Leroy Street bottom left. Aberdour Street next street right. The larger road right is Tower Bridge Road.
Barnaby Buildings was left of Leroy Street. The building right of the flyover, is St Saviour’s & St Olave’s School. The building to the left is Paragon School in Searles Street.
OLD KENT ROAD.
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Some pics of the Livesley library on Old Kent Road from 2020, including the statue of the man himself and the original Chaucer Tales mosaics from the Bricklayers ‘ Arms Library. Apparently there was an intact Edgingtons shop front preserved there too for many years but the council had taken it away for storage?
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This is 644 Old Kent Road, the same as on the card, possibly the same location but it could be that numbers changed at some time. Around the early 1880's on this corner was a laundry, same building? seems a great looking building for a laundry, today it is a bookie.
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Opposite each other across OKR. I can remember May Smith but not F.W. Smith, I wonder if they where related.
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Before the Astoria Cinama.
The King’s Cinema Palace was built in 1913, with 600-seats. Early in its short life it went into receivership. In 1915 it was re-opened and re-named the Palasino Electric Theatre. The Palasino Electric Theatre was demolished in 1928 and, on an expanded site, arose the 2,899-seat Astoria Old Kent Road.
The King’s Cinema Palace was built in 1913, with 600-seats. Early in its short life it went into receivership. In 1915 it was re-opened and re-named the Palasino Electric Theatre. The Palasino Electric Theatre was demolished in 1928 and, on an expanded site, arose the 2,899-seat Astoria Old Kent Road.
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