Re: Growing up in Bermondsey.
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2018 3:53 am
A post by webbie 2010
I've recently joined the site and thought I would share a few of my memories.
My name is Charlie Webb and I lived with my mum (Jennie) my dad (Bill) and twin-brother (Bill) at No.14 Hendre Road (just off The Old Kent Road - opposite East Lane) until we moved to Hertfordshire about 1953.
I started school life at Grange School in Webb Street, but no names come to mind. From there I went to Nelson School in Trafalgar Street and then on to the South East London Technical College in Lewisham Way.
Whilst living in Hendre Road, I recall a bicycle hire shop on the corner of Hendre Road/Old Kent Road run by a man whom everyone called "Chittie". My brother and I, along with some friends (Frank Hillyard, his brother (name I cannot remember), and Lenny Hardy) used to hire our bikes from him - the bikes had no brakes and rough tyres, but we used these as 'track bikes' behind the horse stables belonging to the railway along Dunton Road.
I used to do a paper round for Bill Lucas whose stand was outside 'The World Turned Upside Down' which was opposite Pages Walk. I delivered to around the Pages Walk area, the Guinness' Buildings and Peabody Buildings.
My mum worked at Barrow, Hepburn & Gale until we left in 1953. My dad worked for Universal Milling Company in Peckham and he used to frequent The Castle pub (located between Hendre Road and Marcia Road - later known as The Gin Palace).
Many of our relatives lived in and around the area - Boyson Road, Westmoreland Road, Inville Road.
Just a little adjustment, no big deal. The SWAN PUB was opposite Pages Walk & yes there was a paper stand there. 'The World Turned Upside Down' was, turn left out of Pages Walk and it was on the left. Kiwi.
I've recently joined the site and thought I would share a few of my memories.
My name is Charlie Webb and I lived with my mum (Jennie) my dad (Bill) and twin-brother (Bill) at No.14 Hendre Road (just off The Old Kent Road - opposite East Lane) until we moved to Hertfordshire about 1953.
I started school life at Grange School in Webb Street, but no names come to mind. From there I went to Nelson School in Trafalgar Street and then on to the South East London Technical College in Lewisham Way.
Whilst living in Hendre Road, I recall a bicycle hire shop on the corner of Hendre Road/Old Kent Road run by a man whom everyone called "Chittie". My brother and I, along with some friends (Frank Hillyard, his brother (name I cannot remember), and Lenny Hardy) used to hire our bikes from him - the bikes had no brakes and rough tyres, but we used these as 'track bikes' behind the horse stables belonging to the railway along Dunton Road.
I used to do a paper round for Bill Lucas whose stand was outside 'The World Turned Upside Down' which was opposite Pages Walk. I delivered to around the Pages Walk area, the Guinness' Buildings and Peabody Buildings.
My mum worked at Barrow, Hepburn & Gale until we left in 1953. My dad worked for Universal Milling Company in Peckham and he used to frequent The Castle pub (located between Hendre Road and Marcia Road - later known as The Gin Palace).
Many of our relatives lived in and around the area - Boyson Road, Westmoreland Road, Inville Road.
Just a little adjustment, no big deal. The SWAN PUB was opposite Pages Walk & yes there was a paper stand there. 'The World Turned Upside Down' was, turn left out of Pages Walk and it was on the left. Kiwi.