Beckway Street, SE17

Beckway Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Much of Dickens’ Great Expections was set in Walworth.
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Graham O’Connell Lloyds Wharf, SE1 Added: 10 Apr 2021 10:24 GMT	Lloyd & Sons, Tin Box Manufacturers (1859 - 1982) A Lloyd & Sons occupied the wharf (now known as Lloyds Wharf, Mill Street) from the mid 19th Century to the late 20th Century. Best known for making tin boxes they also produced a range of things from petrol canisters to collecting tins. They won a notorious libel case in 1915 when a local councillor criticised the working conditions which, in fairness, weren’t great. There was a major fire here in 1929 but the company survived at least until 1982 and probably a year or two after that. Reply
DavidA Grange Court, SE5 Added: 11 Aug 2023 13:03 GMT	Grange Court, SE5 A conveyance from The British Land Company to (sisters?) Emma and Mary Anne Crawley ... presumably the first development on this site. Reply
Admin Tower Bridge, SE1 Added: 26 Aug 2022 15:19 GMT	Bus makes a leap A number 78 double-decker bus driven by Albert Gunter was forced to jump an accidentally opening Tower Bridge. He was awarded a £10 bonus. Reply
Christine D Elliott Peckham Added: 12 Jun 2023 09:33 GMT	Blockhouse Street I grew up at 89 Blockhouse Street with my parents, sister, grandparents & aunt. We had enough rooms but there was no bathroom, we had to go to the public bath every Friday evening (more hot in number 5 please) & the toilet was outside. There was an endless stream of family coming & going & I remember it as a very happy time. I attended Ilderton Road Primary school & then Collingwood School for girls in Leo street behind the Regal cinema. We were all re-housed in 1966 for re-development. I am always grateful for the happy childhood that I had growing up in this area. Reply
DavidA Grange Court, SE5 Added: 11 Aug 2023 11:31 GMT	Grange Court, SE5 A 1960s redevelopment of the spacious 101 Talfourd Road (there doesn’t seem to have been a 103 in spite of title deeds) Reply
Johna216 Fielding Street, SE17 Added: 9 Aug 2017 16:26 GMT	Thanks! I have recently started a web site, the info you provide on this site has helped me greatly. Thank you for all of your time & work. There can be no real freedom without the freedom to fail. by Erich Fromm. eeggefeceefb Reply
KJ Glengall Road, SE15 Added: 11 Apr 2021 12:34 GMT	Family 1900’s Cranmer family lived here at 105 (changed to 185 when road was re-numbered) James Cranmer wife Louisa ( b.Logan) They had 3 children one being my grandparent William (Bill) CRANMER married to grandmother “Nancy” He used to go to Glengall Tavern in Bird in Bush Rd ,now been converted to flats. Reply
Talbot Yard, SE1 Added: 27 Jul 2021 14:31 GMT	correction Chaucer did not write Pilgrims Progress. His stories were called the Canterbury Tales Reply
[email protected] Wren Road, SE5 Added: 6 Jul 2021 05:38 GMT	Wren Road in the 1950s and 60s Living in Grove Lane I knew Wren Road; my grandfather’s bank, Lloyds, was on the corner; the Scout District had their office in the Congregational Church and the entrance to the back of the Police station with the stables and horses was off it. Now very changed - smile. Reply
All bar one Added: 3 Jun 2021 15:50 GMT	All Bar One The capitalisation is wrong Reply
Jonathan Cocking Tower Bridge, SE1 Added: 30 Aug 2022 13:38 GMT	Tower Bridge, SE1 The driver subsequently married his clippie (conductress). Reply
Peter Gambia Street, SE1 Added: 4 Dec 2023 07:05 GMT	Gambia Street, SE1 Gambia Street was previously known as William Street. Reply
DavidA Grange Court, SE5 Added: 11 Aug 2023 11:27 GMT	Grange Court, SE5 Actually SE15 (SE15 5PB) as marker is across the road. Reply
DavidA Grange Court, SE5 Added: 11 Aug 2023 11:34 GMT	Grange Court, SE5 Proud of being in Peckham.... Reply
DavidA Talfourd Road, SE15 Added: 11 Aug 2023 13:59 GMT	The British Land Co. ...was set up in 1858 by the National Building Society to own land and split it into plots so the new freeholder could get a vote in elections. So it seems some individual houses were built like in 1869 and maybe the terraces came a bit later, with mortgages from the building society. Maybe the road names were already there ... after judges Sir Thomas Talfourd, Lord Denman and Lord Lyndhurst ... which each got a (former) pub name too Source: British Land - Wikipedia Reply

