Vassall Road, SW9

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Christobel Warren-Jones

Added: 26 Feb 2018 13:50 GMT

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Post by Christobel Warren-Jones: Hurley Road, SE11

Hurley Road was off Kennington Lane, just west of Renfrew Raod, not where indicated on this map. My Dad was born at number 4 in 1912. It no longer exists but the name is remembered in Hurley House, Hurley Clinic and Hurley Pre-School

KC Alexander

Added: 23 Jan 2018 15:07 GMT

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Post by KC Alexander: Priory Grove, SW8

Lived in a two up two down until the age of 13.
Played on the bombsites (no health and safety then)
A Coal man Mr Bells lived in the road and kept his horse in a stable across the road from where he lived.
Fibre glass factory which made large figures etc for fairgrounds was down a mews which no longer exists.
Prefabs on the bend where Doreen, a friend of my mums lived with her two daughters.
Alan and Alex who?s mum and dad were also friends of my parents lived near the priory pub. the pub is now residential flats.
Alex was another boy who lived just a couple of doors along from me as was Colin.
The house was knocked down in 1964 and the site is now an adventure playground.
The only thing left I recognise is my old sycamore tree which grew in my garden which I could often be found climbing.

Never fell out of it !

Allen Waters

Added: 18 Jan 2018 23:19 GMT

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Post by Allen Waters: Lansdowne Gardens, SW8

I used to live at no. 27 from 1950-1961. My family had the large room on the ground floor a bedroom on the 2nd floor and a room in the attic. There were several other families who came and went over the years, as well as landlords. We had a landlord for a time called ?Gethin?. I used to play with my friends in the road as there were few cars then. We used to use the lamppost next to house as a cricket wicket and it?s still there. I can remember swings in the green and a parkeeper there with a coal brazier in the winter. I was a choirboy at St Barnaby?s, I remember a bagwash near the church when the houses were demolished to build the estate. There used to be a row of shops and I particularly remember one called ?gallies? a sweet shop where you could get a penny drink and they put gas in it for you. Schools I went to were Priory Grove, then Al

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Evelyn Johnson

Added: 8 Dec 2017 23:23 GMT

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Post by Evelyn Johnson: Sturgeon Road, SE17

I lived at 105 Sturgeon Road in 1956 went to st Paul’s church Lorrimore sqN8DvL

Pauline jones

Added: 16 Oct 2017 19:04 GMT

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Post by Pauline jones: Bessborough Place, SW1V

I grew up in bessborough place at the back of our house and Grosvenor road and bessborough gardens was a fantastic playground called trinity mews it had a paddling pool sandpit football area and various things to climb on, such as a train , slide also as Wendy house. There were plants surrounding this wonderful play area, two playground attendants ,also a shelter for when it rained. The children were constantly told off by the playground keepers for touching the plants or kicking the ball out of the permitted area, there was hopscotch as well, all these play items were brick apart from the slide. Pollock was the centre of my universe and I felt sorry and still do for anyone not being born there. To this day I miss it and constantly look for images of the streets around there, my sister and me often go back to take a clumped of our beloved L

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Johnshort

Added: 7 Oct 2017 21:07 GMT

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Post by Johnshort: Hurley Road, SE11

There were stables in the road mid way also Danny reading had coal delivery lorry.n

peter hiller

Added: 13 Sep 2017 11:07 GMT

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Post by peter hiller: Sancroft Street, SE11

what is the history of tresco house 2 sancroft street ,it looks older than a 1990s site

Robert smitherman

Added: 23 Aug 2017 11:01 GMT

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Post by Robert smitherman: Saunders Street, SE11

I was born in a prefab on Saunders street SE11 in the 60’s, when I lived there, the road consisted of a few prefab houses, the road originally ran from Lollard street all the way thru to Fitzalan street. I went back there to have a look back in the early 90’s but all that is left of the road is about 20m of road and the road sign.

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County Championship: Warwickshire bowl out Middlesex as James Fuller hits 71
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The most expensive showbiz ticket I ever bought
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Stockwell

Stockwell is a district situated a couple of miles south-east of Charing Cross.

Stockwell probably got the second half of its name from a local well; the other half is from stoc, which was Old English for a tree trunk or post. From the thirteenth to the start of the nineteenth century, Stockwell was a rural manor at the edge of London. It included market gardens and John Tradescant's botanical garden – commemorated in Tradescant Road, which was built over it in 1880, and in a memorial outside St Stephen's church. In the nineteenth century it developed as an elegant middle class suburb. Residents included the artist Arthur Rackham, who was born in South Lambeth Road in 1867, moving with his family to Albert Square when he was 15.

