According to a recent YouGov poll, Honeydew Melons are Britain’s 24th most popular fruit. 300 years ago, Peckham may have been one of the earliest places to grow melons for ravenous Londoners.  Nowadays, it’s hard to imagine a Peckham with orchards and rows of fields. But its agricultural past remains embedded in one place in … Continue reading History: Did King Charles I have a taste for Peckham’s 17th century melons?