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265 Lordship Lane was the head office of my employer in 1945 Greenaway & Son Ltd, I know it very well as I also live a few houses close by. The house is one up from Heber Road. A point that stares me in the face is that nine flats have to share a total of four parking spaces. This has a drive in from Lordship Lane, on the inner bend, vehicles speed up here to get up the hill and a driver might not be aware of a vehicle using the entrance.

I put a plank but it floated and they might get caught underneath so I built a brick ramp to the top. I have two trays of water for them to drink that stops them going over to the pond there are very big frogs in there, you can hear them at night. The Woodpecker is back picks up the Kent Cob nuts, puts them in the crook of the tree and pecks a hole in the shell to eat the nut. There is always plenty of bits left at night once the Chickens have gone to bed and the wild birds left, we feed them on Pea nuts, Meal worms Sunflower Hearts, Niger seed, Corn, and Wild bird mix. The Sea Gulls take the food waste from our kitchen. We get it in 20 Kg sacks delivered. Picture of Pampas Grass att.

We have Hedge Hogs come into the garden but unfortunately the try to drink from the pond and fall in but as the water level has dropped and the sides too high to get out, they drown, at least seven have done this. They Hibernate in the roots of our Pampas Grass, they wiill be eating their last meals about now and finding some where to sleep. Each day they leave droppings where they squeeze under our gate, when there are no more dropping I know they have found somewhere to hide.

Shorty was here.But it fell off.

Age for married couples. Time of those thinking of getting married will depend on who is still available. My father born in 1884 was a prisoner of war, on his repatriation back home the time 1918 just after the first world war, to a place where some 880.000 British men had been killed, and 953,886 wounded, women had little choice of the age of a prospective husband, or indeed a husband who had served in the forces that did not have wounds that would never heal. So my father having no home to come back to as his parents both had died by 1913 and his siblings were now wide spread, found a place to stay in Kentish Town north London, made contact with other family, one of these was young woman a second cousin who lived in Hammersmith, a secretary to Mr Sandeman the Port in Importer. In 1920 they married she aged 20 and him being 36, the age gap was him being 16 years older. To have a family of four sons and three daughters, my father died aged 80, my mother lived to 87 a further 22 years as a widow, alone just the family calling at times. My mother had no regrets as they had been happy and her husband had provided everything that was needed a house the children, all grown up to adulthood. My mother used to say she felt so lonely, as all the children all married and gradually left home, she had nothing to occupy her time, and had become very ill and could not get out. Two weeks after she died one of her sons ( my brother aged 61 also died ). His wife four years younger lived on for another 21 years as a widow. My advice would be to marry a younger wife of a few years as women do tend to live about seven years longer, as you could stay together for your life span. I should not really give advice as my wife and myself and are both over 81.

At the end of the day, yeh! but no but yeh!, if you look at it from where I am standing, why dont you listen to what I am saying, yeh but no but yeh, it makes sense dont it.

Did the bus get a Dentmark?

It could be that Cyrena Road was needed for patrons of the Heber Arms to get there and home again as quick as possible, those who lived in Jennings Road came in through the back Garden of the Pub. As a kid I did not use the Heber, only Dons Sweet shop. The only thing of interest is the Cargo Ship SS Cyrena.

