Abbey Street

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nuttyboy pat
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Re: Abbey Street

Postby nuttyboy pat » Sun Mar 25, 2018 8:12 am

What a great picture of the Royal George Pub. I remember as kids we would scour the local bins behind Abbey Buildings looking for empty beer bottles so we could return them to the Royal George via a tiny room at the front of the pub which was the off license, we were given a biscuit as a return deposit for each empty beer bottle bought back! Happy memories :) :) :)

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Re: Abbey Street

Postby kiwi » Fri Apr 20, 2018 4:22 am

Abbey Street. The Drill Hall..jpg
Abbey Street. The Drill Hall. Was this on the corner with Jamaica Road.?

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Re: Abbey Street

Postby kiwi » Sat Jun 16, 2018 12:31 am

Some great pictures of the Star & Garter Pub, Abbey Street, all from 1942. Be nice if anyone can recognise the people in the pictures.
Star & Garter Pub, 187 Abbey Street, Bermondsey, in 1942.jpg
Star & Garter Pub, 187 Abbey Street, Bermondsey 1942.jpg
Star & Garter pub, Abbey Street,1942..jpg

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Re: Abbey Street

Postby kiwi » Sun Oct 28, 2018 4:54 am

Abbey Street taken in 1930.jpg
1930

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Re: Abbey Street

Postby kiwi » Wed Nov 14, 2018 11:15 pm

Abbey Street. The Royal William Pub c1900.jpg
The Royal William was situated at 90 Abbey Street. c 1900

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Re: Abbey Street

Postby nuttyboy pat » Mon Dec 17, 2018 3:21 pm

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The name of the shop escapes me, anyone remember???

When we lived in Abbey Buildings, Abbey Street I remember a small mini supermarket beside our flats (bottom left of the picture) which mainly catered for the Abbey Buildings residents. One day my mum asked me to go and get a few things from the shop and I saw an opportunity to get some sweets with an old half a crown (about 12p) that I kept after we went decimal. However, when I tried to palm it off to the shop assistant she went berserk and frog marched me back to my mum (everyone knew everyone in those days!) explained what I tried to do, and boy did I get it in the ear for that one :oops: :oops: :oops:
Seems quite innocent compared to what kids get up to these days?

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Re: Abbey Street

Postby kiwi » Wed Jan 23, 2019 1:22 am

This is roughly the same location in 2019 as the above picture, taken from Tower Bridge Road,Abbey Street is where the grey Building is, Long Walk is left of that Building.
Tower Bridge Road,Abbey Street is where the grey Building is, Long Walk is left of that Building.  2019.  X.png
2019

nuttyboy pat,--post above.
“The name of the shop escapes me, anyone remember???”
There was a dairy there called the Thomas David Dairy but that was in the 1940s, so it could have changed names.
A word of thanks to nuttyboy pat, he did remember. The shop on the corner was called Robbins. :)


Abbey Street Bermondsey.jpg
ABBEY STREET
Abbey Street, 2018, Rufus House, Gedling  St, to the right..jpg
Abbey Street, 2018, Rufus House, Gedling St, to the right. I think this is the same block of flats?
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Re: Abbey Street

Postby kiwi » Mon Mar 25, 2019 12:35 am

ABBEY STREET,NUMBERS 122-132,1998..jpg
122-132, Abbey Street 1998.
Abbey Street, Nos 122-132, same houses different angle.  X.png
122-132 Abbey Street, same houses different angle.
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Re: Abbey Street

Postby kiwi » Sat May 04, 2019 4:23 am

Abbey Street Bermondsey Market,Tower Bridge Road Bermondsey  in 1972.jpg
Abbey Street Bermondsey Market, Bermondsey in 1972

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Abbey Buildings

Postby nuttyboy pat » Sat May 04, 2019 7:21 am

Have been searching for a few years now for some photos of Abbey Buildings and came across these. Have marked where we use to live. Has bought back a thousand happy memories of my childhood growing up in Bermondsey. The photo that shows the entrance to the flats has damaged railings and this was due to the milk float carts coming in daily to deliver milk. They weren't very good drivers! I don't think the council could be bothered to fix the railings as they were always getting damaged!!!
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Happy memories
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Note the damaged rails!
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