geoffshinkfield

Hi Gordon, Thanks for your valuable memories of Peter, very interesting and useful to me. I now know that it was Peter Shinkfield that I met in 1978, not Leonard Stanley Shinkfield as I intimated in my first post. I also met his sister Barbara (not Wendy as above)and they both came to afternoon tea at our house in West Dulwich. It ended a feud lasting several years where they had not talked to each other! Jeff Burley (post above) sent me a great deal of stuff - photos and articles etc. One great article which I have attached is a beauty, all about his history and cinematic experience. Enjoy!

Thanks Shorty - great photo, much appreciated! I was aware through my research that there had been several branches beginning with the first in Blenheim Place, Peckham in 1860's The proprietor was James Shinkfield, from Grimston, Norfolk. The second shop at 20-22 Lordship Lane was established by the 1890's and run by James' son Henry James Shinkfield. No. 22, I believe was the original house with No. 20 the shop. I believe his son Herbert Thomas Shinkfield then took over the business. Interestingly, Herbert's two brothers Leonard Charles and Eric Stanley Shinkfield, both died in WW1 while Herbert survived to keep the business alive. All the Shinkfields attended Dulwich College and are remembered in the school's war memorial boards. (That's something else I've been researching!) Though I visited the shop in 1978 I don't recall whether it was at 20-22 or at 98 Lordship Lane. While, unfortunately we have no photos from the time of the shop(s) we did keep the business card which lists Shinkfields Ltd. at 98 and the proprietor P.J. Shinkfield (Peter John Shinkfield, great uncle of Leonard Stanley Shinkfield, the man we met). I'm thinking that there were probably two branches in 1978. I have attached copies of the business card, the cover of the catalogue mentioned in my first post and an example double page for those who might be interested in how it was done in 1957! Love some more photos of Shinkfields if anyone has some more or indeed any more memories of the shop and the shopkeepers!

Does anyone remember Shinkfields Ironmongery/Hardware shops on Lordship Lane or indeed one of the Shinkfields? The family lived in and around ED for well over 100 years. When I lived in ED in 1978-79 my family met Leonard Stanley Shinkfield and his sister Wendy to try and establish a family link. We couldn't then but since becoming a family researcher I have found out that we were indeed related via our shared North Creake roots. Since I am writing a book about the Shinkfields I would love to have any memories of the people and the shops and especially any photos showing the shop or the Shinkfields. Incidentally, I have just purchased an impressive old catalogue from the shop dating from 1957 (105 pages). It is has the title 'Tools' and 'H.J. Shinkfield & Son Ltd. Ironmongers 20 & 22 Lordship Lane E. Dulwich, S.E 22 Phone New Cross 2244' on the cover. I guess that it is from their heyday in the post-war years - lots of beautifully hand-drawn tools - so any other memorabilia relating to the shop would be useful too.