Lyndhurst area SE15

[GrumpyGranny]

Would love to know more about the Lyndhurst area eg : Lyndurst Way, Lyndhurst Grove, Lyndhurst Square. Who was Lyndhurst? What is the whole area about? Where does one start researching?

[ratty]

There was a Lord Lyndhurst pub some years ago. I lived at 90 Lyndhurst Grove in the 90s. Great place to live.

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First one to mention Jarvis Cocker

[????]

Or

Decent sized victorian houses

Many compulsory purchased by BR in early 80s for channel tunnel link (was going to go underground at Warwick Gardens)

Many then rented out cheaply/Squatted which blighted the whole of the top bit of SE5 and that bit of Peckham made for a bohemian atmosphere - squates etc

Jarvis Coker lived there or went to a party in a squat there (in one of his songs)

When the Channel Tunnel went to Stratford rather than Waterlloo (much to the relief of everyone round here), some astute people bought some very nice but by then rundown property for peanuts

Now all gentrified but a bit duller

[Bluerevolution]

[Annette Curtain]

Ooo oo miss

*puts hand up*

I did a job there once, gosh yes, lovely house at the end of Lyndhurst Sq

David and erm....can't remember her name, but I do remember him coming to the door wearing a short blue silk ,Japanese print, dressing robe.

I said "Hi Karate" as he opened the door, he said "Sorry" in that way that very bright but completely un-self aware people do

Next day I set the alarm off & the Police turned up in minutes

"Do you know the owner"

"Yes, his name's David and he wears a blue silk Kimono" I said

The neighbor confirmed this and the Police went away

Very nice job it was

Netts:-$

[ratty]

Quids is right, this is how we bought our house there. 5 bedrooms, ?140,000. BR bought it previously for ?430,000 under the compulsory purchase.

The Jarvis Cocker house was nearly opposite ours, he used to go to St Martins with my house mates brother. All my housemates did study sculpture at St Martins - all a bit weird.

Loved living there 1994-98. Wishing Well had a snooker table in them days. Job done!

Before I moved into number 90, Johhny Cigarettes used to live there.

[????]

Wishing Well had 2 snooker tables Ratty :))

[ratty]

I thought I was just seeing double! Stella was half price all day!

[ratty]

Vernon Kaye used to drink in there in those days too. He lived in Linwood Close.

[Annette Curtain]

Nice move (on the Monopoly board of life) ratty

I've been into a few of the houses in Lyndhurst Way

Very nice proportions for family life & with that whole Bellenden Rd thing going on, i'd say it's the part of the whole general area to live

(tu)

[steveo]

Nette

'Did a job there once...', 'been into a few of the houses in Lyndhurst Way'

Are you Raffles?

[Annette Curtain]

steveo Wrote:

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> Nette

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> 'Did a job there once...', 'been into a few of the

> houses in Lyndhurst Way'

>

> Are you Raffles?

AKA The Amateur Cracksman ?

:-$

[????]

More like Victoriam Chimney Sweep boy

[Huguenot]

More like Fingers Dingle

[ibilly99]

I used to get sorted for E's and whizz down there.

[charlottekb]

By me probably

ratty - posting as his wife!

[ibilly99]

To the unawares it is a joke and the title of a Jarvis Cocker track - saw him at Glasto in 1995 - the year Robbie Williams went awol and jammed with Oasis - saw Harry Hill three times in the comedy tent.

[computedshorty]

During the War there was a Barrage Balloon sited on a open area on the right as you went up Lyndhurst Grove. In bad weather it was brought down to be tied to the metal rings in the ground. There were many frightening times that the balloon got caught by the strong wind an bounced arround hitting some of the nearby houses.

There was a hut that the Balloon crew lived in, some were Women of the WAAFs, about eight in all.

The Winch lorry had a round drum with cable wound onto it, and it came out to a pulley wheel set in the ground in the middle of the site then was tied to the balloon, the WAAFs untied the dozen securing ropes and the winch opperator gradually let the balloon rise, it looked like a silver fish but had three fins.

If they got shot down the steel cable would drop causing serious injury and damage, the winch driver has a cage over him.

I used to go to a house on the left facing the triangular site, where my older sisters boy friend lived.

[????]

"Glasto" Ibilly, oh dear.......

[taper]

Interesting to read that Computed. Can you be more precise about location? My best bet given your description is four hundred yards up Lyndhurst grove on the corner of Talfourd?

[computedshorty]

If you go to this link you can see Lyndhurdt Grove over the years.

Where the Car parking spaces are now was the road and the Balloon site on the other side of the road.

http://maps.southwark.gov.uk/connect/southwark.jsp