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  colin Passfield Added: 1 Jan 2021 15:28 GMT | Dora Street, E14 My grandmother was born in 1904 at 34 Dora Street Reply |
  Kim Johnson Added: 24 Jun 2021 19:17 GMT | Limehouse Causeway (1908) My great grandparents were the first to live in 15 Tomlins Terrace, then my grandparents and parents after marriage. I spent the first two years of my life there. My nan and her family lived at number 13 Tomlins Terrace. My maternal grandmother lived in Maroon house, Blount Street with my uncle. Nan, my mum and her brothers were bombed out three times during the war. Reply |
  Added: 31 Oct 2022 18:47 GMT | Memories I lived at 7 Conder Street in a prefab from roughly 1965 to 1971 approx - happy memories- sad to see it is no more ? Reply |
  Added: 14 Jul 2023 11:54 GMT | Dora Street, E14 My grandmother and Grandfather moved into St Leonards Avenue in 1904 and and lived there until her death in 1966. I lived there for the first 7 years of my life, and I was born in Bromley by Bow hospital Reply |
 Tony Whipple 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 |
 GrahamClayton Added: 10 Oct 2024 19:42 GMT | Armed guard during 1919 civil unrest During the 1919 civil unrest, a company of soldiers guarded the power station day and night - if it was forced to close down, a large part of London’s transport system would be inoperable. Reply |
 Mark G Added: 6 Oct 2024 15:08 GMT | Change of Road Name to SARK WALK All of the terraced slum housing on JERSEY ROAD was demolished and the area rebuilt with modern housing in the late 1940’s, early 1950’s. Subsequently, the road was renamed SARK WALK. Reply |
 B Willmot Added: 24 Sep 2024 00:39 GMT | King Charles Street, SW1A My Great Grandfather (Joseph William Willmot) started school here in Charles St - Penley’s College in 1857. Reply |
  roy elsom Added: 20 Sep 2024 16:44 GMT | Parkers Row, SE1 In the 1841 a relative of my wife, family name Reeves lived in Parker’s Row Reply |
 BB Added: 19 Sep 2024 12:41 GMT | Saunders Street, SE11 My grandfather (and presumably my father, uncles and aunts) all lived in 3 Saunders Street. I’m slowly researching my Family Tree. Does anyone know when this street was demolished, what were the properties like (I’m assuming extremely poor). My grandfather’s surname was HILKIN. Reply |
James Added: 18 Sep 2024 12:55 GMT | Southwark Does anyone know how this street came to be named Leyden Street? I can only find a couple of Leyden Streets in Britain, one in Glasgow in Scotland and one here Reply |
 Roger Purcell Added: 14 Sep 2024 17:46 GMT | Verdant Lane, SE6 (1911 - 1936) My great grandfather Joseph Henry Purcell moved into 140 Verdant Lane with his family circa 1910/11. He had recently retired from working in a senior role for the Borough Market Trust. It would have been a brand new terraced house at the time. He died there in 1916, but my great grandmother Emma continued to live there until her death in 1936. Reply |
 Anonymous Added: 29 Aug 2024 13:22 GMT | Wartime My late Aunt lived in Tidal Basin during the war. Their family name was Brandon. She told a story of a schoolboy killed on the dock railway when walking to school. Apparently it was common for the kids to walk along the busy tracks serving the docks. Reply |