▪️SYDENHAM POYNTZ NO:3
Aged 21, taken prisoner in Hungary by Turkish troops.
His possessions were taken, head shaved & he was sold as a slave to a Turkish cavalry officer called Bully Basha.
'My thoughts night and day was to runne away .. [but] my slavish habit would discry me'.

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For here’s Barbara Jones’ ‘Life-size models of Jurrasic reptiles in the grounds of the Crystal Palace, Sydenham’ (1942). Part of the Recording Britain series, the painting is just one of many that was designed to foster a sense of national unity in wartime.

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former Friday (Denham)

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📅#OTD 1645, Shelford Priory, Nottinghamshire.
Sydenham Poyntz & John Hutchinson take 30 minutes to storm the royalist house & burn it. They kill 160 defenders.
Royalists sniping from the church tower of St Peter & St Paul's are smoked out.

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🆕'Soul Wars' Igor Sid https://t.co/tJVqyZY0lB Nagash is rising. As his legions march forth from Shyish to bring death to all the realms the Anvils of the Heldenhammer stand firm in Glymmsforge a city of Order in the heart of Nagash’s domain

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Happy Birthday! Here is Dahlia pinnata painted by Sydenham Teast Edwards in 1816 - from our collections at the Lindley Library in London

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Counting down to our 10th birthday: the most-viewed book uploaded onto by is v.14 of Shaw's "The Naturalist's Miscellany", which contains The Parkinsonian Paradise Bird (copied from Sydenham Edwards) via https://t.co/baWXKCUtR5

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"I liked the way this tiny tidal pool mimicked the shape of Olstinden Hamnoy, Norway. From u/suckerswag on Reddit

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Thank you and our fabulous full house last night (rehearsal pic)!! We did proud !

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It's Film Club night! are showing the brilliant Golden Globe winning movie, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood 🎥

Doors open at 7pm Upstairs at the Sydenham Centre. For tickets 👉 https://t.co/Ceammy4LZs

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Nominated for 10 This Golden Globe winning film is screening at
next week. Click here 👉 to book your tickets https://t.co/jcwphborN3

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The Great Kangaroo, 1792. Illustrated by Sydenham Teast Edwards in "Musei Leveriani explicatio, anglica et latina" https://t.co/ra5M73FVea on
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💥The day is finally here! We are delighted that the wonderful Michele Stodart Official will be performing right here at the Sydenham Centre as the final event in our Platform series TONIGHT! Book your tickets here 👉 https://t.co/KH5sLr2sCJ

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🎸Bassist, vocalist and co-songwriter of the much loved, Mercury-Prize-nominated The Magic Numbers, is coming to the Sydenham centre to perform songs from her successful solo albums this November 👉https://t.co/KH5sLr2sCJ

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Our next event is happening today!😀 If you are over sixty come down to the Sydenham centre to see some original theatre performed by Seniors: Forest Hill. It's free ,but booking is advisable https://t.co/9NNDQLMf7Y

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Here's what said about our last event event
"it was such an honour and delight to lead this special workshop for Sydenham Arts. Lovely to see so many people raising their voices and beautiful harmony together." Book NOW 👉https://t.co/JEphFW8BHx

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