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On the stroke of midnight I will change into a Pumkin!

Like a Pole Cat.

Did you know that if you take away a cats " Whiskas " it cant smell?

I could not refuse it when they called round home and asked me to play the part of a teacher, they would not let me use my zimmer, and sat me behind the desk and took it away out of sight, I had learned my lines in time, but when shown the finished bit they had replaced my cockney voice with a more well spoken voice. They had wanted a teacher with white hair but as I only have hair around my bald head I had to wear one of those flat Mitre Boards. It was quite an experiance, not been in a film since " They were not Devided " A war film in 1950. I was a German Sniper in a tree, got shot fell out and run over by a Sherman Tank. When it came out later in the Regimental Cinema the lads cheered knowing it was me. Several of us got bit parts we were just sitting by the side of the road when the crew came by and asked us to fill a few places, I think we got ten bob each for our stardom. I have still got a copy of the film. Pics att. Waiting for Stardom & The war torn Village of Volsiefen, where the film was made.

Like it or not? Do I like to hear of bottles of orange coloured water? Yes it is interesting of peoples opinions.

Like it or not? Some of the messages can be judged as likeable or not. It might be helpful to do it this way. Highlite this message from below the line, Copy and Paste into reply, delete the answers and type in your own. _____________________________________________________________ Like it or not? Do I like Dog Pooh? No because I once kicked some off the pavement forgetting I was wearing open toed high heel shoes, that's where I got the name Winnie the Pooh from my work mates.

Hi Silver. Just a memory. A Generation. My family had began in 1920, my father having been a Prisoner of War 1914 ?1918 for four years, then back home met my mother aged just twenty, they married the next six years my two brothers and two sisters were born, after another five years I arrived. In those days there was no Hot water or Central heating, no Radio no T.V. no Telephone, no washing machine. Large kettles were constantly being put on the Range to boil, to wash the Nappies and bedding, the only soap was a block of Carbolic cut into pieces and added to the boiling water, pounded with a stick to move it about soda crystals were added to the nappies no disposable ones then. I can remember that mum now looking very tired out had gone to the Hospital she had realised might be pregnant, again after seven years, my sisters were waiting for her to get home at the side door to hear the news. Mum came in sat on the stairs and cried, ? What?s the matter mum? said Edith our oldest sister, when mum recovered she said. ? you will be getting two new babies to play with!? So mum got bigger and bigger, then there they were, put into a wooden cot, one at one end and the other at the other end, one dressed in pink and one in blue. Dad said that as mum was going to find it hard to look after them and do all the house work and meals and shopping, I should help her as much as I could, there was now ten in the family, aunt Alice was very old and could not help, my sisters and brothers had to go to work as they were now over fourteen. In the coming years I learnt to turn the wheel on the Mangle to squeeze the water from the Blankets and sheets, the help hang them on the line all down the garden, mum liked cooking and I was allowed to help make pastry and cut out my little Ginger bread men and watch them get brown in the oven. We always had a cooked meal about six o?clock, so we peeled the potatoes cut the greens or sprouts carrots and the big piece of meat all covered in gravy served to the table with all ten of us sitting around the very big table, dad sat at the head and we all at the side and end. No one started until we were all seated, when dad picked up his knife and fork we all ate every thing. The rule was nobody left the table until the last had finished, we had to take our own plates out to scullery to be washed. I learnt to iron with a solid iron placed on the hob on the range to get hot, had to remember to wipe the bottom with a damp cloth or you put all black marks on your ironing, learnt how to fold a shirt so it looked as if it had just come out of a packet new. I was shown how to darn, that was done all the time in the war as you could not buy new socks, the wool was from a woollen jumper the had the wool unwound into balls, I learned to knit but did not tell my school pals, I knew that I would never hear the last of it. I spent a lot of time just looking after the twins while mum got on with things, she never seemed to stop working. The war started and my sisters and brothers had to go in the Forces, dad was a Fire Warden at the Library, aunt Alice would not come down from the forth floor to the garden Shelter. After many bombs had dropped so close mum and dad said that they feared for the twins safety, so I had to go with them to look after them, we went to Bird in Bush Road Peckham to be put on an ancient bus to Liverpool Street Railway Station, I had one of those cardboard labels tied to my lapel and the cardboard Gas mask box and my paper parcel with a change of clothes ( they were my only ones ) the steam train got under way but we stopped suddenly we learned after that the rear coaches had got bombed and uncoupled. We were met at Lowestoft Station and a coach took us to Blunderston Village, where we were stood in line and chosen to go to stay with families, all the kids were taken away with just myself and the twins left, I was determined that we were not going to be parted, but a young woman took the twins away, every body had gone I was left with just the WVS lady, she took me home to her farm a few miles away called Corton. I kept asking where was my brother and sister, she said don't worry they will be alright but I said I had promised mum to look after them, Their son was my age so we got on, I enjoyed the farm and helped haymaking. I was forbidden to go to see my brother and sister, but I went I found them sitting on the brick top of the well in the garden every one had a well to get their water so it was not covered. I wrote home saying that they were O.K, but unintentionally mentioned that they were sitting on an open well top. Shortly after Mum came and took us back home she said the kids might get killed at home as well as the danger here. So that was my six week Evacuation. Back home happy to be among the bombs again. Thinking back now it is hard to know that all the family have all died, except my young twin sister.

