BermondseyBoy

I’ve posted this in Hawkstone Road as I assume that’s where Mr Drury lived, so that’s where he would be known. If I find that is not the case, I will repost.

Thames Waterman Morris Drury & Bill Brenland, unfortunately no date.

Who remembers the Downtown Club

Downtown Club, late 1970s.

The original church building was destroyed by incendiary bombs during an air raid on 7 September 1940, making it the first British Church to be destroyed in the Second World War. I think Canon Thrift was Joseph Thrift? 1921-58. The Church was in Trinity Road which was off Rotherhithe Street. 1.Rothe...

Bermondsey Street, Bermondsey Central Hall Methodist Church or South London Mission, existed since 1889.

Southwark Bridge Road, c1949, Marshalsea Road is just behind on the left where the tramlines are curving and you can make out the railway bridge further up by Union Street. Southwark Bridge Road, c1949, Marshalsea Road is just behind on the left where the tramlines are curving and you can make out t...

Sadly, Mike McKenna passed away in 2024. Unfortunately, I never met Mike but had a smashing afternoon with Pat in the Vic in 2015 with my son. The Vic was part of my life from the 1940s, most of the family used it, I wish that I could walk in today and have a pint. Pages Walk, The Victoria Pub. Mike...