Camberwell 1963

[nxjen]

I came across this film on the BFI website, a documentary about Camberwell in 1963 at a time when a lot of reconstruction work was being carried out. It's 30 minutes long but I was fascinated. Hoping the link works.

http://player.bfi.org.uk/film/watch-changing-face-of-camberwell-1963/

[FJDGoose]

Interesting - thanks for posting.

[camberwell70]

Loved this.

Thanks nxjen.

[Passiflora]

So great! Was born near Camberwell in 1963 so thanks for posting!

[skylorikeet]

Love this, thanks for posting!

Edited to add: was there really still a dairy farm in Camberwell in 1963? Does anyone know where it was?

[pipsky2008]

'The drama of change is the balance of loss and gain' @ 26:40

Thanks for posting the BFI link

[Pugwash]

Great watching this - the new girls school I assume was the old Peckham Girls which opened in 1960/61 ( I applied to go there but ED was outside it's catchment area).

[rendelharris]

skylorikeet Wrote:

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> Love this, thanks for posting!

>

> Edited to add: was there really still a dairy farm

> in Camberwell in 1963? Does anyone know where it

> was?

Don't know if it's related but there's a "Dairy Farm Place" on the north side of Queens Road, just after the station, did that have anything to do with it? Not Camberwell but close...

[nxjen]

I believe Dairy Farm Place was built on the site of Hatcham Dairy Farm. At the time the film was made it was within the borders (just) of Camberwell Borough Council so this might be the farm referred to.

ETA. Here is a link to a photo that shows the Hatcham Dairy Farm. The date it was taken is given as 1970 and there is a 'Lease for Sale' sign up so perhaps it was still an operation farm in 1963.

Edited again to insert link https://collage.cityoflondon.gov.uk/view-item?i=57917&WINID=1483785366083

[rendelharris]

How interesting! Looks a very likely candidate, thanks for the info.

[skylorikeet]

Thanks rendelharris and nxjen, that does seem a likely candidate and thanks for drawing my attention to that website, Collage, it has some excellent photos.

[bob]

The Dairy was In Grove park road just of Camberwell Grove it was called Gillham's Farm Dairy.

Bob S

[Otta]

Interesting. That exact film was on youtube a year or two back, and when I tried to find it for a friend recently it was gone. Guess BFI must have snapped it up. It's a great look at the past, and although I wasn't born until the late 70s, it reminds me of a lot of things from my childhood.

[Otta]

Interestingly, the director Winifred Crum Ewing went on to be president of the SNP.