Nostalgic memories of Peckham's local history
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For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.
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Displaying Memories 41 - 50 of 62 in total
My Nan, used to play the piano at the cinema during silent movies - she lived in Peckham all her life and I would love to know more ab out this.
I went to Collingwood School and walked from there after school, up Queens Road to Rye Lane, I walked through Jones and Higgins then wandered down Rye Lane to Peckham Rye, walking through the park on my way to home, which was Brockley. I must say it was never dull as the shops were full of goodies that I would dream of buying when I left school. Needless to say my first job was at Woolies, a shop I had passed many times but few times inside.
Hi, can anyone remember a place in Camberwell across from the green, it was beds for woman. I got to know the family that run it they were the kinds people. I dont even remember their name. If anyone knows about them or their family, please email me. My son was born in St Gilles Hospital in 67 and just reliving good memories.
This cinema had a magnificent sweeping staircase with photographs of actresses such as Margaret Lockward, Stewart Grainger and so many more. I would love to know more of what happened to this building.
Hi everyone - new to the forum! My late dad was born in Kings College Hospital 1936 and lived at 5 Conderton Road, Camberwell. The house was bombed in 1941 and they re-settled in Harbour Road and later over to Feltham. My dad used to talk about the air raid shelter in Ruskin Park. Does anyone have any memoroes of this shelter? And also what happened to Conderton Road? Thanks, Ali.
Having been born in Camberwell Hospital in 1935 and after being bombed out of three different houses during the war around Queens Road, (St Mary's Road, Consort Road and Raul Road), my sister and I were then evacuated to Ifracombe in Devon where two buses collected all of us children to travel two miles to the village of Northam where we went to school. Eventually we came back to Peckham at No. 74 Danby Street, ...see more
My name is Wendy and I was born in Camberwell in 1961 and we lived at 9 Peckham Grove, Peckham. My brother was born there in 1964. My parents were Lin and Ron Clackson. We immigrated to Australia in 1968 as 10 pound poms.
Hi, my name is Kevin Watts, we lived in the flats next to the bus garage in Purdon House from 1953 to 1964. I went to John Donne School in Woods Road. Just on the left of the photo is the police station, one of the girls in my class, her name was Jennifer McFee, her father was a policeman and many a time we would visit the horses in the stables there. I think there was a army surplus store called W & HS where we as ...see more
I grew up in Peckham, went to Peckham Rye Primary school, Peckham Rye park and common was in fact my playground, how lucky was I! This was in the late 1960s, early 1970s. My mum did all her shopping down the lane, she was a dressmaker and I remember going to the haberdashers under the arches by the railway station to buy buttons, zips and yards of ribbons for my sisters and my hair, going into Jones & Higgins where ...see more
Some time soon after the Second World War, with our next door neighbours, we walked down to Queen's Road to watch the King and Queen drive by.
We stood near Evan Cook's Depository. I assume that their Majesties visited a lot of London's suburbs at this time, in order to cheer people up after the war.
Ken Cook
