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- 12 Mar 2009 12:11
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: North Tower Demolition
- Replies: 1
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I've got that one; it's a press photograph with no date. On the back it says: Famous Landmarks to Feed the Guns Starting the work of demolishing the towers of the Crystal Palace, which will provide thousands of tons of scrap iron. The picture was taken from the top of one of the towers, and shows th...
- 24 Feb 2009 06:25
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: 1911 Census
- Replies: 16
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- 23 Feb 2009 22:02
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: where's this?
- Replies: 15
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- 23 Feb 2009 22:00
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: where's this?
- Replies: 15
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I think this is the Peter Pan Playground, in Bromley Road somewhere near Homebase. The mill pond in front of Homebase was known as Peter Pan's Pool. There is another picture of the playground here.
- 20 Feb 2009 21:03
- Forum: Town Hall
- Topic: Beltwood House Update
- Replies: 8
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The point, SydenhamHill Andy, was that little has changed since the Summer of 2007; she was a fugitive then, and the house had been repossessed. Those interested in the house (and I know several) were well aware of this. What interests me is why have all these news agencies suddenly become interested?
- 20 Feb 2009 18:42
- Forum: Town Hall
- Topic: Beltwood House Update
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8771
This is scarcely news. It was mentioned on this site on 26 Nov 2008, and that reference came from an article published in 2007.
What interests me is why, after 18 months, this suddenly become newsworthy.
What interests me is why, after 18 months, this suddenly become newsworthy.
- 15 Feb 2009 14:22
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: Remington family, sydenham road
- Replies: 2
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I can, perhaps, add a little. You may know that at least some of Richard's children were baptised in St Bartholomew's church; Alice on 3/12/1843, Emily Harriet on 6/4/1845, Mary Elizabeth on 22/3/1847, Edith on 21/1/1849, William Richard on 11/1/1852. You gave the address as 197 Sydenham Road. At ti...
- 15 Feb 2009 11:19
- Forum: Town Hall
- Topic: BECKENHAM ODEON CINEMA
- Replies: 12
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The News Shopper has an article on the fire
- 8 Feb 2009 21:00
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: Rockbourne Rd area
- Replies: 5
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The Methodist Chapel is the same building, Will. For some reason they simply rebuilt the front facade in 1913. Could the convent you mentioned in Mayow Road be St Winefride's High School, which was at 16 and 20 Mayow Road from roughly 1925 until after 1939? I imagine it was a Catholic establishment ...
- 8 Feb 2009 12:07
- Forum: Town Cafe
- Topic: old St.Bart's primary school
- Replies: 27
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- 8 Feb 2009 11:02
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: Stanton Road
- Replies: 7
- Views: 16203
- 8 Feb 2009 09:41
- Forum: Town Cafe
- Topic: old St.Bart's primary school
- Replies: 27
- Views: 30634
- 7 Feb 2009 23:04
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: Rockbourne Rd area
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7293
That's better... here are a few pictures, all to be seen at higher resolution on Flickr : http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3453/3261568148_98c818fe7c.jpg Waldram Park Road http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3369/3261571298_93af32efe7.jpg Waldram Park Road http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3312/3260754883_be8...
- 7 Feb 2009 15:00
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: The Crystal Palace from the back (front?)
- Replies: 34
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- 31 Jan 2009 21:41
- Forum: Town Cafe
- Topic: Palace Square , Penge
- Replies: 2
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I've just managed to find it: http://tinyurl.com/cpuv2w
It is in the London Borough of Bromley, so it might be worth contacting their local history centre: http://tinyurl.com/f5737
It is in the London Borough of Bromley, so it might be worth contacting their local history centre: http://tinyurl.com/f5737
- 27 Jan 2009 19:57
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: Curious item for sale on ebay
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4600
Yes, Mary, I did win it (had to pay a little more than I normally do for such things). The Edney family were the village blacksmiths, their forge at what would now be 153 Sydenham Road, near Berrymans Lane. The business was started by Thomas Edney in 1790. On his death in 1849 it was taken over by h...
- 27 Jan 2009 14:58
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: First World War air raid?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 12270
This link has a bit more information on the victims: http://lewishamwarmemorials.wikidot.com/info:air-raid-ww1-19-20-may-1918 On 20 May 1918 a Gotha dropped a 100kg bomb over Lower Sydenham. Buildings were destroyed at the Sydenham Road junction with Fairlawn Park and 18 civillians and five soldiers...
- 27 Jan 2009 14:18
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: Lewisham brickworks
- Replies: 4
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As well as those mentioned there were several other brickworks in the area. The earliest was near of what is now Honor Oak Road, operating from the 1730s to 1770s. One of the earliest Victorian brickworks was off Westwood Hill, near the junction with Crystal Palace Park Road. It was making brick to ...
- 25 Jan 2009 10:41
- Forum: Town Cafe
- Topic: Crystal Palace c. 1918
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4111