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Stanworth Street

Postby fosney » Fri Feb 03, 2017 11:13 am

Stanworth Street. Today Stanworth Street is a small turning off of Milstream Road and joins Gedling place before it rejoins Abbey Street.
Originally Stanworth Street lay at the botton end of The Grange at a point where it joined Riley Street the old Metal Box Company factory was on the right hand side.
The whole area was bombed heavily during the war which caused lots of damage.
The bomb site between Stanworth Street and Larnaca Street after being cleared became the home of Bermondsey Greyhounds Cycle Speedway Club where a track was built from the ruins.
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Stanworth Street 1950.jpg
Bermondsey Cycle speedway.jpg
Picture of Cycle Speedway on the bomb site between Stanworth Street and Larnaca Street. The picture is looking into Larnaca Street in the distance we can see the pub on the corner of Abbey Street and Pendall Street also note the prefabs that stood in Abbey Street after the war

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Map of area

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Re: Stanworth Street

Postby fosney » Fri Feb 03, 2017 12:45 pm

Posted by rstupple2


Stanworth Street. Today Stanworth Street is a small turning off of Milstream Road and joins Gedling place before it rejoins Abbey Street.
Originally Stanworth Street lay at the botton end of The Grange at a point where it joined Riley Street the old Metal Box Company factory was on the right hand side.
The whole area was bombed heavily during the war which caused lots of damage.
The bomb site between Stanworth Street and Larnaca Street after being cleared became the home of Bermondsey Greyhounds Cycle Speedway Club where a track was built from the ruins.




-fosney

Hi Fos where do you get these pics from, their great keep them coming. I remember the cinder track, used to go around their from the New Neckinger where i lived, and watch them on their bikes going around the track. used to ride my bike around the cobbled streets when they were wet you could do a great skid. I wonder if our paths must have crossed, during our time in Bermondsey.
Rick
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Re: Stanworth Street

Postby fosney » Fri Feb 03, 2017 12:47 pm

rstupple2

Yes we may have crossed paths in this period as I always out on my bike hanging about this area and after the lads started going to do National Service I rode for Bermondsey on that track. Can you remember when the BBC did outside broadcast from the Track?

Have posted a couple of picture on the Cycle Speedway forum will bring back memories for you

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Re: Stanworth Street

Postby kiwi » Tue Jun 20, 2017 4:45 am

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Stanworth Street
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After being cleared this site between Stanworth Street and Larnaca Street became the home of Bermondsey Greyhounds Cycle Speedway Club.

1950 Greyhounds L/R, Dickie Digby- Jimmy King- Derek Morbin- Charlie Dale- Billy Fayle- Lenny Young- Johnny Green- Patsy Gore (Team Mascot) Johnny Ransom.
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Re: Stanworth Street/Larnaca Street

Postby kiwi » Mon Jun 26, 2017 4:29 am

Original track was in Dunton Road, near to the Greyhound Bridge, thus being called the Greyhounds.
2nd Track was on a bomb site between Stanworth Street and Larnaca Street, at the end of Riley Street now Riley Road, Bermondsey SE1, in the shadows of the old Metal Box Factory in Riley Road.
Raced in the South East London League 1951-1955.

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Larnaca Street cycle speedway race between the Bermondsey Greyhounds and the Ruskin Flyers on 4 August 1950, D.Ruskin of the Ruskin Flyers leads..jpg
Larnaca Street cycle speedway race between the Bermondsey Greyhounds
and the Ruskin Flyers on 4 August 1950, D.Ruskin of the Ruskin Flyers leads.

Larnaca Street,c1950, Bermondsey Greyhounds V Ruskin Flyers.  Abbey Buildings, Royal George Pub, top left.  X..png
Larnaca Street,c1950, Bermondsey Greyhounds V Ruskin Flyers.
Abbey Buildings, Royal George Pub, top left.
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Re: Stanworth Street

Postby kiwi » Mon May 17, 2021 11:21 pm

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Stanworth Street.
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Stanworth Street. A word of thanks to Fogbrain for this location.

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Re: Stanworth Street

Postby kiwi » Thu Feb 24, 2022 8:51 pm

Stanworth Street, c1953. 1  X..png
Stanworth Street, c1953.
Stanworth Street, c1953. 2  X.png

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Re: Stanworth Street

Postby kiwi » Thu Mar 03, 2022 9:29 am

Picture from the film Skid Kids (Children’s Film Foundation) 1953. Chapmans Bros and vehicles are film props.
Skid Kids (Children’s Film Foundation) 1953, Stanworth Street, looking towards The Grange.  X..png
Stanworth Street, looking towards The Grange.

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Re: Stanworth Street

Postby kiwi » Thu Jan 25, 2024 1:22 am

Larnaca Street, pic 1, from the film Skid Kids (Childrens Film Foundation) 1953. Wyatts & Co became part of the Metal Box Company in Riley Road.
Larnaca Street looking across to Stanworth Street, Wyatt & Co's tin box factory right. picture1. Film Skid Kids Childrens Film Foundation, 1953.  X..jpg
Larnaca Street looking across to Stanworth Street,
Wyatt & Co's tin box factory right. picture 1
Larnaca Street, looking across to Stanworth Street, same location as picture 1, c2021.  X..jpg
Larnaca Street, looking across to Stanworth Street,
same location as picture 1, c2021. The background
building survives for the moment as the Tower Workshops.
Larnaca Street, Bermondsey, race between the Bermondsey Greyhounds, and the Ruskin Flyers, c1950.  X..png
Larnaca Street, Bermondsey, race between the
Bermondsey Greyhounds, and the Ruskin Flyers, c1950.


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