Do You Remember

the sweet shop right at the end of pages walk but on grange road ,, where you might have enough to by only one fag or samon ,,or Joes , but he was on and off with single samons

the Sawn pub at the pages walk but over the other side of old kent rd ,,

special code word,,, buscuits ,,, maybe broken ,,?  the music stall on tower bidge rd market

the fur factory next to the george pub ,,,

Just to let you know that Toby Noble did have a daughter Christine - but his other daughter Pat was the mother of Princess - It was a big thing back in those days - and they even featured in the newspapers saying it wasnt a proper name!

The Sweet shop in Grange road would be Siddy Ruebens i think .....Bill killick

The Sweet shop in Grange road would be Sidd uebens i think .....Bill killick

-bilko

Reubens was almost opposite Grange Rd Baths,I think it was Hastings that was at the end of Pages Walk.

Proper old fashioned sweet shop in the Ilderton Road where my Dad used to buy me a bag of penny sweets in the late 60's. Flying saucers were my favourite! They also used to sell sugar mice with a string tail. 

My Mum used to give me cod liver oil and malt extract called Virol. We used to call it 'toffee on a spoon' because that's what it tasted like.

I can remember playing on the swings in Southwark Park in the bit behind the hospital and the prefabs round the back of there.

Hi EVERYONE.

Been thinking about them years, early forties onwards, before some of our homes had electricity or other facilities come to that.

What did we do in the evenings (behave yourselves keep it clean), I can remember the board games like Snakes & Ladders,Ludo, Draughts, Cards, Crayons & Painting books, Nought &Crosses, Hangman with pencil &paper and because we had gaslight the one which I can’t remember the name of, was making images on the wall with our hands this threw shadows on the wall that hopefully looked like animals.  During the daytime we had our Football, Cricket, Alley Gobs, and Fag Cards, Yo Yo’s, Conkers,
Marbles, Penny up the Wall. Then we had our go-karts made out of wood with skate wheels or bike wheels, walk for miles to find a hill so you could ride down fast without pushing, for me Dunton Bridge. Making Scooters or Bikes out of pieces you found on the bomb sites. Can you remember the Spud Guns, Caps, which if I remember right we use to put in a little bomb and throw them so they would make a loud bang also Catapults, Bow & Arrows, dig up the putty in the square in Guinness’s Buildings to put on the end of my arrows OK girls I’ve not forgotten you, skipping and the tennis balls up the wall, Hopscotch, What’s the time Mr Wolfe, Simon Said and because I am old and not worried about my streetcred I played all of them, what a relief to get that off my conscience after all these years. 
Then you’re Dolls and Prams, no way I'm not that truthful. We boys had Cowboys & Indians, us Indians running around with one finger in our mouths whooping like hell and the so called cowboys going bang bang you’re dead, and that’s when the arguments began.
Yes I’m smiling, such hard times but it was my (our) time, happy times, my (our) memories, no one can take that away from me (us)

  Take Care Everyone.
                KIWI  

I have been watching BBC's 'Call the Midwife' programme and at the beginning they show some stills and one brings back happy memories as it shows  2 young girls one propping up a lampost  and the other swinging from a rope which was tied to the bars of the lampost.  As I remember we just used to run as fast as we could round the lampost and then launch ourselves into the air and would go round and round until the rope unravelled itself. I know this would be in the 40's some time but I also remember this same lampost having a 'pig swill dustbin' attached to it and I cant remember which came first, the 'pig bin' or 'swing' but lots of fun.
Milly

Hi All

Does anyone remember a paper boy (man) known as Silly John?  He appeared older than a boy  but I was very young at the time.  I heard the grown ups saying that he wasn't quite 16 oz although he wasn't stupid.  He was very reliable and did a good job of delivering the papers.

This was probably around the late 40's early 50's.  He would deliver the newspapers into the letterboxes around the streets in the evening calling out the name of the newspaper(s) so everyone knew their paper had arrived.

Regards
Rene

I remember "silly john" I think he lived down the tunnel he must have walked a few miles during the day,iremember him around dockhead selling the day befores papers.

