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Alan Carr ? The ED Connection
computedshorty replied to sandyman's topic in General ED Issues / Gossip
Posted by: mockney piers September 15, 04:20PM Have you written a book about your personal knowledge of the area at all? I'll pre order it from Chener's!! J.R. Hartley is a good pen name, it's pretty much how you look in my mind's eye anyway ;) Over the years we do tend to see members in our minds eye, making it from the items in the posts. I wonder if others have also formed a picture in their minds eye. I would be interesting to hear from others to see how close they are, or a million miles away. I was once told they had the impression I was an old git shambling along supported by a Zimmer frame at a snails pace who asks shoppers to "Please reach things from lower shelves fo me." -
Alan Carr ? The ED Connection
computedshorty replied to sandyman's topic in General ED Issues / Gossip
'My name? Oh, yes, it's J. R. Hartley.' But the only picture you will find is of Norman Lumsden who played the part of J.R.Hartley, Fly Fishing for the Yellow Pages advert -
Alan Carr ? The ED Connection
computedshorty replied to sandyman's topic in General ED Issues / Gossip
My eldest brother joined the Camberwell "Pal's Battalion" it was in Floden Road Camberwell. Alans Gt. Grandaddad deserted although he had signed on in the army, from home in Whatley Road he moved to Crayford where he changed his name from Carter to become lost in the thousands of Vicars Employees. Although deserting from the Army he did not face death as he would if deserting from the front line. Very coincidental that Alan once lived a few houses from where his Gt.Grand father stayed in Crayford. Alan paid a visit to Constance Road, its name has long since been changed to Saint Francis Road to be named after the St Francis Hospital here was one of the homes of his ancesstors. Thirteen Children in the family. -
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I cant remember the Name of the Merchant but it was from his shop at number 8 Whatley Road corner of Ulverscroft Road, he kept the horse and cart in the back. The coal was trained into East Dulwich Goods yard beside the station, it arrived in open top trucks, a side flap was opened and the coal weighed with his scale on a scoop style apperatus that tipped it into the heavy black Tarred one hundred weight sacks, these were moved across to the level cart that had backed onto the Wagon. The cart being so heavy was driven via Crystal Palace Road ? Goodrich Road to the upper parts of Lordship Lane. Most houses had a circular opening in the front door step with a cast iron cover the cellar being below it was tipped down the hole. Our Cellar was in the house so he had to bring the sacks into the house, mum used to count the sacks as 10 were broght in.
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This picture is of the actual fog. To help in the dense fog three white lines were painted around roadside trees, and lamposts and the poles that carried the overhead Tram cables. I knew that my house was fourteen gates from the corner from one end and sixteen from the other corner at the other end, in the dense fog I fumbled along counting the gates and entered into my familier gate we always went into the house round the back I went down the side alley to the back door entered and turned on the light. As the light showed I was not in my home but had counted from the wrong end corner, I turned out the light and made my way along two gates to find I was home. At this time in the War there were no street lights, and vehicle lihts were just a small slit in the cover over the the main light, this was not to show the way for the driver but to show the pedestrians that a vehicle was coming. If you went on a tram the windows were covered in a fine close net curtain that was glued over the glass, this was to protect the passengers if the glass got shattered by bomb blasts, there being no light inside the tram only very dim shaded lamps. Looking out through the glass window you had to spit on your finger and try to clean the ciggarette smoke stained glass through a minute hole in the netting, to see dim figures outside. The trams could continue to run as they were guided by the rails that would take the tram to its destination.
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East Dulwich Rag And Bone Man (Audio)
computedshorty replied to edhistory's topic in General ED Issues / Gossip
There was also the Rag and bone Woman ( and children ). Here is the family in Tottenham circa 1930. The poor old horse has had seen better days but Ma has put a bunch of flowers on his back. In exchange for old junk Day old chicks were offered. But very few survived the truma of being handled. The Rag and bone man here is relativly new, the horse now having the protection of the RSPCA, and the cart on Rubber Tyres the man wearing boots that would in earlier days could have bought the horse and cart. An interesting thing shown here is the large rear wheels on the family cart, when some carts got over loaded they would tip up with the horse dangling off the ground these larger wheels prevented that. The all same size wheels on the Rag and bone mans cart would be very unballenced at the back. With so many horse drawn vehicles in those days it was not unusual to see a horse off the ground dangling from the shafts, those who were nearby would help to get it back to the ground gradually not to break it legs. -
thedulwichforum. There were so few Posts on that site other than myself there were three others who posted, pressing the admin into placing some kind of message failed, I removed all my posts leaving an empty thedulwichforum, it was being monitored by the providers they closed down I could see him following me as I removed the Posts. It had a page then stating under review. This has now gone replaced with a Commercial Website. I was only Prostrated ( Lying down )as my Zimmer had broken.
