BermondseyBoy

Posted by crosby34

Today's picture - the corner of Guy street and Weston street probably from the 40s or 50

Thanks for the picture crosby34

Picture taken from Weston Street looking back into Guy Street taking in both corners.

All has gone forever.

hi Fosney, Re your picture of R W Spicers in Guy St se1

We lived just around the corner at 107 Weston Street in 1940/50 and my mum worked in Spicers office .
I remember the boss had a Jowett Javelin car (the equivalent to an E-Type then).
Would you know the name of the factory/mill next door to our house ? I believe they made abrasives(emery cloth etc)
One day a delivery lorry reversed down their yard and ran into our back wall collapsing it onto my brother who was playing
mud pies in our old bungalow bath . I saw it all from an upstairs window and when we ran out to him he was standing up
in the middle of a huge pile of bricks and covered in muck but hardly a scratch on him . The house was already in a bad way
after the war and this event made the council finally condemn it and we were moved to Nashe House on the Lawson estate
Gt Dover St. which I believe was built on a space caused by various bombing including a V2 in Dec 1945 .
If you find out it might help to unlock my memory of this very grey time . regards rxj1943.

Lived in the flats in Guy Street. Does anybody remember Hamilton Square where we used to play football in the square even though there was a big old tree in the middle!