We’ve dusted off the SJS archives and uncovered the very first issues of the Update newsletter from as early as 1998, the year of the The St John’s Society’s formation. 25 years later many of the issues the area faces are still the same: train delays, graffiti, litter and traffic. They offer a fascinating insight into a time before the DLR extension to Lewisham had opened!
Update – Issue 1, October 1998
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Update – Issue 2, December 1998
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Update – Issue 3, March 1999
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Update – Issue 4, June 1999
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Update – Issue 5, October 1999
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Update – Issue 6, March 2000
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