Just stopped by for a coffee and cookie

A small road with a history. MILO ROAD, S.E.22 Possibly the shortest road in E. Dulwich. Connects Beauval Road with Lordship Lane. So named in 1894, possibly after Milo (or Milon), the 6th century Greek athlete who however, is not thought to have had any connection with Dulwich! Entering Milo Road from Lordship Lane on the left would have been a triangular piece of land, from Lordship Lane measuring zero to twelve foot this was parallel with the rear gardens of Lordship Lane. This fenced area was used by the Camberwell Borough Council Road Sweeping Gang of about ten Sweepers, who Clocked on at seven in the morning, most assembled beforehand and waited in a Wooden hut on cast iron wheels, where they kept their rain coasts when not needed. At seven o?clock they each pushed a Sweepers Handcart that was made of steel that had two steel Dust bins with lids on them, also several wide brooms. They took different directions to their allotted streets to clean. There was a lot to pick up and put in the bin, Horse Dung, Ash from spilt Dust bins empted by Refuse collectors into the horse drawn carts, and Steam Lorries, Coal dust from spilt coal deliveries, Paper Tram Tickets, builders sand ballast & pebbles and broken bricks, all collected and swept clean. These were taken to an arranged place in a road and collected by the larger Dust Carts. Further along Milo Road was the Milo Garage, where you could buy Petrol, from a hand operated Pump, this was just inside the garage entrance so vehicles had to drive in or reverse in to get petrol, many who wanted petrol came with a steel two gallon screw top can, then used a wide funnel to put it into the cars Petrol tank. There were a few motoring items to be bought there. The owner did car repairs and servicing, there were two brick buildings one each side of the gates, there must have been about thirty lock up garages that were on each side. I had one of these for about ten bob a week, when the Council bought them out I had to go to their offices next to the Dulwich Baths to pay the rent. This Garage is now redundant and has been closed for years not even allowing those who wanted to rent them. There is three terraced houses facing No 1 No 2. No3. but there is another two houses No 1a and No 2a, down the narrow alley beside the houses. There was also a Scout Hut, and Tennis Court further down, the alley also served as a back entrance to houses in Lordship Lane and Beauval Road. Milo Road was a useful short cut from the roads leading from Beauval Road Woodward Road and Dovercourt Road, Druce Road, Desenfans Road and Dekker Roads to get to Lordship Lane Tram Stops. When the Two World Wars finished the Local residents held the Victory Parties in Milo Road one ( VE Day) for Victory over Europe, and later ( VJ Day ) Victory Over Japan. Milo Road is now gated to Through Traffic with fixed closed gates. Such a short road of about two hundred yards is now forgotten, only remembered as a memory.

"Do not be desirous of having things done quickly. Do not look at small advantages. Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly. Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished." Confucius

In the fourties returning to school after the holiday we saw that the pipes were being laid in the road outside Heber Road School, we retraced the roads back to Goodrich Road School that they had dug up as it was resurfaced, we then watched as they continued to Lordship Lane cut under the wide pavement on the corner where the dentist surgery on Lordship Lane was, down to Townley Road, we then lost interest where it went then. I seem to remember the Contractor Jessops.

I understand that urine is a cure for chilblains. Will anybody be testing it by taking a bowl and a stool to sit on, it might take a while to relieve your pain, but what a relief if it works, think of the money you could make taking it home selling it. But be as elusive as the person who put the bottles there, or if seen someone might say, " You are taking the Pi** "