LATEST LONDON-WIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT

Peter Gambia Street, SE1 Added: 4 Dec 2023 07:05 GMT	Gambia Street, SE1 Gambia Street was previously known as William Street. Reply
Eileen Brecknock Road, N7 Added: 10 Nov 2023 09:42 GMT	Brecknock Road Pleating Company My great grandparents ran the Brecknock Road pleating Company around 1910 to 1920 and my Grandmother worked there as a pleater until she was 16. I should like to know more about this. I know they had a beautiful Victorian house in Islington as I have photos of it & of them in their garden. Source: Family history Reply
Squirrel’s Lane, IG9 Added: 6 Nov 2023 16:59 GMT	061123 Why do Thames Water not collect the 15 . Three meter lengths of blue plastic fencing, and old pipes etc. They left here for the last TWO Years, these cause an obstruction,as they halfway lying in the road,as no footpath down this road, and the cars going and exiting the park are getting damaged, also the public are in Grave Danger when trying to avoid your rubbish and the danger of your fences. Source: Squirrels Lane. Buckhurst Hill, Essex. IG9. I want some action ,now, not Excuses.MK. Reply
Christian Cornwall Road, W11 Added: 31 Oct 2023 10:34 GMT	Cornwall Road, W11 Photo shows William Richard Hoare’s chemist shop at 121 Cornwall Road. Reply
Vik Oaks Road, TW6 Added: 30 Oct 2023 18:48 GMT	Old pub sign from the Rising Sun Hi I have no connection to the area except that for the last 30+ years we’ve had an old pub sign hanging on our kitchen wall from the Rising Sun, Stanwell, which I believe was / is on the Oaks Rd. Happy to upload a photo if anyone can tell me how or where to do that! Reply
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. Reply
Christine Bithrey Holly Park, N4 Added: 15 Oct 2023 15:20 GMT	The Hollies (1860 - 1900) I lived in Holly Park Estate from 1969 I was 8 years old when we moved in until I left to get married, my mother still lives there now 84. I am wondering if there was ever a cemetery within The Hollies? And if so where? Was it near to the Blythwood Road end or much nearer to the old Methodist Church which is still standing although rather old looking. We spent most of our childhood playing along the old dis-used railway that run directly along Blythwood Road and opposite Holly Park Estate - top end which is where we live/ed. We now walk my mothers dog there twice a day. An elderly gentleman once told me when I was a child that there used to be a cemetery but I am not sure if he was trying to scare us children! I only thought about this recently when walking past the old Methodist Church and seeing the flag stone in the side of the wall with the inscription of when it was built late 1880 If anyone has any answers please email me [email protected] Reply
Chris hutchison Broadhurst Gardens, NW6 Added: 15 Oct 2023 03:04 GMT	35 broadhurst gardens. 35 Broadhurst gardens was owned by famous opera singer Mr Herman “Simmy”Simberg. He had transformed it into a film and recording complex. There was a film and animation studio on the ground floor. The recording facilities were on the next two floors. I arrived in London from Australia in 1966 and worked in the studio as the tea boy and trainee recording engineer from Christmas 1966 for one year. The facility was leased by an American advertising company called Moreno Films. Mr Simbergs company Vox Humana used the studio for their own projects as well. I worked for both of them. I was so lucky. The manager was another wonderful gentleman called Jack Price who went on to create numerous songs for many famous singers of the day and also assisted the careers of Bob Marley and Jimmy Cliff. “Simmy” let me live in the bedsit,upper right hand window. Jack was also busy with projects with The Troggs,Bill Wyman,Peter Frampton. We did some great sessions with Manfred Mann and Alan Price. The Cream did some demos but that was before my time. We did lots of voice over work. Warren Mitchell and Ronnie Corbett were favourites. I went back in 1978 and “Simmy “ had removed all of the studio and it was now his home. His lounge room was still our studio in my minds eye!! Reply

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Barker House, SE17 Barker House is a block on Congreve Street.

Barker House, SE17

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Baytree Mews, SE1 A street within the SE17 postcode

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Blackwood Apartments, SE17 Blackwood Apartments is sited on Paragon Way.

Blackwood Apartments, SE17

Blackwood Avenue, SE17 Blackwood Avenue is a road in the N18 postcode area

Blackwood Avenue, SE17

Blackwood Street, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode

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Castle Industrial Estate, SE17 Commercial area

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Catesby Street, SE17 Catesby Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Catesby Street, SE17

Chadwell House, SE17 Chadwell House can be found on Inville Road.

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Chatham Street, SE17 Chatham Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Chatham Street, SE17

Comus House, SE17 Comus House can be found on Congreve Street.

