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Penge Police Station

A Memory of Penge.

In this photo I can see the Police Station on the right, which I remember clearly and can visualize the old bobbies coming out to go on duty.  Also I can see the sign in the distance for the Essoldo Theatre, which used to be the old Empire Theatre.  Further up the High Street on the right hand side I remember a department store called Rogers, where you could buy clothes, accessories, material etc.  I always went in there looking for Christmas presents.  


Added 11 November 2008

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Comments & Feedback

Hello, Julie.
The Rogers Shop was a little further down the High Street Than the Essoldo Cinema. The shop that was almost opposite The Essoldo was Woolworths, next up from Rogers. Then after Woolworths there was Maloney's Cakes Shop and Cafeteria.
Anthony Godly
Yes, you are right Anthony. Rogers was not far up from the Police Station. I remember Woolworths too, where all the items were laid out on the counters in front of the sales ladies. I don't remember Maloney's though, but there would be no need for us to go into a cafeteria as I lived walking distance from the centre of town. I lived in Woodbine Grove after the war, but I was born in the top flat above the shoe shop which was on the corner of Maple Road and the High Street, and that's where I spent the war years. Julie

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