BermondseyBoy

Posted by Jimmika im thinking there were 4 or 5 shops there one of them was a barbers he used to be in cherry gdn st an when they were knocked down he went to that little row of shops an then when they were knocked down he moved across the road to the shops under the flats next the horse meat shop i...

Who remembers going down Shad Thames as a kid, the whole area was a hive of industry and the smell of spices that would drift from the warehouses was wonderful. No Health and Safety in those days and as a kid you could explore the whole area right down to the river side to the waters edge. Today if ...

Parkers Row (Yesterday & Today) Picture of Parkers Row time being late forties early fifties the buses and trams still frequent the area and the old buildings are still standing on the left and new building are being constructed on the right but by the look of it even these have now gone. . The ...

(Yesterday & Today)

Picture of Riley Road School from the forum
Picture of the same area from the same place. How things have changed

freddie

Thanks for that I stand corrected having looked at a map from 1956 you are right the view is into Abion Dock glad to know people are looking and correcting when need be thanks for that

Posted by Freddie Picture of Canon Beck Road 1951 makes one realise how close it was to the river and with todays picture you would not think it was the same place Canon Beck Road.jpgCanon Beck Road 1951.jpg I thought that the ship in the 1950's photo was in Albion Dock, the view being southwards to...

(Yesterday & Today)

Picture of Canon Beck Road 1951 makes one realise how close it was to the river and with todays picture you would not think it was the same place

george61

You are right about the sweet shop. He used to supply the Scouts with boxes of sweets for their events at a discount.
I've got a feeling that the other shop sold second-hand domestic appliances? I've got a vague vision, of in my youth, seeing heaters and maybe furniture in the window.

But to follow on with we have a picture of the bomb site between Alderminster Road with its junction with St James Road looking across the bomb site. Lynton Road to the right and Monnow Road crossing we can just see on the corner of Monnow Road with its junction with Lynton Road the shop on the corn...