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by nuttyboy pat
Thu Sep 03, 2020 1:53 pm
Forum: Buildings & Streets
Topic: The Grange
Replies: 13
Views: 19743

The Grange WWII Unexploded Bomb

This may have already been covered as it happened in 2015 when a WWII unexploded bomb was discovered during digging on a building site on The Grange. Bomb_1.jpg I have only just come across this article and when I realised exactly where the unexploded bomb was located it sent shivers up and down my ...
by nuttyboy pat
Wed Sep 02, 2020 3:28 pm
Forum: Buildings & Streets
Topic: East Lane
Replies: 94
Views: 123707

Re: East Lane Market

When I was a nipper my mum, brother and me always looked forward to our trips to the East Lane market on a Saturday morning as there was always something happening there! One of the most memorable sites was the guy with a suitcase or a box turned on its side to play 'Three Card Monte', a con card ga...
by nuttyboy pat
Mon Aug 31, 2020 9:55 am
Forum: Buildings & Streets
Topic: Tooley Street
Replies: 95
Views: 167397

Re: Tooley Street Police Station

I remember the Tooley Street Police with a great passion! We lived in Abbey Buildings and one Sunday morning me and my mate found a handbag covered in glass, so we took it to Tooley Street Police Station to hand it in. The desk Sergeant and Constable must've been a bit bored as they took our fingerp...
by nuttyboy pat
Wed May 13, 2020 1:34 pm
Forum: General Postings
Topic: DO YOU REMEMBER THESE?
Replies: 148
Views: 205540

Re: DO YOU REMEMBER THESE?

Do I remember cream soda and ice-cream?
I'am in my sixties and still have this on a Sunday after lunch :D :D :D :D
by nuttyboy pat
Sun Apr 19, 2020 4:05 pm
Forum: General Postings
Topic: DO YOU REMEMBER THESE?
Replies: 148
Views: 205540

Re: DO YOU REMEMBER THESE?

Remember when Saturday night was bath night???
The old tin bath_Fotor.jpg

Showed my son how we use to bath and he was absolutely horrified :o :o :o :o
by nuttyboy pat
Thu Mar 05, 2020 3:09 pm
Forum: General Postings
Topic: DO YOU REMEMBER THESE?
Replies: 148
Views: 205540

Re: DO YOU REMEMBER THESE?

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All different patterns!
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Covering school books in wallpaper???
by nuttyboy pat
Wed Mar 04, 2020 2:33 pm
Forum: Buildings & Streets
Topic: BEVINGTONS & SON, NECKINGER MILL.
Replies: 9
Views: 12180

Re: BEVINGTONS & SON, NECKINGER MILL.

Back in the 70's on our back home from school we would pass Bevingtons on Abbey Street and we would dare each other to go up to the lime pits via the side entrance and look into them! We knew that the factory produced leather but in our child's minds we thought that cows were put into the pits that ...
by nuttyboy pat
Thu Feb 06, 2020 5:10 pm
Forum: Buildings & Streets
Topic: Tower Bridge Road
Replies: 105
Views: 163143

Re: Old factories

There used to be an old factory on Tower Bridge Road on at the Abbey Street junction . It was near an old newsagents called Grays i think. Does anyone recall the name? Many thanks Hi Irish Dave, The factory was called John Feavers and opposite was a paper shop was called Grays. I use to have a pape...
by nuttyboy pat
Thu Nov 07, 2019 10:49 am
Forum: General Postings
Topic: The Boy and the Bridge (1959) - Film locations
Replies: 10
Views: 29147

Re: The Boy and the Bridge (1959) - Film locations

Sorry, have no idea. Most of the scenery seems to around Tooley Street and Tower Bridge Road! Once again, thanks again for the tips on seeing this film. Will be looking out for it on the Talking Pictures film channel (freeview ch81) as they play most of the early B&W and Ealing films etc and wil...
by nuttyboy pat
Mon Nov 04, 2019 12:06 pm
Forum: General Postings
Topic: The Boy and the Bridge (1959) - Film locations
Replies: 10
Views: 29147

Re: The Boy and the Bridge (1959) - Film locations

Hi Matheson Yes, sometimes the Square was used for the market stalls as an over spill, but the main market was above the Square in the shaded part which was a car park for most of the week. Thanks for the info on watching this film. Have just finished watching it and boy what a treasure this film is...

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