BermondseyBoy

I thought the tunnel had four vent shafts - one each side of the river with the really noisy fans and one with the stairs? The bus in the second photo is an RT (AEC engine as opposed to the Leyland in an RTL) but the body was identical - interchangable in fact. George mentions that there are now sev...

Posted by fogbrain I don't remember any of those names, and like you I can't remember the other kids there apart from the ones I've mentioned. I just remember that there were a number of us who sat on the right hand side of the hall, nearly all girls, and that the noisy ones were on the left side, m...

Posted by fogbrain

I've now remembered that the Band of Hope was a new innovation at the Bermondsey Gospel Mission in the mid 60s, prior to which they had run a company of the Girls' Life Brigade.

kiwi wrote:Voluntary Aid Detachment,Tower Bridge Road,Bermondsey,1940s. Picture believed to have been taken at Flint Street School, Flint St.

This was taken in the playground of Fair Street School; the rear of Devon Mansions in the background.

I had a dream - that kiwi asked if Loftie Street had previously been called Henry Street. It must have been a dream because I'm buggered if I can find the question now! Maybe he employed maori telepathy. But he's not wrong: the bit that ran east-west was formerly Henry Street, the bit that survives ...

Hi Jill Yes it does seem you are correct, comparing the google image. Holyrood Street - Formely Henry Street -bermondseyboy Clearly that is the building in the third photo, but it wasn't built until more than 30 years after the London Armoury Company had been dissolved, so I wonder if the photo has...

Posted by deegs Great video - a real time-capsule and amazing to think most of those people will be in their 60's now. I should think most of the blokes will have a lot less hair now. Even those that haven't gone bald! Given that they were probably all slightly under age, that would make them about...

Wow - there's a lot of faces to be identified. Required viewing for oneone that frequented that pub. (I didn't).

Well, thanks for the info anyway, you're a sight quicker than the council!!
ianmartin

I think they've let things slide - it's a slippery slope.