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Redriff Road at one time ran right of the pub but now that part is no longer there, Elgar Street is left. This is looking from Rotherhithe Street. The address of the pub at one time was 15-16 Redriff Road. Pub is no longer there. Rotherhithe Street The Ship York Pub. X..png Rotherhithe Street, The ...

kiwi wrote:Jamaica Road, St James’s Road left. Pic 3. X..pngcopy.jpg

Isn't that Spenlow House on the left of picture, and the pic is looking towards the Tunnel? In which case, St James's Road will be to the right and Bevington Street to the left. I stand to be corrected...

The "Royal George". it was a Courage house.

Wasn't their office in George Row next to Proctor's Cafe?

And talking of James Keiller, I lived round the corner to the warehouse on Bermondsey Wall East where Keiller sweets were delivered to from Glasgow for local deliveries. They came in by container on the back of a railway scammell and, as if by magic, all the local kids would slowly appear and hang a...

Wasn't there a medical centre opposite the entrance to C/B? I seem to remember as a kid if you picked up a cut or graze whilst playing locally , they would always clean you up and stick a plaster on it,

Sorry about the multiple posts, I don't know what happened there...

Donald Hunter – who served as radio officer on three Norwegian merchant ships carrying dangerous cargoes to allied forces – at the memorial outside the Norwegian Church, Rotherhithe 1914-1918. Be nice if someone could tell us a little bit more about Mr Hunter. Donald Hunter- who served as a radio o...

Hi Kiwi, seeing your pics of the bushel baskets stacked up in the market, took me back to my youth. My first job, on leaving school age 16, was with HM Customs based in Hibernia Wharf. One day I had to take some papers around to Pickfords Wharf and on getting to St Mary Overies dock, there was quite...

Interesting read here.. don't if it helps...
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