Rare footbridge across the Pool River?
Rare footbridge across the Pool River?
I think this is somewhere near Southend Lane or Kangley Bridge or Datchet Road? The building the background is meant to be "Beckenham Orchard Place", which I've not found any reference to yet.
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Steve Grindlay
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That is a fascinating picture. Despite what the caption says, I'm pretty sure it is Orchard Cottages, at the bottom of Castlands Road:
There is still a bridge over the river at that point, and another over the railway line. John Coulter's Sydenham and Forest Hill Past has a photograph of Orchard Cottages on page 16 and they look very similar to those in your photograph.
There is still a bridge over the river at that point, and another over the railway line. John Coulter's Sydenham and Forest Hill Past has a photograph of Orchard Cottages on page 16 and they look very similar to those in your photograph.
I often cross the new footbridge when walking to Bellingham station and ponder over that big empty green where the cottages used to stand.