Lewisham, St Mary's Vicarage c.1900
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Photo of Lewisham, St Mary's Vicarage c.1900

A Selection of Memories from Lewisham

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. Here are some from Lewisham

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I'm have somewhat distant relationship with Lee Green: My grandparents owned a greengrocers in Weardale Road and I was told that there were soirees at the Turpins where Fred Turpin used to play the piano ..... a lot of Chopin I believe. My grandparents owned a concert grand and were amateur players with a lesser skill-set and they often attended these little concerts. It was there where my mother (the daughter of ...see more
Does anybody have any info on George Holden Dance classes in Lewisham, after the war? This is where my mum and dad met and I'd love to see if anyone can add anything to it? Any pictures? Even an address where they were held? Was it live music, or records? Which would've been 78s in those days Many thanks Rob
In the early 1950s I worked at the Central Library, near St Mary's Church. My most vivid memories are the long working hours (difficult for the social life of a young girl) and having to manually count the 'issue' before we could go home. We were quite a happy group of young people but I do not know how many went on to become fully fledged librarians. After several years I left to pursue a successful career ...see more
I was looking for pictures of Lewisham hospital about 1942, that was the year I got taken there, it get bombed not all of it. as this is the 70th year of NHS there must be one some where. We lived at Eliot Park the top of Lewisham Hill going up on to the Blackheath.