My Great Grandfather Alfred Saunders (1863-1944) looked after the Volunteer Arms before he semi-retired, he also had an interest in the Forest King Pub and the Percy Arms at Chilworth (plus he had shares in Hodgsons brewery) The Forest King and the Percy Arms were operated by his cousins and it was a cousin who temporarily took over the Volunteer Arms

Keep alive our records publish more

We need more years our history is at stake

Update the records to include 1970-80

Dissatisfied with the lack of progress adding more years a vital paper for the area add more

Please add the 70s articles

Both papers provided brilliant coverage for their respective areas of London covering a whole host of news worthy stories please post more

I passed my scholarship exams and when I was nearly 11, I started at the Beckenham County Grammar School as it was then called, in Copers Cope road. However as there were too many of us the first years classes were held at the Cricket Pavilion in Cater park?
I lived just inside the 5 mile limit from The School at Eden Park, which prevented my parents getting help with travel costs - so I was given a bike and everyday did the cycle ride there and back! the school moved in 1959 to Park Langley.

i used to go to Saturday morning pictures here 1n 1966 ish i lived on the lough borough estate kemble house anyone from there on this site ?

Born 1941 in Lafone House New Park Road, my first playgrounds were bomb sites of Poynders Road and around the council estates. First school Richard Atkins New Park Rd. Several jobs as a lass. Help on bread round Prices Bakers, Home Counties Dairy milk round and paper rounds for Post Office in Streatham Place and Webster's newsagent in New Park Road
First full time job Harry Brooker Butcher New Park Road. Attended cubs then scouts at St Mathias church Tulse Hill then ATC at Tulse Hill Drill Hall

does any one remember the sweet shop at 218 brixton hill , my uncle jim ralph had it lived there with his wife gladys and 3 sons, year about 1950

I'm trying to find anyone who remembers the engineering firm in Ewer Street in the Southwark district or if anyone that was there during WWII, this firm made guns during the war. My dad, Fred was there and his brother Bob Jamieson, also my grandfather Harry Mather, and his daughter Vera Mather.also Alf Legget If you remember any of these people please contact me

Whilst you cover West London in great depth south London is a huge area encapsulating the region as a whole please post this or the South London Press

My Great Grandmother had two brothers who lived in Newington or Walworth, South London. This would be the area between Camberwell and Kennington to the South and The Elephant and Castle and The Borough, Southwark to the North. They were born around 1843, and lived around that area till the after 1911. They married three of Joshua Joseph Johnson's daughters, Elizabeth, Mary Ann and Frances. William Buckland first married Elizabeth, and when she died, her younger widowed sister Frances became his housekeeper, and later became his 2nd wife. William's younger brother Frederick married the other sister Mary Ann Johnson. Mary Ann died within a few years, so Frederick married an Alethea Debenham as his 2nd wife. Obviously, in those days and that family, marrying relations was a good idea. It was preferable for the husband & children after the wife or mother's death, as they already new their Aunts. The brothers both were Bakers, so perhaps the Johnson family were really impressed by their bread?

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.

In the early 1950s I worked at the Central Library, Lewisham 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 in children's publishing and my best friend Gerry became a probate clerk. Gerry and I once played a prank which caused quite a stir. The old library building (demolished now I suppose) had a barrel shaped roof in the main area which was glass and very dark. During a tea break in the attic staff room we discovered a door into a crawl space above this roof and went in for a look - no rules on health and safety in those days- and discovered that the glass was in fact a mosaic of coloured glass and absolutely filthy with the dust of many years. We cleaned one of the panels which I think was about 6 inches square and yellow. When we arrived the following morning Mr Smith the deputy librarian and Mr Parris (I've forgotten what his function was) were staring up and pointing at the dazzling square. No questions were asked but pretty soon the whole roof was cleaned and very handsome it looked. I wonder if there is anybody left who remembers this roof. Sadly Gerry died in 2010 and we completely lost touch with our other best friend Lionel, who I believe returned to his home in Cape Town. Another memory is Blenkharns the bakery in the row of shops beside the library and the delicious pastries we bought for tea. I also remember Mrs Fox a very old lady who was usually first in the door when the library opened in the morning, and probably came in for a nice warm place to read the paper.

I worked for a time in the Record Library which had many old shellac records and people had to carry out a big heavy pile it they borrowed a whole opera.

Hello I lived at no 10 Campbell buildings with my parents
And my 2 siblings.
We were there during the early 1960s until my parents split up and as it was a railways flat we had to move. I have a really happy childhood and was getting into
All sorts!
It has been very nostalgic to read all the comments.
Now one of the main reason to email the group is that during our time at CB I was
Playing with a group of kids and jumped over the walk to retrieve a ball ....
I fell Down a hole and fell onto steel reinforcing units one of the other residents
Came over the fence to help me he was able to release my leg which was scewered
To the steels and undoubtably save my leg. So thank you whoever you are.
Thanks to you I was able to make a full recovery.
The rest of the time at Cb was less dangerous .....
Kind regards all

Hi all. I'm delighted to find this forum. I was born in 1961 in 231 Campbell buildings in my mum's bed as were my sister and brother. The eldest 2 brothers were born elsewhere. We moved when I was 8. We must have been posh as we had a bath in the kitchen ! My dad was an electrician at Waterloo station. I can remember Bertha and Kathleen who lived upstairs, the Nutman's I think they lived downstairs, aunty Millie lived further along the block and my best friend Debbie who was older than me lived opposite. There were 5 of us kids. Anthony, Colm, Sharon, Celine and Paschal. I remember learning to ride a bike in the square, playing knock down ginger and run outs. The penny apeny tray at perdoms and Dontbe grocer. We went to st Patrick's Catholic school in Cromwell road

My Father was the Schoolkeeper at Johanna Street School up until 1969 and I wonder if anyone might have a photo of the school as my Brother cannot find one anywhere and he is desperate to find one to show me where I was born in 1966. My Father was called Reg Lyne

These would be welcome additions