BermondseyBoy

Woolwich New Road, The pub on the corner (seen through the gap) has now gone along with buildings behind it to form the open space at General Gordon Place. The pub name was Fortune of War, and had a picture of a ship. Picture 1946. :) Hi Kiwi, thanks for this. Frankly I am amazed that you could fig...

z1.jpg Well, the residents resisted for many years but eventually succumbed :( St Agnes Place was a squatted street in south London, which resisted eviction orders for more than 30 years. When a number of derelict houses were scheduled for demolition 1969, squatters occupied the properties and a Hi...

According to the records a flying bomb dropped at 04.10 hrs on 25th June 1944 outside The Freemasons Arms which stood on the corner of Hillingdon Street between Warham St and Farmers Road. 11 dead, 4 seriously injured, 24 slightly injured. Many houses were demolished and between 200 and 300 needing ...

Surrey Gardens Arms, formerly The Surrey Gardens Tavern at 9 Chapter Road. Alongside Surrey Gardens is this former pub. Surrey Gardens used to be a lot larger. Apparently used as some sort of cabaret, but now closed.