I went to a Funeral. The Pearly Gates. The phone rang, not so nimble on my feet I hobbled to the phone in the hallway, ? Hello just a minute I must sit down ? . The woman on the other end was talking as if I was still there listening I picked up the phone again. ?The funeral is on Tuesday 24th at 3 O/C Brenchley Gardens Crem. I hope you can make it. Bye must dash to let others know ? . The wife said ?Who was it ?? ? Don't know she said he died ? ? Who ?? ? Don?t know she did not say ? ? How are we going to send flowers then? ? ? We had better go it must be one of your old friends ? We got to the Crematorium early, I looked among the mourners to see if I could recognize anybody, No not a sole most were old well past their sell by date. Then just the Hearse pulled up, the driver was alone, no following cars, we were outside waiting, we went inside but where should we sit on the family side or the side for friends? I leaned forward and spoke to the woman in the front pew, ? Do you know how he died? ? ? Yes he worked at the Firework factory, apparently he was smoking and dropped the cigarette end on the floor to crush out, but it caused sparks that exploded the whole factory, he was blown to bits ? I have attended many funerals with the cardboard Coffin, but was taken aback when the Driver alone picked up the Coffin and put it on his back bending forward as he walked into the Chapel, it then struck me that not a great weight could be inside the coffin as he had been blown to pieces, how much did they find? The driver passed by the pew I was sitting at the near end, as he passed he gave a jerk to bring the Coffin higher up on his back, A medal that was placed on the top fell off at my feet, I bent down to pick it up but he had continued to walk on. It was a Medal for National Service not an official one, just one that you can buy to show that you were there at that time. The driver having deposited the coffin in place came back past me, I whispered that his medal had fallen off, he took it and put it in his pocket saying ? my back hurts I am going to sit in the Hearse ? . The normal service was given by a Ley Preacher, two hymns, a member of the congregation said a little bit about the deceased, Mostly about his love of animals, the horses he had a good win on when backing, or the dogs that he watched through the glass windows of the Bar in the Greyhound Stadium. We came out of the Chapel a woman came up to us and said ? Please come back for a drink ? I said OK, so we followed the other cars, it was to a back street pub in Chatham that had seen better days while frequented by the sailors of the town. We were shown into the Public Bar, where a table had a few things for us to have ( an opened bottle of Lucosade and a dozen half pint bottles of stout ", the woman announced ? if you want tea or coffee there?s a Vending Machine over there ? The woman also said ? If you want anything to eat cut the loaf yourself as it will be fresh, there is plenty of Margarine and Dripping. My intention now must be to find out ? Who?s Funeral had we been to? ? The woman came up again and asked who we were, I said ? Shorty ? ? Oh he never mentioned you ? ? How did you hear he had died? ? ? I was phoned up by a woman ? ? What is your phone number, I have the list of numbers here, what?s your number? ? ? I said that number is the same as ours except for one number, you must have written it down wrong ? I took the half eaten slice of dripping from my wife?s hand and put it on the Bar, at the earliest opportunity we crept away. When we got home the neighbour said ? Had a nice day ?? ? No I said just been to a funeral ? ? Was it a relative or friend ? ? I said ? You got me there I don't know ?

The contractors on the Shard borrowed it and did not bring it back, they have finished with it now you could call there and get it. Say shorty sent you. It looks like this but has Shorty written on it. See att.

Sorry not on my Zimmer.

Turn your aerial round in direction of signal. I got a big ladder.

cherisy These are the details of the Flying bomb on Henslow Road. 30/6/1944 11.34 am. South end of Henslow Road Junction of Underhill Road E. Dulwich SE22. V.1. Flying Bomb ( Doodle Bug.) Three persons killed. This was the first of 4 V1's that fell in a fairly small area of East Dulwich causing widespread damage. 4 houses were demolished and 15 badly damaged in Underhill Road. 2 were demolished and 6 badly damaged and 87 damaged in Henslowe Road. 20 houses and other buildings damaged in Barry Road. Part of this Flying bomb site remains relatively undeveloped and had 1940's prefabs erected on it. The prefabs have gone now 2012.

