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Re: Thurland Road
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2017 10:24 pm
by kiwi
Enjoyed this Paperboy, really made me smile, which can’t be bad any time of the day, keep the humour coming it makes life better. Cheers Kiwi.
Re: Thurland Road
Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2017 2:45 am
by kiwi
- Joy Slide, St James Church, Thurland Rd. Boy didnt we have fun on this?
Re: Thurland Road
Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 2:12 pm
by rodebdon
Like many of us l loved that slide there was something special about getting on a coconut mat at the top of the wooden slide with its enclosed top. It was so well designed and made by W J Dixon &Son of Blue Anchor Lane and donated
by Arthur Carr of Peak Frean were so many of my relatives worked.
All this is probably somwere else on this forum but l am a bit out of touch. I also heard that it had been vanderlised and set on fire.
What a great shame, l feel guilty these days of having left Bermondsey and not been around to try and help save so many of our great building and structures.
Re: Thurland Road
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2018 10:14 am
by kiwi
- St James Church Mat Slide. Not a very clear picture but you can at least see the Coconut mat we used to sit on and who can forget that.
Re: Thurland Road
Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2018 4:28 am
by kiwi
- Thurland Road, St James Church. Here's a picture of the dragon when it came down for a wash and brush up in 1925.
- Thurland Road, Bermondsey, 1941, St James Church.
Re: Thurland Road
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2018 3:57 am
by kiwi
- ST JAMES CHURCH YARD CHILDRENS PLAY GROUND.
Re: Thurland Road
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2019 3:11 am
by kiwi
- Thurland Road,Wooden Slide in St James Park.
Re: Thurland Road
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 3:52 am
by kiwi
- Thurland Road, St James Churchyard, c1930.
Re: Thurland Road
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2021 11:54 pm
by kiwi
IT’S BACK.
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The new Bermondsey joy slide has been officially opened, a century after the original was built, and it’s certainly a hit with children playing on it.
The first joy slide in St James’s churchyard on Jamaica Road was commissioned by Arthur Carr, the owner of the nearby Peek Freans biscuit factory. The new slide was designed for free by Fergus Carr, the architect great-great-grandson of the factory owner. June 2021.
- The old wooden slide, so many memories.