Stockwell station was opened on 4 November 1890 by the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII), as the most southerly station on the City & South London Railway (C&SLR) - London's first deep level tube railway. Passenger services began just over one month later on 18 December 1890.

Its social and architectural fortunes in the twentieth century were more mixed. The area immediately around Stockwell tube station was extensively rebuilt following the Second World War, and the original domed tube station was replaced first in the 1920s, then again with the opening of the Victoria line in 1971.

The area also has much social housing; the main estates are Lansdowne Green, Stockwell park, Studley, Spurgeon, Mursell and Stockwell Gardens. However, many remnants of the area's nineteenth century grandeur can be found in the side and back streets of Stockwell, notably in the Stockwell Park Conservation Area, mostly built between 1825 and 1840 and centred on Stockwell Park Road, Stockwell Park Crescent, Durand Gardens, and Albert Square.

Stockwell and neighbouring South Lambeth are home to one of the UK's biggest Portuguese communities, known as 'Little Portugal'. Most of the local Portuguese people originate from Madeira and Lisbon and have established many cafes, restaurants, bakeries, neighbourhood associations and delicatessens. Stockwell is also home to many people of Caribbean and West African origin. They are also well represented in the local population, and cafés, grocers, barbers' shops and salons run by people from these communities are scattered around Stockwell.

LOCATIONS ON THE UNDERGROUND MAP

Angell Town:   Angell Town is a large, municipally-built housing complex on the Brixton/Stockwell border.
Ashmole Primary School:   Community school (Primary) which accepts students between the ages of 3 and 11.
Bishops House Children’s Centre:   This is a children’s centre.
Christ Church Primary SW9:   Voluntary aided school (Primary) which accepts students between the ages of 3 and 11.
City Racing:   City Racing was an artist-run space in Kennington, South London which was active between 1988 and 1998.
Durand Academy:   Academy converter (All through) which accepts students between the ages of 3 and 18.
Eaves Housing for Women:   Eaves Housing for Women (Eaves) was a charitable company based in London.
Ethelred Nursery School & Children’s Centre:   This is a children’s centre.
Henry Fawcett Primary School:   Community school (Primary) which accepts students between the ages of 3 and 11.
Henry Fawcett Primary School and Children’s Centre:   This is a children’s centre.
Highshore School:   Community special school which accepts students between the ages of 11 and 19.
Horns Tavern:   The first mention of the Green Man and Horns tavern near Kennington Common was in 1725.
Kennington:   Kennington was a royal manor in the ancient parish of St Mary, Lambeth in the county of Surrey and was the administrative centre of the parish from 1853.
Kennington Park:   Kennington Park is a public park in Kennington, south London.
Kennington Park Academy:   Academy alternative provision converter which accepts students between the ages of 5 and 11.
Keyworth Primary School:   Community school (Primary) which accepts students between the ages of 3 and 11.
Liz Atkinson Children’s Centre:   This is a children’s centre.
Loughborough Primary School:   Community school (Primary) which accepts students between the ages of 3 and 11.
Myatt’s Fields:
Octavia House Schools:   Other independent special school which accepts students between the ages of 5 and 16.
Oval:   Oval tube station in Kennington is named after The Oval Cricket Ground, which it serves.
Ovalhouse:   Ovalhouse, formerly called Oval House Theatre, is an Off-West End theatre.
Platanos College:   Academy converter (Secondary) which accepts students between the ages of 11 and 16. Admissions policy: Comprehensive (secondary).
Reay Primary School:   Foundation school (Primary) which accepts students between the ages of 3 and 11.
Saint Gabriel’s College:   Voluntary aided school (Secondary) which accepts students between the ages of 11 and 16. Admissions policy: Comprehensive (secondary).
St Helen’s Catholic School:   Voluntary aided school (Primary) which accepts students between the ages of 3 and 11.
St John the Divine Church of England Primary School:   Voluntary aided school (Primary) which accepts students between the ages of 3 and 11.
St John’s Angell Town Church of England Primary School:   Voluntary aided school (Primary) which accepts students between the ages of 3 and 11.
Stockwell:   Stockwell is a district situated a couple of miles south-east of Charing Cross.
Stockwell Skatepark:

PHOTOS OF THE AREA

Chartist meeting, Kennington Common (1848):   On 10 April 1848, William Kilburn took daguerrotypes of the Great Chartist Meeting on Kennington Common – taken from the top of The Horns tavern were the first ever photos of a crowd scene.
Street cricket (1953):   Street cricket has been played across London since the rules of the game were formulated.
Zebra taxi:   Around 1912, a zebra-pulled taxi was active on the streets of Brixton.