I hope this helps. World War II Air Raid, Catford Sandhurst School Details: On this day, January 20th 1943, Focke-Wulf 190s and escorting Messerschmitt 109s bombed and strafed virtually at will. Four RAF balloon sites in Lewisham were destroyed, a gasholder at Sydenham was set alight, the President?s House at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich was damaged and there were three direct hits on Deptford west power station. Worse, far worse, a 500 kg bomb fell on Sandhurst road school, Catford, blowing out the whole central part of the LCC school where many children were taking their midday dinner break. When the dust and the smoke subsided, the scene in the dining room was appalling. Twenty-four pupils and two teachers were dead. A further five died on the staircase and nine on the second floor. The blast reached the staff room where three teachers died and another was killed in the science room. The incident prompted enormous publicity from national and local newspapers who were certain the bomb had been deliberately dropped at a time when many of the pupils would be together. The Kentish Mercury described it as the fiendish onslaught of a murderous foe. Altogether 38 children were killed. Among them were sisters, Brenda and Lorina Allford, aged five and seven, who died with their friends Anne Biddle and her sister Judith. Nine-year-old Ronald Barnard and his brother Dennis, 10, were both killed. A police sergeant, Norman Greenstreet who had an eight-year-old at the school discovered the body of his son after searching through the rubble. The six teachers who died were Mrs Ethel Betts, Mrs Virginia Carr, Miss Mary Jukes, Miss Gladys Knowelden, Miss Harriet Langdon and Mrs Connie Taylor. Margaret Clarke, the headmistress said later that she was in her room on the top floor when she heard a distant siren. She went into the hail outside and the next thing she remembered was a tearing, rending sound and the hail, six yards from where she was standing, fell away. I joined some children who were going down the stairs and on reaching the ground floor started to pull the injured children clear. Before the arrival of the rescue workers, soldiers on leave and civilians who were passing by came in to help us dig, among the stifling fumes of the fire, in the debris. It was not until later that I noticed my own injuries and I was taken to Farnborough Hospital. the only question the children were asking was ?how can i help, miss?? they took home the younger ones, tore up their clothing to bind the injuries and even helped the rescue work ? a grim job for youngsters of 14 and 15. Many of the children were buried in a communal grave in nearby Hither Green Cemetery and the service, conducted by the Bishop of Southwark, was attended by 7,000 mourners. The question that everyone asked after the raid was: why was there no warning? Apparently there had been confusion among the observer corps plotters, and problems with some faulty equipment helped the raiders reach their target with complete surprise. The alert did not sound until it was too late. At an inquiry at Lewisham Town Hall, it was clear that the Civil Defence were quickly on the scene and there were congratulations for the volunteers, the Heavy Rescue Squads, the mobile units, the REME soldiers stationed at St Dunstans and the Canadians at Bromley Wood. The meeting mildly criticised police for their inability to control parents but also agreed it would have been impossible to stop the frantic efforts of relatives in digging among debris to find their little ones. ---------------------------------- From German records; The attack The German attack formation consisted of 28 Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-4U3 fighter-bombers escorted by Messerschmitt 109 fighters, which took off from a French airfield at noon. The planes were to attack any targets of opportunity, known to the Germans as a Terrorangriff (terror) raid. The German pilot responsible for the attack on the school was Hauptmann Heinz Schumann (born 29 November 1914, killed in action 8 November 1943) from Jagdgeschwader He was flying a Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-4 carrying a single 500 kg SC500 bomb. Debate exists whether Schumann deliberately targeted the school, or simply attacked what looked like a large factory (the school was several stories high). Mr Goss, who has written a book about the "Mini-Blitz" or the "Tip-and-run" raids by the Luftwaffe in this period of the war, includes a Luftwaffe "Action Report" in his descritpion of this raid which was completed immediately after the raid. The Action Report says that a large building destroyed in the raid was identified and targetted as a block of flats. Mr Goss also says that the RAF bombed Berlin 3 days before this terror-raid which was demanded by Hitler in retaliation. Witness reports suggest first flew past the school and bombed it on a second run. Another plane is alleged to have also strafed the playground and local streets. Due to inefficiencies of the warning system, the air raid siren had not sounded by the time the German planes arrived. Many children were having their lunch and the attack destroyed the area of the school where they were eating A picture is attatched . Recuers tie a chain around a large piece of debris in hope of moving it to get to trapped children.

Yes both on my list. But who most certainly will not? Too dictatorial?

Salsaboy could make it.

Who will be famous? There are those who you have known for years, who live here in East Dulwich, and you think that they might become famous as they have a talent that will make them so. But there are others that you suspect may come to the public attention, through not being a good character, and a thought could come to mind; ? He will end up behind bars ? . We have lived among many people that are now well known, but did we think they would make it? Some you were sure would. Then others who were very quiet and reserved, have now blossomed in popularity. There are many who did live here, who made lots of money in Industry and Commerce though not in the public eye.

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The driver had promised to turn up on time. Now he is going to get a pain in the neck or CRANE up the bridge.

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