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You may think Annual Reports are extremely dull. However, I think it worthwhile adding them to the archive for 2 reasons. Firstly, they provide the official record of what the Society has done over the previous year. Most amenity Societies hide them away in dusty archives.

Secondly, they have an intrinsic interest. It is so easy to forget the past and dismiss it for its lack of relevancy. These records show the issues that have been considered in the past - (and some do indeed seem irrelevant and unimportant to today), but others have an immediacy and pointedness to today's events from which I hope we can still learn.

From the inaugural meeting of the Society in 1937, the annual Reports of the Blackheath Society show how it has helped to protect Blackheath from the unrestrained urban development, both private and municipal, which has blighted so many districts and provide useful insights into the activities of the BS over its 78 year history.