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Beddington, On The Wandle 1894
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Memories of Beddington, on the Wandle 1894

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Beddington, On The Wandle 1894

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If this has sparked a memory, why not share it here?

This photo is looking towards the 1890 view of the snuff mills and the end of Bridges Lane. The footpath on the right connected to Beddington Lane and was our route to the park as children. The wall on the right was pock marked with scoured out dents created by twisting pennies or half pennies into the old brickwork something that could be seen all the way to the park particularly in the Tudor wall around Carew Manor ...see more
I used to walk to and from school up the path on the right. It has hardly changed even to this day.