Pictures of Bermondsey & Rotherhithe

Heather Walker  has lived in Bermondsey since 1983, her biography  of JEF is her first non-fiction work.  She has published, articles, poetry (many of her poems are set in Bermondsey) and four novels.  As well as her writing she is secretary of SILA (Sarcoidosis and Interstitial Lung Association)* and works from home.  SILA has no office of its own.

 * Jonathan Hutchinson (1828 -1913) first described the symptoms associated with what was to be known as sarcoidosis, in 1869  at King's College  Hospital,Denmark Hill,  SE5 (where SILA now holds support meetings) to this day nobody knows how this disease is acquired and there is no known medical cure. It affects all races and all ages.