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Comus Place, SE17 Comus Place is a road in the SE17 postcode area

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Crail Row, SE17 Crail Row is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Crail Row, SE17

Crosslet Street, SE17 Crosslet Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area

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Culand House, SE17 Culand House is a block on Congreve Street.

Culand House, SE17

Curtis House, SE17 Curtis House is a block on Morecambe Street.

Curtis House, SE17

Curtis Street, SE1 Curtis Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area

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Curtis Way, SE1 Curtis Way is a road in the SE1 postcode area

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Darwin Street, SE17 Darwin Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Darwin Street, SE17

Dawes House, SE17 Dawes House can be found on Rodney Road.

Dawes House, SE17

Dawes Street, SE17 James Arthur Dawes was the first Mayor of the Metropolitan Borough of Southwark.

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Dean’s Buildings, SE17 Dean’s Buildings is a road in the SE17 postcode area

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Dent House, SE17 Dent House is a block on Huntsman Street.

Dent House, SE17

Detling House, SE17 Detling House is a block on Congreve Street.

Detling House, SE17

Dormstone House, SE17 Dormstone House is located on Congreve Street.

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Driscoll House, SE1 Driscoll House is a block on New Kent Road.

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East Street, SE17 East Street, famous for its market, is likely to have been the birthplace of Charlie Chaplin, although no birth certificate exists.

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Edison House, SE17 Edison House is a block on Balfour Street.

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Edward Clifford House, SE17 Edward Clifford House is a block on Elsted Street.

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Ellery House, SE17 Ellery House is a building on Beckway Street.

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Ellis House, SE17 Ellis House is a block on Brandon Street.

Ellis House, SE17

Elsted Street, SE17 Elsted Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

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Eltham Street, SE17 Eltham Street was once part of the most densely populated part of London with no open space at all and counting 249 people per acre in St Johns Ward.

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Eugene Cotter House, SE17 Eugene Cotter House is located on Tatum Street.

Eugene Cotter House, SE17

Everett House, SE17 Everett House is a block on East Street.

Everett House, SE17

Exon Street, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode

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Eynsford House, SE17 Eynsford House is a block on Beckway Street.

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Faversham House, SE17 Faversham House is a building on Kinglake Street.

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Flint Street, SE17 Flint Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

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Flinton Street, SE17 Flinton Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area

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Freemantle Street, SE17 Freemantle Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area

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Guinness Square, SE1 Guinness Square is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

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Hadlow House, SE17 Residential block

Hadlow House, SE17

Halpin Place, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode

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Harrison House, SE17 Harrison House is a block on Brandon Street.

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Hemp Walk, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode

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Hendre Road, SE1 Hendre Road is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

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Henshaw Street, SE17 Henshaw Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area

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Hillery Close, SE17 Hillery Close is a road in the SE17 postcode area

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Huntsman Street, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode

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Ightham House, SE17 Ightham House is a building on Beckway Street.

Ightham House, SE17

Ivychurch Lane, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode

Ivychurch Lane, SE17

John Maurice Close, SE17 John Maurice Close is a road in the SE17 postcode area

John Maurice Close, SE17

Kennedy Walk, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode

Kennedy Walk, SE17

Keston House, SE17 Keston House can be found on Kinglake Street.

Keston House, SE17

King George IV Court, SE17 King George IV Court is a block on Dawes Street.

King George IV Court, SE17

Kinglake Street, SE17 Kinglake Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Kinglake Street, SE17

Kingsley Flats, SE1 A street within the postcode

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Knight House, SE17 Knight House is a building on Huntsman Street.

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Laurel Apartments, SE17 Laurel Apartments is a building on Townsend Street.

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Missenden, SE17 Missenden is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Missenden, SE17

New Kent Road, SE1 New Kent Road is the main road leading east from Elephant & Castle.

New Kent Road, SE1

New Paragon Walk, SE17 New Paragon Walk is a location in London.

New Paragon Walk, SE17

Newbolt House, SE17 Newbolt House is a block on Brandon Street.

Newbolt House, SE17

Nicholson House, SE17 Nicholson House was built as one of the first blocks of the Browning Estate.

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Northchurch, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode

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Offham House, SE17 Offham House is a block on Beckway Street.

Offham House, SE17

Orb Street, SE17 Orb Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Orb Street, SE17

Pages Walk, SE1 Pages Walk is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Pages Walk, SE1

Penry Street, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

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Plaxdale House, SE17 Plaxdale House is a block on Congreve Street.

Plaxdale House, SE17

Povey House, SE17 Povey House can be found on Beckway Street.

