Browne House, SE8

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Phillip Martin

Ashburnham Place, SE10

Added: 16 Oct 2023 06:25 GMT

16 Ashburnham Road
On 15 October 1874 George Frederick Martin was born in 16 Ashburnham Road Greenwich to George Henry Martin, a painter, and Mary Martin, formerly Southern.

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Tony Whipple Frank Whipple Place, E14 Added: 16 Apr 2024 21:35 GMT	Frank Whipple Place, E14 Frank was my great-uncle, I’d often be ’babysat’ by Peggy while Nan and Dad went to the pub. Peggy was a marvel, so full of life. My Dad and Frank didn’t agree on most politics but everyone in the family is proud of him. A genuinely nice, knowledgable bloke. One of a kind. Reply
Theresa Penney Whites Row, E1 Added: 16 Apr 2024 18:08 GMT	1 Whites Row My 2 x great grandparents and his family lived here according to the 1841 census. They were Dutch Ashkenazi Jews born in Amsterdam at the beginning of the 19th century but all their children were born in Spitalfields. Reply
Wendy The Polygon Added: 22 Mar 2024 15:33 GMT	Polygon Buildings Following the demolition of the Polygon, and prior to the construction of Oakshott Court in 1974, 4 tenement type blocks of flats were built on the site at Clarendon Sq/Phoenix Rd called Polygon Buildings. These were primarily for people working for the Midland Railway and subsequently British Rail. My family lived for 5 years in Block C in the 1950s. It seems that very few photos exist of these buildings. Reply
Steve Charleville Circus, SE26 Added: 19 Mar 2024 08:42 GMT	Road construction and houses completed New Charleville Circus road layout shown on Stanford’s Library Map Of London And Its Suburbs 1879 with access via West Hill only. Plans showing street numbering were recorded in 1888 so we can concluded the houses in Charleville Circus were built by this date. Source: Charleville Circus, Sydenham, London Reply
Steve Charleville Circus, SE26 Added: 19 Mar 2024 08:04 GMT	Charleville Circus, Sydenham: One Place Study (OPS) One Place Study’s (OPS) are a recent innovation to research and record historical facts/events/people focused on a single place �’ building, street, town etc. I have created an open access OPS of Charleville Circus on WikiTree that has over a million members across the globe working on a single family tree for everyone to enjoy, for free, forever. Source: Charleville Circus, Sydenham, London Reply
Charles Hornsey Rise, N19 Added: 8 Mar 2024 20:45 GMT	My House I want to know who lived in my house in the 1860’s. Reply
NH Woodgrange Road, E7 Added: 7 Mar 2024 11:41 GMT	Telephone House Donald Hunter House, formerly Telephone House, was the BT Offices closed in 2000 Reply
Paul Cox Aldine Street, W12 Added: 5 Mar 2024 22:18 GMT	War damage reinstatement plans of No’s 11 & 13 Aldine Street Whilst clearing my elderly Mothers house of general detritus, I’ve come across original plans (one on acetate) of No’s 11 & 13 Aldine Street. Might they be of interest or should I just dispose of them? There are 4 copies seemingly from the one single acetate example. Seems a shame to just junk them as the level of detail is exquisite. No worries if of no interest, but thought I’d put it out there. Reply

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The Mercury building on Blackheath Road (1960s). On the left you can see a terrace that exists today - the location of the White Swan pub. Credit: Adrian Spalding TUM image id: 1657289064 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Sylva Cottages Estate in Mill Lane (now Brookmill Road), Lewisham (c.1904) Credit: London Metropolitan Archives TUM image id: 1620298012 Licence:	’Creek Road, Deptford, London, 29 August 1952’ Noel Spencer was a printmaker and artist in black-and-white, born in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. He studied at Ashton-under-Lyne School of Art and Manchester School of Art. The Museum of London has a considerable collection. Spencer was interested in depicting townscapes and landscapes, a notable achievement in the 1940s being many pen drawings of Huddersfield, completed while he was head of the Art School there. Credit: Noël Spencer/Museum of London TUM image id: 9533054 Licence:	Chimney sweeps of Deptford (1936) All depicted in the photo were fathers and sons. TUM image id: 1707499116 Licence:	Deptford Broadway (1960s) Looking east with Deptford High Street on the left TUM image id: 1657290927 Licence: CC BY 2.0
View of Deptford High Street, SE8 Credit: Wiki Commons/Mike Quinn TUM image id: 1647011236 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Lewisham Road with a crew rushing to a fire TUM image id: 1466525486 Licence:	Lewisham Way (1952) This was the final year of the old trams. There’s also a fine old street lamp in the view. TUM image id: 1707500504 Licence:	Watergate Street, Deptford Formerly known as King Street, there were so many King Streets in London, it needed a new name as postal workers were complaining. The new name was given as it had access to the River Thames (and because there were no other Watergate Streets). Many large houses were built in the street during the 17th and 18th centuries and lived in by those connected to the maritime trade. By the twentieth century the street had became run down and post-war, new housing was built. TUM image id: 1570963350 Licence:	Abinger Grove VE Day street party This road runs up to Evelyn Street in Deptford TUM image id: 1625500582 Licence:
Albury Street, formerly Union Street in Deptford (1906) TUM image id: 1570990116 Licence:	Robert Price - yet another fence! He’s a one man fence erecting machine... Credit: The Underground Map TUM image id: 1621596286 Licence:	London bus (2020) TUM image id: 1620647094 Licence:	Lost Credit: David Coppens TUM image id: 1620654679 Licence:	Greenwich Foot Tunnel Speaking of "spooky", a lonely solo trip along the foot tunnel with only the echoes of your own footsteps, has its unnerving moments. Credit: Pixabay/Derek Sewell TUM image id: 1620657490 Licence:

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The Mercury building on Blackheath Road (1960s). On the left you can see a terrace that exists today - the location of the White Swan pub.
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Chimney sweeps of Deptford (1936) All depicted in the photo were fathers and sons.
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Deptford Broadway (1960s) Looking east with Deptford High Street on the left
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View of Deptford High Street, SE8
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Watergate Street, Deptford Formerly known as King Street, there were so many King Streets in London, it needed a new name as postal workers were complaining. The new name was given as it had access to the River Thames (and because there were no other Watergate Streets). Many large houses were built in the street during the 17th and 18th centuries and lived in by those connected to the maritime trade. By the twentieth century the street had became run down and post-war, new housing was built.
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Albury Street, formerly Union Street in Deptford (1906)
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London bus (2020)
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Lost
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Greenwich Foot Tunnel Speaking of "spooky", a lonely solo trip along the foot tunnel with only the echoes of your own footsteps, has its unnerving moments.
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Duck down at the Macy’s parade, New York City (1961)
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