BermondseyBoy

kiwi wrote:Old Kent Road, Mary Adams, aged 68, giving a hula hoop demonstration to admiring neighbours, c1958. X..png

Its her with the pinny n' dust scarf complete with carpet slippers, plus postie still with bicycle clips, I could be the lad wearing dungarees, white socks and t-bar sandals

My Dear kiwi,
You have been conspicuous by your absence.
Wishing you the courage to face the days ahead; hold the loving memories of your good lady in your heart, forever.

Years back I worked nearby in Strand. I would made an effort to leave just before four 'clock so I would pass by Saint Clement’s, just to hear the Oranges and Lemons, peeling.

1854 Julia Jane, my grand aunt, died aged 5 weeks, bur 5 Nov, was living Portland street

nice to see these "out of area" posts,
keep 'em coming, please

Thanks for keeping us filled with our daily photos, Kiwi - much appreciated by all of us silent lurkers

Hear! Hear!
:O)

Hello kiwi Ray, Ha, all what you said sounds just like me. Instead of MS Word - which I use a lot for words - I use irfanview for images, esp when I want to enlarge/ magnify stuff: https://www.irfanview.com/ What is the source of your wonderful collection of pictures; do you own paper copies — or pe...

Hello kiwi, wonderful pictures, as usual. Trouble is they are a bit Small for me to view clearly; and they don't enlarge when clicked like some sites do. With my olde eyes they are hard to see any detail. I am interested in this neighbourhood, and especially the advert on the side of the tram. Are y...

what a great picture made even better with the background story...thanks for bothering to post this.
this is similar, but east end
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=4452460368103105&set=a.1762924677056701

My Mum thought we were "all a lump of sugar" when bouncing me on her knee in the very early 1950s.
Goodness knows what that's all about.