London / ED oddities

[Earl Aelfheah]

Anyone got any interesting Local or London sights, points of interest, or little known histories they?d like to share?

[DuncanW]

Nice idea.

Many will know this already, but the residential development on the corner of Crystal Palace Road and Upland Road was previously a police station that housed a notorious elite police squad who were involved in some serious Line of Duty style police corruption in the 1990s.

A total of five officers operating as part of the subsequently disbanded South East Regional Crime Squad were jailed for selling drugs seized from dealers and traffickers to rival gangs.

One of them was also linked to corruption around the Stephen Lawrence case, and the murder of Daniel Morgan, a private detective who was said to be close to exposing police corruption.

[Earl Aelfheah]

Wow, I didn?t know that. Thank

A pretty widely known bit of local history this one, but Bon Scott of AC/DC passed away outside 67 Overhill Road.

[malumbu]

Robert Elm's notes and queries is the place to go. Also get hold of one of the various secret London books.

eg today two blue plaques in Catford

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=secret+london+books&adgrpid=103176427425&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIqaKs8bmy8AIVC5ftCh29ogOkEAAYASAAEgLY-vD_BwE&hvadid=446239367660&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9045879&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=1196498406437400623&hvtargid=kwd-846396957586&hydadcr=24405_1816066&tag=googhydr-21&ref=pd_sl_1b3cbwyyy1_e_p50

Reference to Amazon for info only - use your local bookshop and/or independent on line trader!

[Nigello]

Boris Karloff was born on Forest Hill Road, on or around where the CoOp is. There?s a blue plaque.

[another annie]

The lady who invented the London A to Z lived in Court Lane Gardens, there's a plaque on the front of the house. Apparently she walked the streets to gather the information (no Google earth then...). Robert Elms came to unveil the plaque around ten years ago.

[malumbu]

No he didn't Robert Elms has never come further SE than the Elephant. I've invited him few times and he disintegrates into dust just at the thought. Although I think his son is in Peckham so he has a special tunnel to get there. Hope you are watching Robert!

Shackleton lived on Underhill or Wood Vale.

Joe Orton's film Entertaining Mr Sloane was in part filmed in Camberwell Old Cemetery.

[JohnL]

DuncanW Wrote:

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> Nice idea.

>

> Many will know this already, but the residential

> development on the corner of Crystal Palace Road

> and Upland Road was previously a police station

> that housed a notorious elite police squad who

> were involved in some serious Line of Duty style

> police corruption in the 1990s.

> A total of five officers operating as part of the

> subsequently disbanded South East Regional Crime

> Squad were jailed for selling drugs seized from

> dealers and traffickers to rival gangs.

> One of them was also linked to corruption around

> the Stephen Lawrence case, and the murder of

> Daniel Morgan, a private detective who was said to

> be close to exposing police corruption.

It's all very Line of Duty indeed

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/aug/05/drugsandalcohol.nickhopkins

and then

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/oct/19/met-police-detectives-cleared-retrial

"H" you see,

[tiddles]

Malumbo once again you are incorrect - Robert elms broadcasted from the horniman museum a few years ago.

[malumbu]

It was a facetious comment, although he has admitted himself that he is not that familiar with SE London. In the old days this would have been called teasing.

[malumbu]

Just down the way some interesting history of Sydenham and Forest Hill - a few oddities there

http://sydenhamforesthillhistory.blogspot.com/