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Here are some M.O.T. Certs fifty years ago, if I remember correctly we had to go to Hendon I think it was the Police Headquarters workshops. They used the names of Comets to replace car names and all details are fictitious. The cost of an M.O.T. at that time was Fourteen Shillngs not even One pound. I have kept these copies all these years. If you had had your car tested then you would have saved nearly forty Pound today.
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Loz emc stated that the car failed the M.O.T, on issue of the failier document regardless of any remaining days left on the previous one, it failed from the time of test. This shows on records at Swansea, so the insurance is null and void. Dont use the car! I have added a picture of the instructions prior to my obtaining Certification of M.O.T. Examiner Ministry of Transport in September 1960.
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emc Your car has failed its test IT IS UNROADWORTHY, You either get it repaired and we are all safe, or you like all of us realise that the end is nigh for a clapped out vehicle. My car was hit while stationary but the insurance would not payout enough to tepair it. So I looked arround and found a Breaker who paid me ?190.00. The new Law states that if it has failed its Test it must have on an Off Road Register if in a Public place. The Fine will automatically arrive with you as it is now a Failed M.O.T. Vehicle if you have not applied for a SCORN. I think your car will soon be assimilar to an Oxo cube
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Any suggestions for a nice plant / srub in front garden?
computedshorty replied to AnnieT's topic in The Lounge
AnnieT How large is your Garden? A picture might help in a choice, as to placing /shade / clear vision / has it got paving slabs that would restrict rain? -
Incident at the Barbers opposite East Dulwich Station
computedshorty replied to Amanda1979's topic in The Lounge
Detectives with bullet proof jackets pulled up outside and entered. Were they here just to purchase; " Something for the weekend Sir?" -
Thoughts of your Chicken. We do lay the daily eggs to be taken, I know why, to have with their bacon. I get upset as they break the shell, but I like the cooking of the smell. If they boil a light soft breakfast, boil too long, then it will burst. Have bread soldiers cut ready to use, if cooked too sloppy, half you loose. Some like to have their eggs fried, with some fried bread on the side. Others like to have them scrambled, with chopped tomato mixed entangled. You might like it poached, neat and round, Have two on toasts will make a round. One way is to make an omelette, some say that is the best you get. A hard boiled egg preserved in a jar, bought over the counter at the Bar. Eggs are pickled in a salty brine, with a drink they go down just fine. We sometimes wonder if you had no eggs, this question asked and often begs. Do you ever think of us broody chicks, as you tuck into your egg and chips?
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Shut them away at night its not just the cats that prey on them. You will get more visitors looking for food. This cat was more interested in the Crow in the pen. It had a damaged leg, but has been released now.
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These chicks have a caty look.
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Treat those as you would hope to be treated. Will someone give her a hand she is late for Bingo
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Age has nothing to do with retiring, it is a time to cease work full time. I am an Octagenairian and have not retired, so long as you keep active you can go on for years. There is the question of Money but why worry? Will you have enough to get you through. I worked from the age of fourteen up to sixty five the time I was told to retire. This did not mean that I stopped being active, it meant that if I got payed for working on I would have my Tax adjusted and I would not be allowed to qualify for any Pension Credits or income support. The people to ask is the ones who are already there.
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Free extra protein in Maltesers. Not for veggies.
computedshorty replied to Chick's topic in The Lounge
The Maltesers Advert must be the most shown Add. The girls are from Doc Martin. Instead of moving their leges they could put a Maltesers in their ears. Ever had an Earwig in your ear? -
North Dulwich. The station although useful to the nearby Villagers, was not a place to be associated with Dulwich Village a sleepy isolated place that had beforehand had no direct link to the outer parts of this area. It does use the SE21 Post Code. The station has become a place to use as the population has increased, but stands alone. It is a fact that there is only two that use the prefix North Dulwich. Those being; 4th North Dulwich Brownies. St Stephens Church. College Road SE21. The North Dulwich Lawn Tennis Club. 154a East Dulwich Grove, North Dulwich, London, SE22 9TB. Neither in North Dulwich. Interesting that the residents of the Village did not want Traffic lights or a Bus route to pass through the Village, But they did because it was North Dulwich Area.
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Could it be that they have not posted here or any other associated web, as they are aware of the antics of Kleinhond Elsewhere.
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Just had its MOT. Not good for January. The driver is nearly the same age.
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Prostrateman was going to change his name to Castratedman, but doing this would not solve the problem as it would be neither here nor there.
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Prostrate Persons The little woman and Prostrateman Attachments. Where is the Potty?
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My interpretaion of Prostrateman is not a sufferer of the uriary tract but a man lying flat on the ground.
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