Tag: Mrs. Maple’s Fountain
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Talk: An Update on Mrs. Maple’s Fountain – June 2016
Our meeting featured an update on the campaign to refurbish Mrs Maple’s Fountain in Penge Recreation Ground. Mrs Maple was married to the local MP, Sir John Blundell Maple, and she donated the drinking fountain in the late 1880s, soon after the Recreation Ground was opened. However it’s in a sorry state today, hence the…
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Talk: Restoring Mrs Maple’s Fountain – February 2025
We met at the Penge East Community Centre to hear about Mrs. Maple’s Fountain. The Fountain dates from the late nineteenth century, stands in Penge Recreation Ground, was once an impressive and popular public amenity, but now is in a sorry state. Councillor Kathy Bance, group member Sharon O’Donoghue told us about its history and…
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