Jenijenjen

AlexandHelenC Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Jenijenjen Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > heartblock Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > East Dulwich Grove and the houses were built > as > > a > > > residential road for workers on the trains, > > nurses > > > and soldiers circa 1880 - 1886, it is a > narrow > > > road with trees all along it and was not > built > > as > > > a super-highway ? > > > > Take a look at this extract from an OS map > > surveyed in 1863. You will see that most of > what > > is now called East Dulwich Grove is laid out > and > > there are very few houses. Perhaps the section > > east of Green Lane (Greendale) was built in > 1888 > > but most of the road had already been built as > a > > thoroughfare long before the houses. North > Dulwich > > Station is at the bottom left hand corner. > > Exactly. The argument that the (late 19th > century)roads are ?taking the traffic that they > were built for? is incomprehensibly stupid. Nevertheless, it was not built primarily as a residential road as has been claimed but as a thoroughfare that may well have been widened since first laid out

Peckham boy Alan Lancaster, founding member of Status Quo

heartblock Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > East Dulwich Grove and the houses were built as a > residential road for workers on the trains, nurses > and soldiers circa 1880 - 1886, it is a narrow > road with trees all along it and was not built as > a super-highway ? Take a look at this extract from an OS map surveyed in 1863. You will see that most of what is now called East Dulwich Grove is laid out and there are very few houses. Perhaps the section east of Green Lane (Greendale) was built in 1888 but most of the road had already been built as a thoroughfare long before the houses. North Dulwich Station is at the bottom left hand corner.