BermondseyBoy

The houses at 2, 3 and 4, County Grove are Grade II Listed Buildings in Southwark.

2 County Grove 1973

I was fascinated with these box cameras as a kid "The Brownie"

It seemed like a quantum leap forward in
cameras when the Instamatic came out

I do not miss these "marvels" of technology. And how was an 8 track cassette a good idea ever?

The Bowyer family, who occupy a distinguished place in the annals of Camberwell, settled there in the time of Henry VIII. The family mansion, the manor-house of Camberwell-Buckingham, which stood on the right-hand side of the road from London to Camberwell Green, was built apparently about the reign...

kiwi wrote:I think the first picture above should read Lomond Grove?
Picton Street. The Sultan his pub has now been demolished.Picton Street 2019. Now runs between Edmund Street & Brisbane Street.

Fixed

Hi Sean, not sure about this being Pardoner Street, off Tabard Street. I have had this picture in my file quite a long time and cannot locate any pub in Pardoner Street. I have been into the breweries archives and found no information concerning this pub being there,hence I never posted. The reason...

The Kings Arms opened in 1839, so close to its 200 year old anniversary. Below is a pic from 1976 and another from today

57-62 Roupell Street 1976

In Kiwi's above [post is a reference to Phoebe's store in 1968. Below is a pic from 1950 so business looks to have taken an uptick from 1950 to 1968. Also a pic of the current 24 Roupell which you can see is next to the Kings Arms. Nothing stays the same.