Peckham, Rye Lane c.1955
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Memories of Peckham, Rye Lane c1955

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hi, as a child I lived in the prefabs on Rye Hill Park, now flats. I remember the Rossi ice cream horse and cart that used to stop at the bottom of the hill and lemon ice was my favourite. The park was our playground and my brother fell in the stream on numerous occasions, much to my mum’s horror. We had a white westie called Snowy who used to chase the postman. The prefabs were lovely and everybody in our ...see more
Hi My name is Karen, I was born in 1962 in guys hospital and lived in a top floor flat in Gloucester Grove with my mum and Dad Doreen and Terry Stevens. Not sure what number because sadly my mum passed away. I do remember a grand piano being on the landing and it belonging to Miss Gutteridge who owned the large Victorian house. I remember a young boy called Ian who lived next door and a couple called Maud and Arthur. ...see more
Saw my first "X" rated film at the Tower Cinema,before I was 16! French film,with sub-titles. Can't remember what it was called. Ken Cook Since writing the above, I have remembered that the title of the Film was Les diaboliques ("The Fiends")
My father now 91 was brought up in Peckham, his uncle sold bundles of wood , that people used to get their coal fires burning, from a horse and cart. He lived, in what he describes as an old farm house, in Naylor Road. He says there was a large yard to the side and at the back of the house was stabling for a transport company. He lived there for I believe 10 years from 1925 to 1935 when they were rehoused on the Downham ...see more