Hi holloway. Three more pictures from inside the Dulwich Odeon. I think it closed in 1972.

Have you visited a sewerage works, the circular filter tanks have around the sides growing tomato plants that have been eaten and past trough the sewer to these tanks, the red prize tomato's growing there are ( so I am told ) of a very nice flavor by the workers there, I will take their word for that. I would think that anything grown from seed would be alright to eat, but not growing in that situation.

Fancy seeing a film at your local Cinema? First picture Peckham Odeon. Second pictures East Dulwich Odeon. You could have once at the Odeon Cinema. This was your local in Grove Vale

During the war London Taxis were used as Fire Engines, one was stationed in Heber Road School Playground we all cheered when they knocked a hole in the wall of Heber Road wall to get it in. The Firemen were billited up stairs in the Block in the Boys Playground near Jennings Road, underneath was the open shelter from the rain this was bricked in to make our Air Raid Shelter. It was not all that big but big enough for us that did not get evaccated. That Block has now been removed. There is a picture of a taxi not being used as a Fire Engine

I would not like to have to push this one around the streets, then use your foot to peddle it to turn the grindstone.

There were lots of the Austin Vans, I had one, I also had a 1929 Austin Chummy in the fifties. Worst thing was the cable brakes used to stretch, and I would fit a device that took up the tension called a " Keep death off the road ". The law at that time said you must have a light showing while parked in the hours of darkness in a main road. I fitted a light from the battery by crocodile clips then clamped it to the roof gutter, showing a red light to the rear and a white one to the front. In the morning the battery became flat so I had to crank it to start.

Royal Mail vans collected your mail from street Post Boxes in your road and delivered the same day locally. Two old pence per letter, send a letter to mum that ? you wont be home for tea going to the pictures with my pal from work ?. This little Austin Seven was quite rare, I bought one in later years so simple to work on. A little later GPO changed their vans to Morris and stayed with them for years. Sixty new pence now for a letter, that might come in time to tell you not to worry that your daughter might be home three days ago but will be late as going to the pictures.

Its Back now! Got a shed to give away?

AMEN

Just a few days still left for your ideal holiday package, self catering all mod cons for ten, sited with panoramic cliff top views out over the sea, near country pub and local produce. I have added a picture for you to appreciate the accomadation.

I have found petrol for sale at the prewar price but it is in the old style hand wound pump, so you must pump it up yourself, good buy at 2/- Per Gallon. I only need a thimble full to run my Buggy.

Fig leaf

He has not been in our road lately, he may have a puncture and cant aford to have it repaired, as trade has now become non existant. So I have bought my own bench grinder to sharpen a few things. Anybody want to have anything sharpend you can borrow it. Pic. Att.

I was cutting back some leylandie trees the other day and there was some ivy growing through the fence, it penetrated my socks and made a rash, I remembered that Oatmeal was good to treat it but had none so I used some porridge oats boiled up, that did releive the pain and the rash although itching did go away. Wash your clothing that you wore as it will remain on them, and could reinfect you.

I think you may be talking of Lordship Lane Estate situated off Lordship Lane near Dulwich Common, not the Estate on Dog Kennel Hill.

I will still use the old type bulbs they are available on Amazon very cheap by ten any size or opaque or clear. I have had a problem with every new type bulb. Most Super Markets still have them, but they are listed as Domestic Use.

How times have changed, years ago if a home had bed bugs they would not make it public.

Have you taken into account that four vehicles can park in the new car park, others that will enter there is no room to turn around so those vehicles will have to back out into Lordship Lane blind because of parked vehicle outside parked in Lordship Lane look on Google to see how many vehicles park outside daily. The Fred Francis Centre do not take their vans into the back compound until evening. There is a Bus Shelter directly outside imagine several people standing there waiting for a bus, giving no view past them down the pavement to see oncoming vehicles. There will be 9 flats with a total of 19 bed rooms, each of these could be a double, added up will make 38 residents each owning a car, WHERE WILL THEY GO? In the nearby roads!