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Historic maps of Sydenham and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Sydenham maps
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Memories of Sydenham
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Champion Crescent
I went to St Michael's School in Champion Crescent. My grandparents Annie and Ernie bines lived opposite the road. Good times.
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Eric Smith''''s Greengrocer''''s 21 Lordship Lane SE22
My Dad, Eric Smith, opened a Greengrocer's shop at number 21 Lordship Lane in 1962. At that time there was a traditional butchers shop one side and a grocery shop the other side. Opposite was a piano shop, and that's about all I can remember. This photo is of the other end of the road, and on the right hand side was a motorcycle shop, which is sadly now flats. The pub on the left hand corner - the Grove Tavern, was frequented by myself and friends circa 1978, and still exists today, albeit as a family type pub, serving food.
My brother took over the greengrocer's shop in the mid eighties as my Dad suffered a stroke. He sold the business a couple of years ago, and it's now a wine bar called The Black Cherry - I'm sure my Dad would have been pleased with that, as he loved red wine and made some himself!
My biggest memory of my Dad's shop was working there in the seventies... Read more
Dulwich Hamlet Junior School 1967
I remember going to School in the village when I was 7 - not much has changed here since then - amazing - except that the tardis on the right hand side is no longer there! The School is still in existence and I have many fond memories of those days, and with days from my twenties when I frequented "The Dog" as we called the greyhound pub. Rumour had it that George Harrison had a house there, as did Ronnie Corbett I believe.
Cross Country
I attended Kingsdale school and lived on kingswood estate, I remember doing the cross country at school through the toll gate and my dad used to be a taxi driver and there used to be a man standing there as you had to pay to go through.also remember cutting through St stephens church just up from the photo and going into low cross woods with the dogs. Great memories. 1970 to 1986
The Crown & Greyhound
Always known by my pals and myself, just as "the Greyhound" (late 1950s).
In those days, the Public Bar was on the left hand side of the building, which had benches and scrubbed wooden tables with a sprinkling of sawdust on the floor. There was a Snooker Hall at the back. The Saloon Bar was on the right of the building where entry was not permitted if you were not wearing a tie!
Ken Cook
Dulwich Hamlet
My brother and I, Kathryn & Philip Brunker went to Dulwich Hamlet school until 1958. We then moved to Basildon, Essex. I went to the 'huts' at first, aged 4, and after visiting there in 1996, found them still to be there! Amazing. We lived at 5 Colledge Gardens, sadly gone and replaced by flats, but the backwall of our old garden still stands, overlooking the tennis courts of the colledge. I remember well, both us walking on a Saturday morning to the 'pictures', and treating ourselves to a packet of chewing gum from the machine on the wall. (1 free packet per 5 bought, causing great arguments of who buys first).
The Greyhound
We lived in Turney Road not far from 'Greyhound' as we called it. My grandparents used to take us there for celebratory meals at birthdays and anniversary times. We used to go upstairs where the table was all laid out with fine silver cutlery and damask cloth and napkins. We were the only ones up there - and there were only 6 of us! I can't remember much about the food but it was exciting to go to a real pub when I was only 10. In the summer we would sometimes have a lemonade and a packet of crisps - the ones with the blue packet of salt - sitting outside. I can still remember the smell of beer. In the 70s I remember seeing Mick McManus, the wrestler, having a pint at the bar. I've long left Dulwich, but maybe I'll go back one day for another lemonade - or something stronger.