Povey House, SE17

Preston Close, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Preston Close, SE1

Preston House, SE17 Preston House can be found on Preston Close.

Preston House, SE17

Quadrangle Close, SE1 Quadrangle Close is a road in the SE1 postcode area

Quadrangle Close, SE1

Richmond House, SE17 Richmond House is a block on East Street.

Richmond House, SE17

Rodney Road, SE17 Rodney Road is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Rodney Road, SE17

Salisbury Close, SE17 Salisbury Close is a location in London.

Salisbury Close, SE17

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Searles Road, SE17

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Setchell Way, SE1 Setchell Way is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

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Shopping Centre, SE1 Shopping Centre is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

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Southborough House, SE17

Sovereign House, SE1P A street within the SE1 postcode

Sovereign House, SE1P

St Mary Newington Close, SE17 St Mary Newington Close is a retirement development of 42 flats.

St Mary Newington Close, SE17

Stanford Place, SE17 Stanford Place is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Stanford Place, SE17

Staunton House, SE17 Staunton House is a block on Huntsman Street.

Staunton House, SE17

Stead Street, SE17 Stead Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Stead Street, SE17

Stockham Court, SE17 Stockham Court is a block on Rodney Road.

Stockham Court, SE17

Surrey Grove, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode

Surrey Grove, SE17

Surrey Square, SE17 Surrey Square was built in 1793-4 by Michael Searles.

Surrey Square, SE17

Surrey Terrace, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode

Surrey Terrace, SE17

Swan Mead, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Swan Mead, SE1

Taplow, SE17 Taplow is a block in Walworth.

Taplow, SE17

Tatum Street, SE17 Tatum Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Tatum Street, SE17

Tenterden House, SE17 Tenterden House is a block on Kinglake Street.

Tenterden House, SE17

The Chaplin Centre, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode

The Chaplin Centre, SE17

The School House, SE1 Residential block

The School House, SE1

The Willows, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

The Willows, SE1

Theobald Street, SE1 Theobald Street is (now) a short street lying off of the New Kent Road.

Theobald Street, SE1

Thomson House, SE17 Thomson House is sited on Beckway Street.

Thomson House, SE17

Thornton House, SE17 Thornton House is a block on Townsend Street.

Thornton House, SE17

Thurlow Street, SE17 Thurlow Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Thurlow Street, SE17

Thurlow Walk, SE17 Thurlow Walk is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Thurlow Walk, SE17

Tisdall Place, SE17 Tisdall Place is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Tisdall Place, SE17

Townley Street, SE17 Townley Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Townley Street, SE17

Townsend Street, SE17 Townsend Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Townsend Street, SE17

Trafalgar Street, SE17 Trafalgar Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Trafalgar Street, SE17

Tyler Court, SE17 Tyler Court is a block on Balfour Street.

Tyler Court, SE17

Upnor Way, SE17 Upnor Way is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Upnor Way, SE17

Wadding Street, SE17 Wadding Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Wadding Street, SE17

Walsham House, SE17 Walsham House is sited on Bronti Close.

Walsham House, SE17

Wendover, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode

Wendover, SE17

Willow Walk, SE1 Willow Walk is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Willow Walk, SE1

Wingrave, SE17 Wingrave is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Wingrave, SE17

Wooler Street, SE17 Wooler Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Wooler Street, SE17

NEARBY PUBS

Dun Cow The Dun Cow stood at 279 Old Kent Road.

Dun Cow

Huntsman & hound

Southwark cyprus turkish association

The Crown

The Swan The Swan stood at 84 Old Kent Road.

The Swan

The Victoria The Victoria is a pub on Page’s Walk.

The Victoria

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Walworth

Walworth is an inner-city district in the London Borough of Southwark. Walworth probably derives its name from the Old English Wealhworth, meaning 'farm'. It is located 2 miles south east of Charing Cross and near to Camberwell and Elephant and Castle.

The major streets in Walworth are the Old Kent Road and Walworth Road. It once had a common surrounded by streets with houses on one side, the Common on the other. This whole area is now covered by housing.

St. Peter's Church, Walworth's altar
St. Peter's Church, Walworth, built circa 1825, is an excellent example of the neo-classical style of church built by Sir John Soane. It is an indication of the wealth of the middle-class merchants who then lived in the vicinity that they could afford an architect of such prominence. Charles Upfold was born at Walworth Common and baptised at St. Peters. The church is home to the Monkey Park - which was once home to a menagerie kept by a past Reverend of the Church, but is now a garden.