Hi esther

I used to see (hear) 'silly John' coming along Drummond Road and into Banyard Road in the evenings.  I do not recall which way he went after he left Banyard Road.  If he walked from Dockhead through to Drummond Road and then to the Tunnel (in the winter it would have been dark and Southwark Park would probably have been closed - so no shortcut), he was really quite amazing.

Regards
Rene

Hi Everyone.

Not sure if these have been mentioned but just in case not here goes. The tea stall at the bottom of Tower Bridge, coming from London Bridge down Tooley Street and just before you got to the lights in TBR; it was in the slip road on the left, I think it was called Queen’s. They use to do great sausage and Saveloy sandwiches, its where the taxi’s use to stop. Perhaps someone can remember the name.
What about the fair down New Kent Road, just right of the railway bridge at the Elephant &Castle, this would have been the middle to late fifties; it was there just before Christmas. We would play the slot machines and when no one was watching go behind with our penknife slip it underneath, lift the back up and get our money back, it was an early form of recycling. That reminds me can anyone remember the old telephone boxes with a button you pushed to get your money back. This was another good one, push cotton wool up the hole so the money never came down, then when the people went you pulled the wool out and you had a nice little earner. At this stage I must say I am now a reformed character.
Then there was Nitty Nora with that metal comb, who use to come round the schools, I’m sure she was trained by Red Indians, she use to scalp you and who of the older generation can forget the Tally Man. Knock on the door, don’t make a noise till he goes but why did we have to hide under the table, we lived five floors up, he couldn't look through the window.

         KIWI   

I remember all above wished i new about your little earners ha.Loved the fair at the Elephant use to go each year only lived 2 min away on new kent rd at the time, my dad use to play the bingo stall he won loads of things i remember a big doll he brought home one time me and my sister loved it. Hated nitty nora at school our tally man was a woman Mrs Johnson but she was really nice always gave us kids a sweet so of course she was great ha 

The most exiting time of my young life was going down hopping. We had a hop hut on bell common at Paddock wood (now the hop farm) and spent six weeks there every year. As I was to young to work on the vines Ispent most of the time playing in haystacks or swiming in the river with my dad.Times were hard but families stayed close and protective.I would,nt swop these memories for all the money in the world. Do any other members recall these times?

i can remember the magnet pub the swan along the sise ov it hoo can remember the brighton pub up opposite weston street bricklayers arms your name seems familier my brother use to play football for that club i think thay still hold cups that he won there hes name is lenny marks

who remembers cohens the smelters in wilds rents and the metal box company and the glue firm in decima street my brother use to run the ship in long lane at that time and who remabers the shelters in long lane junction wilds rents near the cider shop

Yes I remember Cohens and The Metal Box factory. The old Cider shop with the old lady with her hair in a bun, people used to go in there with their jugs,   The old shelter used to be a club for the motor bike boys when I was a kid, they were what you would call the rockers  in the 60's.What about the Marine Cadet club in Decima Strfeet the barrow yard for the stall holders, the youth club in The Central Hall.  Don't remember the glue firm where was that in Decima Street.  Just noticed your brothers name Lenny Marks, did you live in Elim Estate, there was a Marks family who lived on that estate, one of the daughters use to work in a shop called Dockets that use to be in Tower Bridge Road.   There were some happy days when we were kids.   Regards eileen

i remember the oxford and bermondsey boys club when it was in pages walk as iv said on here a while ago my brother use to play for them football i was told buy teddie say thay still had cups in the cuboard that thay won when he was playing for them i dont no if anyone remembers the name lenny marks also a old member was billy backhouse who lived down grange road

"Crutchy Jock's" full name was Alex Duffy and in his day was an excellent snooker player. He once challenged the then world champion Joe Davis. The bet was for £100, and the condiions were that they play on any ordinary snooker hall table, and Jock wanted three blacks start. He received a reply from Davis to say, thank you but unfortunately his commitments were such that he did not have the time and had to refuse the bet. Jock however did play Joe Davis at the opening of Lavender Hill snooker hall (I think it was). He played Joe one game and beat him, but just one game. When Jock played at the Elephant snooker he sometimes used his cruth as a rest tyo show his skills.