(Yesterday & Today)
Top picture is of the old warehouses of the south Dock in Plough Way.
The lower picture is what we see today. and is known as Calypso way
Plough Way now Calypso Way
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Plough Way- Advert from the 1930s
Minetts Sawmills founded in 1887 by Thomas Minett. The sawmill was one of the oldest, if not the oldest trade sawmill in London. Both the sawmill and the adjacent school were hit by bombs on the first night of the Blitz.
Can anyone remember this sawmill and tell us when it finally closed?
Minetts Sawmills founded in 1887 by Thomas Minett. The sawmill was one of the oldest, if not the oldest trade sawmill in London. Both the sawmill and the adjacent school were hit by bombs on the first night of the Blitz.
Can anyone remember this sawmill and tell us when it finally closed?
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I understand from David a new member to the forum the Minetts Sawmills finally closed around 1969 over the couse of 3 years . Thanks David for that information
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Plough Way formerly Plough Road.
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Jura House, Plough Way, Rotherhithe, London, SE16 Built about the early 1970's as the latest addition to the Sutton Estate.
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A word of thanks to Michael O’Sullivan for this information.
In the picture of the VE day celebrations, my Aunt Lily is dressed as Charlie Chaplin near the back and my Cousin Albert Bartlett is in the front row next to the Queen, he is dressed as a black minstrel. I was told the young fellow in the fancy dress as Hitler became a comedian.
In the picture of the VE day celebrations, my Aunt Lily is dressed as Charlie Chaplin near the back and my Cousin Albert Bartlett is in the front row next to the Queen, he is dressed as a black minstrel. I was told the young fellow in the fancy dress as Hitler became a comedian.
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