BermondseyBoy

Clement Road prefabs, centred on house number 70. The highest street number in Clement's Road was 60; the chauffeur to the pre- and post-war mayors of Bermondsey, Eddie Taylor - my great-uncle, lived there. (I don't remember ever hearing my great-uncle Ed call my great-aunt Carrie rude names. But t...

I am so sorry to hear your news.
And apologies for the late posting of this - I rarely look in the Member's Short Stories topic.

kiwi wrote: ... do you remember the fruit stall.

I remember the Wimpy Bar opposite - not difficult as I walked past it on four days ago!

kiwi wrote:Picture states, taken in Bermondsey, can anyone recognise the boys or street/road.

Adelaide Avenue, Brockley.

kiwi wrote:Can anyone confirm this is Cardol Place. I think it was a cul-de sac, but not this short,
Cardol Place, Long Lane, c1930..jpg

Yes, that's Cardol Place - six houses on the right and the roof of Pickford's stables behind the far houses.

kiwi wrote:I have my doubts with this picture. Picture States, Farncombe Street School re-named Riverside in the background. From the angle of the school and if the picture is right, could this be Loftie Street.
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Tissington Street, looking towards Rotherhithe Primary School.

kiwi wrote:A bit confusing but maybe someone can come up with the answer.

I don't think that's Old Kent Road - look how narrow the road is in the second picture.

Great picture. Not sure why it has got Kent Road and not Old Kent Road :? Beneath the "Old Kent" sign you can see the outline of a sign of the same shape but shorter - long enough for "Road", and the screw holes in the wall where it has fallen off. Times at 718 was on the other s...

I think the second picture is the Spa Road swimming baths.

I think the pub was on the corner of White’s Ground, (formally Gun Alley) and Bermondsey Street. The pub on the corner with White's Grounds was the Yorkshire Grey, since renamed the Garrison. The Eight Bells was further down the street, just before Newham's Row, at № 103 - until Bermondsey Street w...