BermondseyBoy

My Grandparents lived in Winchelsea Building, the flat in the top right hand of this picture was there’s. I think they must have moved in just after they were built in 1906, as my mum was born there in 1908. Sadly there are no members of my family that lived there still alive so l can’t check the da...

I remember the Railway Buildings well as we used what was left of Worthing Buildings as a playground and used to have one of the rooms as a makeshift club house. Its ironic that the only one left now Arondale Building was also badly damaged by fire which must have been caused incendiary bombs. The o...

Kiwi,
Just having another look at all these film locations. Did you do all the research to get the updated shots, it's very impresive.

Hello Kiwi, Just a quick note my Aunt Min who sadly passed away a few years ago was reminding me of the song they used to sing when going down Seven Mile Lane, lt would be something to try and remember the liricks. I mention this because wondered about fear of going down Seven Mile Lane so having a ...

Like many of us l loved that slide there was something special about getting on a coconut mat at the top of the wooden slide with its enclosed top. It was so well designed and made by W J Dixon &Son of Blue Anchor Lane and donated by Arthur Carr of Peak Frean were so many of my relatives worked....

It’s a long time since l lasted posted anything on this fantastic forum, this post is not great but it’s a start. I remember watching the Scouts, Cubs and l think Brownies and Girl Guides parade on a Sunday once a year. Standing opposite the Scouts H Q just along from the park. This was in the early...

Hello Ray, I should have been born in Pages Walk but the war messed that up along with lots of other things, woman in labour were often sent to less dangerous places like Woking were l was in fact born in 1943. Mum took me back to Harrold Estate were l lived. My first school was Webb Street an then ...

Fantastic picture Joe. It's lovely to see all these black and white photographs, so much more atmosphere than colour.

Rod.

Hi Bermondseyboy Don't worry you aint't stupid, I thought exactly the same thing,he does look like the picture of his dad in the book.Could it be that there spelling was even worse than mine,bearing in mind there great interest in horse raceing could it originaly be intended as "Derby" aft...

Why as Tommy Steeles dad called Darbo?. Hi Bermondseyboy,in Tommy Steeles book (you can all guess the title there's a big clue here) he asked his Dad about the nickname he said. 'Cos I'm Tommy Hicks,and my dad was Tommy Hicks,and so was his dad, and we was all called Darbo. But I'm Tommy Hicks so wh...