre Museum web site.  What was interesting (apart from how many of them were 'broken' - about 40%)  was that these were mostly academic sites - particularly university sites. Its as if the IT departments have no stability and keep changing things around, while Museums and visitor orientated sites seem to be stable - they have an interest in people finding them! Links to history of medicine, London and Southwark concerned with the Old

This is excellent news for the Rose - the probem is that it is incredibly important but as the remains are buried beneath wet sand it is not a compelling attraction - hopefully, the excavation of the unexcavated third might allow the display of something real to make it a compelling attraction. Rose Theatre project wins Heritage Lottery Fund development grant [15 November 2012]

  Dickens, the resurrectionists and Victorian Southwark walking tour   Join us for a very special walking tour of the area's most historical sites led by Kevin Flude, Director of The Old Operating Theatre . The tour will cover Dickens sites, historical health (and body snatching!) stories and original looks at Victorian Southwark. The tour meets at the Tooley Street entrance to  Hay's Galleria at 12:30pm and will last for one hour. Please email Bethany at events@teamlondonbridge.co.uk for more information. Location: Hay’s Galleria Event Date: Thursday, 20 September 2012 #Team London Bridge and the London Bridge Business Improvement District

This provides interesting information on the Grave yards of Southwark - very useful and compiled by Chris Constable. Southwark burial grounds

Southwark council has agreed to installation of all day fireworks in Clink Street - part of their plans to improve the many tunnels under the railways in Southwark All-day ‘fireworks’ display coming to Clink Street railway arch [11 February 2010]