Sydenham Town Forum

Charlie Wilson run the scrapyard and it was like a Maze. We pillaged all kinds of scrap and sold it to him. If mum was broke she would bundle up old wollens and we would take them to Charlie's. The toy shop was Toyland, not very original but descriprive, and it opened on Sunday where mum would get ...

Really enjoyed the summary from Rabird as we managed to get a Council House on Bellingham, by default really. My Dad worked before the war for Wells Fireworks (Joseph Wells) and was transferred to Dartford from Honor Oak. During the war, 1941, my Parents were bombed out in Garthorne Road Forest Hill ...

The Livesey Hall photo I am not sure of the year but my father worked in the gas house retorts around 1950, he left, after a bad blow back from the furnace, around 1951. Rose cottages were located on a plot of land where they built Blanchards Sheet metal works adjacent to the Bell Car Park. I ...

Reading the post on Fairlawn I have an old photo of the Victory Party held in Britannic House, back of Kent House Lane. In fact my mum cleaned in Britannic house (BP) and took me to work one morning. She was not allowed to clean the Billiard Room as only the manager of that room would be allowed to ...

I know this is a very old post but I was interested to read the comments on the area around Porthcawe Road. I lived on Bellingham Estate but my great grandfather and grandfather lived at 69 and then 8 Porthcawe Road from 1885 through to 1912. I loved playing in Home Park when I was a child but this ...