Bermondsey Yesterday and Today
Southwark Park Road 1958 - once again I need your help to place the exact area of these cottages.
In my mind I recall them at the Clements Road end of Siuthwark Park Road a very wide pavement and loads of trees somewhere near the Crown Public House on the right
i think your right i just went on southwark councils e museum because they had a good pic of a`milkman delivering in the snow in 1940 an im sure its them houses but the image is not avaliable arggggg
im thinking of that fantasic castellated library at the brick with that wonderful freize on the side in tiles doulton i suspect. i used to spend ages looking up at it an always got a crick in my neck noone i knew could tell me anything about it (they must av been stupid) it was the canterbury pilgrims all you bermondsey boys an girls must have seen it .especially you lot round pages walk that must have been your local library i spent a lot of time as a kid in librarys mine were spa rd an the little one opposite the tunnel but i never went in that one .anyway when that was knocked down for the flyover that was the end of it then one day in the 80s im going down okr an i see the livesey museumgo in an lo an behold its up there on the wall maybe its still there so if anyone can pop in maybe take a pic an put it on here that would be great there was also one similar on the top of the kentish drovers on the corner of okr an commercial way but not as good
Regarding the photo looking down Tower Bridge Rd from the Bricklayers Arms I can remember the warehouse next to the bus going up in flames in the early 60s and all the locals (including me) standing in tbr to watch the fire brigade fight a losing battle to stop it. That was a small taste of what the Blitz must have been like.
One more photo, this time Borough High street just by the junction with Long lane and Marshalsea Road. Obviously post war due to the damage, and I think St Georges church is all that remains. Fosney can you do the usual?
regarding the smell of spices down shad thames we used to take loads of it home when the sacks split but the greatest prize was when a sugar sack split an you took about 5pounds of sugarhome then you was mummys little darling an the smell i remember down spa road anywhere near the sally army was sweaty feet
crosby34
Funny you should mention the old warehouse In Tower Bridge Road by the bus stop, it's jogged my memory. My grandnother lived in Harold Estate and at the start of the war if we were there when the warning siren went off everyone made their way to to the warehouse to take cover (and that is the reason I know it was used for sugar storage for Hartley) thinking about it you might as well have stood in the street, for if the place was struck by a bomb we were all brown bread anyway
Joe
Corbetts Lane off of Rotherhithe New Road
Pic 1 number 11 to 19
Pic 2 Looking from railway viaduct
Pic3 Looking towards railway viaduct
Pic 4 Today
Before we leave the Borough High Street lets travel down Newington Causeway to :
The Elephant and Castle. Which in our time I feel we have all frequented.
Our first picture was taken before the arrival of the Underground ,electric tram and motor bus.
The Elephant and Castle pub is not as we remember it no doubt redeveloped with the arrival of the Underground.
A horse drawn bus stops outside the pub while a 3xMuled drawn tram heads towards New Kent Road destination New Cross.
In our second picture circa 1920 the Underground has arrived as has the electic tram and the two underground stations can be seen, the Elephant and Castle pub has been rebuilt as we can remember it, as has the buildings around the pub
The third picture is as we remember it except it is void of traffic
Todays picture brings us back to the real world The pub has gone replaced by a shopping centre the motor vehicle has taken over and the dreaded red lines.
With the reminscent videos of Tommy Steel now on the forum I thought it would be a good idea to have a look at the area today. Taking the pictures from the forum.
The Trocette as we remember it with the chimney of the Horseshoe pub on the left of the picture.
The Horseshoe after the demolition of the cinema
All replaced by Trocette Mansions
What a transformation!
Great pic of the new Trocette Mansions fosney.
Hi Fosney can you help me trace a picture of Horsley Down I am sure I saw it on one of the Forums but for the life of me cannot find it. It would be a great addition to my family tree as several families from both sides of the tree lived there in the 19th century.
Milly
I'm sure we all remember going to East Lane on Sunday morning but who can remember George Carter's shop at the Old Kent Road end of East Street will this bring the memories flooding back?
Southwark park road outside what is now pizza go go.........have not put now picture so anyone can do so if they wish....
Hello Joe was there not a Top hat on the clock on the front of George Carters or am I having a senior moment. Rick
I'm sure we all remember going to East Lane on Sunday morning but who can remember George Carter's shop at the Old Kent Road end of East Street will this bring the memories flooding back?
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Southwark Park Road.
I know this area well as I lived at number 7 in the dsitance on the right round the bend now part of the school.
The shops to the right of the milk float were dominated by the Co-Op RACS with a butcher and a double fronted grocery shop thats when they used to give metal tokens valued at the amount of money you spent to calculate the dividend at the end of the year( who can remember that )
The houses on the left have not changed much.
