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kiwi wrote:Alexis Street School. This is a book that was awarded as a prize in 1901 by the Head Teacher ER Phillips, for punctual and regular attendance. It looks like it was awarded to Thomas Lipyeat.

Thomas lived at 155 St James's Road with his parents and two siblings.

ENID STREET 1939. "In the home of Mr. A. Clark: Rats, gnawing holes in the floorboards, make off with whole bars of soap. and steal lunch-packets out of the men's coats if they leave them hanging on the walls. UNBEATABLE BEETLES The kitchen is a black rectangle below ground level. A small pool...

East Street, same location 2022 Both are of East Lane - East Street is that place in Walworth where East Lane market is held! :) Strange thing about Oliver House on the left - check this out on GSV: the colour of the bricks, stock and red, is slightly different from exactly half way along. And alth...

kiwi wrote:I think this is looking down Inville Road from Alvey Street, with The Gloucester Arms Pub on the right.

You've been a Kiwi for too long, Kiwi - the sun still shines from the south back here!
This is looking up from Villa Street, with the post office and grocer's on the right.

kiwi wrote:Am I right thinking this was in West Lane.

Yes.

kiwi wrote:Dockhead, 2022, site of the Watermans Arms Pub (brown building)

The brown building was the Swan & Sugarloaf. The Waterman's Arms was on the other side of Dockhead, on the corner with Arnold Place.

kiwi wrote:The building that stood out to me is St Johns Horsleydown Vicarage, the white building middle left by the railway line

Hi, Kiwi. I can't work out to which building you refer. St John's had a rectory - it wasn't white and is still standing.

rodebdon wrote:l was talking to my brother this morning, he was surprised to see the very early picture of Webb Street School and that it was right on the street and not back as we remember it,

The original school building was demolished and a larger one built, around 1912 I think.

Elephant Lane comes from the right opposite Elephant Stairs (to the Thames) down the alley with rubbish, and left of Princess Iron Works. Am I right, that The Torbay pub was on the corner left? Yes, the Torbay was on that corner. Elephnat Lane comes up from St Marychurch Lane where the Ship pub is....

kiwi wrote:This had the address of 31-33 Rotherhithe Street possibly between the Angel Pub and the King’s Stairs.

Princes Iron Works was at the end of Elephant Lane, where Prince's Tower now stands.