NEARBY STREETS AND BUILDINGS ON THE UNDERGROUND MAP

(formerly Hillingdon Street), SE17 · (formerly Hillingdon Street), SE5 · (formerly Lucas Road), SE5 · A202, SW8 · Akerman Road, SE5 · Akerman Road, SW9 · Alberta Street, SE17 · Alvanley House, SW9 · Ambergate Street, SE17 · Angell Park Gardens, SW9 · Angell Road, SW9 · Atlantic Road, SW9 · Aulton Place, SE11 · Aveline Street, SE11 · Aytoun Place, SW9 · Aytoun Road, SW9 · Barrington Road, SW2 · Barrington Road, SW9 · Beehive Place, SW9 · Belinda Road, SW9 · Benedict Road, SW9 · Bennett Road, SW9 · Bolton Crescent, SE5 · Bolton Cresent, SE5 · Bowden Street, SE11 · Bowling Green Street, SE11 · Braganza Street, SE17 · Bramah Green, SW9 · Brief Street, SE5 · Brixton Road, SE11 · Brixton Road, SW9 · Burnley Road, SW9 · Burton Road, SW9 · Calais Gate, SE5 · Calais Street, SE5 · Caldwell Street, SW9 · Camberwell New Road, SE11 · Camberwell New Road, SE5 · Camberwell New Road, SW9 · Cancell Road, SW9 · Cantebury Court Kennington Park, SW9 · Canterbury Court, SW9 · Canterbury Crescent, SW9 · Canterbury Cresent, SW9 · Canterbury Place, SE17 · Cardigan Street, SE11 · Chapter Road, SE17 · Chartwell Business Park, SE5 · Chester Way, SE11 · Chryssell Road, SW9 · Clapham Road, SW4 · Clapham Road, SW9 · Claribel Road, SW9 · Claylands Place, SW8 · Clayton Street, SE11 · Cleaver Square, SE11 · Cleaver Street, SE11 · Coldha, SW9 · Conwall Square Kennings Way, SE11 · Cook’s Road, SE17 · Cormont Road, SE5 · Courtenay Square, SE11 · Courtenay Street, SE11 · Cowley Road, SW9 · Cranmer Road, SW9 · Cranworth Gardens, SW9 · Crewdson Road, SW9 · Cromwell Road, SW9 · Crowhurst Close, SW9 · Dairy Mews, SW9 · De Laune Street, SE17 · Delverton Road, SE17 · Denny Crescent, SE11 · Denny Cresent, SE11 · Doddington Grove, SE17 · Dog Walk Area, SE5 · Durand Gardens, SW9 · Elam Close, SE5 · Elam Street, SE5 · Electric Avenue, SW9 · Electric Lane, SW9 · Elliott Road, SW9 · Evandale Road, SW9 · Evesham Walk, SW9 · Eythorne Road, SW9 · Farmers Road, SE5 · Faunce Street, SE17 · Featley Road, SW9 · Ferrey Mews, SW9 · Fir Grove Road, SW9 · Fitzgerald House, SW9 · Fiveways Road, SW9 · Flaxman Road, SE5 · Fleming Road, SE17 · Forsyth Gardens, SE17 · Fountain Place, SW9 · Foxley Road, SW9 · Foxley Square, SW9 · Frederick Crescent, SW9 · Frederick Cresent, SW9 · Fyfield Road, SW9 · Glenfinlas Way, SE5 · Gordon Grove, SE5 · Gosling Way, SW9 · Green Dale, SE5 · Gresham Road, SW9 · Grimsel Path, SE5 · Groveway, SW9 · Guinness Trust Estate, SW9 · Hackford Road, SW9 · Hackford Walk, SW9 · Halsmere Road, SE5 · Handforth Road, SW9 · Hanover Gardens, SE11 · Hanover Gardens, SW8 · Hanworth House, SE5 · Hardess Street, SE24 · Harleyford Street, SE11 · Harmsworth Street, SE17 · Heritage Close, SW9 · Herne Hill Road, SW9 · Hilda Lockert Walk, SW9 · Hillingdon Street, SE17 · Hillingdon Street, SE5 · Hillyard Street, SW9 · Holland Grove, SW9 · Hotspur Street, SE11 · Hurley Road, SE11 · Ingleborough Street, SW9 · Johnston Close, SW9 · Kendal Close, SE5 · Kendal Close, SW9 · Kennings Way, SE11 · Kennington Lane, SE11 · Kennington Lane, SW8 · Kennington Park Gardens, SE17 · Kennington Park Place, SE11 · Kennington Park Place, SE17 · Kennington Park Road, SE11 · Kennington Park Road, SE17 · Kennington Park, SE5 · Kennington Road, SE11 · Kennington Road, SW95 · Knatchbull Road, SE5 · Knatchbull Road, SW9 · Knowle Close, SW9 · Langton Road, SW9 · Lauderdale House, SW9 · Laxley Close, SE5 · Lett Road, SW9 · Liberty Street, SW9 · Lilford Road, SE5 · Listowel Close, SW9 · Lohmann House, SE11 · Lorn Road, SW9 · Lorrimore Square, SE17 · Lothian Road, SW9 · Loughborough Road, SW9 · Maddock Way, SE17 · Magee Street, SE11 · Major Close, SW9 · Mallams Mews, SW9 · Marcella Road, SW9 · Market Row, SW9 · Marylee Way, SE11 · Melbourne Mews, SW9 · Methley Street, SE11 · Millbrook Road, SW9 · Milverton Street, SE11 · Minerva Close, SW9 · Minet Road, SE5 · Minet Road, SW9 · Moat Place, SW9 · Montford Place, SE11 · Morat Street, SW9 · Mostyn Road, SW9 · Mowll Street, SW9 · Myatt Road, SW9 · Normandy Road, SW9 · Offley Road, SW9 · Opal Street, SE11 · Otto Street, SE17 · Overton Road, SW9 · Patmos Road, SW9 · Paulet Road, SE5 · Peckford Place, SW9 · Pegasus Place, SE11 · Penford Street, SE5 · Penton Place, SE11 · Perseverance Place, SW9 · Pomfret Road, SE5 · Prima Road, SW9 · Printers Road, SW9 · Pullens Buildings, SE17 · Radcot Street, SE11 · Ramsey House, SW9 · Rathgar Road, SW9 · Ravensdon Street, SE11 · Redan Terrace, SE5 · Reedworth Street, SE11 · Reliance Arcade, SW9 · Ridgway Road, SW9 · Robsart Street, SW9 · Royal Road, SE11 · Royal Road, SE17 · Rumsey Road, SW9 · Rupert Gardens, SW9 · Russell Grove, SW9 · Saint Agnes Place, SE11 · Saint Martin’s Road, SW9 · Saint Michael’s Road, SW9 · Sancroft Street, SE11 · Scotson House, SE11 · Sedley House, SE11 · Sharstead Street, SE17 · Sharsted Street, SE17 · Sidney Road, SW9 · Silk Mews, SE11 · Somerville Close, SW9 · South Island Place, SW9 · South Lambeth Road, SW9 · South Street, SE11 · Southey Road, SW9 · Spicer Close, SW9 · St Agnes Place, SE11 · St Jame’s Crescent, SW9 · St Jamess Crescent, SW9 · St Johns Crescent, SW9 · St Lawrence way, SW9 · St Martins Road, SW9 · St Michaels Road, SW9 · St Pauls Church, SE17 · St. Agnes Place, SE11 · St. Martin’s Road, SW9 · Stannary Street, SE11 · Station Avenue, SW9 · Stockwell Gardens, SW9 · Stockwell Lane, SW9 · Stockwell Park Crescent, SW9 · Stockwell Park Cresent, SW9 · Stockwell Park Road, SW9 · Stockwell Park Walk, SW9 · Stockwell Road, SW9 · Stopford Road, SE17 · Styles Gardens, SW9 · Sussex Walk, SW9 · Swinford Gardens, SW9 · Tarver Road, SE17 · Templar Street, SE5 · The Fosters Oval, SE11 · The Stableyard, SW9 · Thornton Street, SW9 · Torrey Drive, SW9 · Turner Close, SE5 · Urlwin Walk, SW9 · Van Gogh Walk, SW9 · Vassall Road, SW9 · Villa Road, SW9 · Warham Street, SE5 · Welby Street, SE5 · Wellfit Street, SE24 · Westcott Road, SE17 · Western Road, SW9 · White Hart Street, SE11 · Wickwood Street, SE5 · Wiltshire Road, SW9 · Winans Walk, SW9 · Winchester House Kennington Park, SW9 · Winchester House, SW9 · Windmill Row, SE11 · Wynne Road, SW9 ·

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