Walworth is also home to the Pullens buildings - a mixture of Victorian live/work spaces and yards. Many of the flats are 1 bedroom, and some of the flats still connect to the Workshops of any of the three yards (Illife Yard, Peacock Yard and one other). They all share communal roof terraces with extensive views over to the West End.
Walworth also used to have a Zoo, in Royal Surrey Gardens, which was visited by Queen Victoria.

East Street market is a major street market.

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Burgess Park being created (1973) Credit: Greater London Council TUM image id: 1651159167 Licence:	The Swan, 82-86 Old Kent Road. Demolished in 2004. Old London postcard TUM image id: 1620671536 Licence:	Block on the Aylwin Estate Credit: Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1680622838 Licence:	Bermondsey Street (1881) "One cannot help speculating as to the origins of this singular group of houses, with their eight gables. Mr Rendle, who was good enough to take great pains - unfortunately fruitless- to glean something for me about the history of these houses, tells me that in the early part of this century, houses of this type were exceedingly common in the main thoroughfares and bye places of Southwark. They are good specimens of the houses of the time of Elizabeth and somewhat later; the frame of massive timber, else mere shells of lath and plaster; but though often out of shape and leaning in all directions, wonderfully durable." This description was written by Alfred Marks. Credit: Society for Photographing Relics of Old London/Henry Dixon TUM image id: 1644252449 Licence:	East Street, Walworth is likely to have been the birthplace of Charlie Chaplin, although no birth certificate exists. It could therefore also have been the inspiration for his similarly named 1917 seminal short film Easy Street, a suggestion made as early as 1928 in the film ’The Life Story of Charlie Chaplin’ by Harry B. Parkinson. The famous trousers and boots of Chaplin’s trademark tramp costume may have been inspired by the every-day clothes Chaplin saw worn in what he called East Lane market. East Street Market also features in the title sequence to the television programme Only Fools and Horses. Credit: Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1638107581 Licence: CC BY 2.0
View across roof tops to Pink’s Factory, Tabard Street, Southwark (1916) This picture was taken prior to slum clearance to make way for the Tabard Garden Estate. TUM image id: 1660650784 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Tower Bridge (2021) Sometimes, during the various lockdowns, various normally-busy roads have been photogenically quiet Credit: Instagram user TUM image id: 1660647492 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Weston Street, SE1 (1950s) TUM image id: 1644253864 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Wild’s Rents, SE1 (1930s) TUM image id: 1644256555 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Harrison House on the Browning Estate, Walworth (1974) Credit: London Borough of Southwark TUM image id: 1637075058 Licence: CC BY 2.0
Slum housing, 24-37 Chapel Place, Southwark Chapel Place was a side turning off of Long Lane. The modern Hankey Place largely replaced it. Credit: London Metropolitan Archives TUM image id: 1622285670 Licence:	The corner of Long Lane with Staple Street, Bermondsey possibly at the end of the Boer War In the 1950s these shops were Fordham’s and Leatherdales bakery. Later still there was a fish and chip shop here opposite the Valentine pub. TUM image id: 1606858722 Licence:	Villa Street Walworth c.1907. TUM image id: 1604223727 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Bermondsey Abbey, located around the modern-day Bermondsey Square. Credit: Sir Walter Besant TUM image id: 1682594833 Licence:	Eltham Street, Walworth before demolition Credit: London Metropolitan Archives TUM image id: 1669911093 Licence: CC BY 2.0

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The Swan, 82-86 Old Kent Road. Demolished in 2004.
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Block on the Aylwin Estate
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East Street, Walworth is likely to have been the birthplace of Charlie Chaplin, although no birth certificate exists. It could therefore also have been the inspiration for his similarly named 1917 seminal short film Easy Street, a suggestion made as early as 1928 in the film ’The Life Story of Charlie Chaplin’ by Harry B. Parkinson. The famous trousers and boots of Chaplin’s trademark tramp costume may have been inspired by the every-day clothes Chaplin saw worn in what he called East Lane market. East Street Market also features in the title sequence to the television programme Only Fools and Horses.
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Wild’s Rents, SE1 (1930s)
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Villa Street Walworth c.1907.
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Bermondsey Abbey, located around the modern-day Bermondsey Square.
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Eltham Street, Walworth before demolition
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Two young children watching others play outside in Christmas Street, SE1 on 21 December 1946. The buildings in the image are Clifton Buildings - four-storey tenements accessible via open stairwells which were classified as a slum and then condemned to be demolished to built the new Haddonhall Estate.
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The Dun Cow at 279 Old Kent Road.
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The Aylesbury Estate, Walworth, as viewed from Chiltern (2009)
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