Nostalgic memories of Peckham's local history
Share your own memories of Peckham and read what others have said
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 11 - 20 of 62 in total
I grew up in Cator Street. I lived there with my mum, dad and brother until I was eight. I’m looking for my friend Linda Sycamore. We went to school every morning together. My surname was White then. I would love to catch up with her. She lived in the same road a few doors down on the opposite side to me. She had a sister.
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I am trying to trace Mr & Mrs Hughesdon, who lived at 36 Basingstoke House Peckham SE15 in 1952
I would really like to contact them . If anyone can help, please let me know.
I grew up in Nunhead in 1946 ,things that stay in my memory about those times are the mini railway on Nunhead green that carried children around the green , it came and it went I don't know who ran it, also the three pubs the pyrotechnic , the nuns head and the man of Kent , my mum drinking in the nuns head while my father mostly drank in the man of Kent, strange ? , I think the man of Kent is gone now, and how a great part of our family lived so close to us, fond memories.
I was born in Peckham Grove in 1949 and went to Gloucester Grove Primary School. More next time.
Ray Wilcox
My name is Jan and I was born in Cronin Road in 1952. My Great granny Payne had a shop there, a drapers I think, although she died before I was born. We moved to Camberwell and then to Gloucester Grove when I was three and lived there until the council decided to destroy a community in the name of progress. Streets of neat Victorian terraces and our lovely tall terraced houses, right opposite the school, with iron ...see more
I was born in 1934 and lived at 26, Gatonby Street until I married in 1955 so I have a vast store of memories of "old" Peckham both before, during and after the war I went to school at Oliver Goldsmiths and two things in particular stick in my mind - the first was the mobile showers that used to be erected in the playground so that we kids could have a decent wash during the war - home bathrooms were unknown - ...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")
i was born in northern ireland i went to oliver goldsmith p.s.in1947 i remember miss cowie mrs. john mrs hunt i lived at 10 rainbow st. i remember wells way briicklayers arms my best mate was kenny marshall iwent to william penn secondarymodern school 1953 i remember a mr davies mp asher a p.e.teacheri think was a wrestler called harris i was in 64th london boys brigade i return back to my home in northern ireland ...see more
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
I had a "Godfather" his name was JIMMY FREEMAN he had a Antique shop in Peckham. It was called "Peter the Pedlar" This was in the 1950s.
Can anyone throw some light on this for me?
My name was Lynn Upstone we were from Camberwell in Knatchbull Rd.