Charley Farley Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 Hello. I'm wondering if anyone here can remember a little Joke Shop in East Dulwich (think it might've been on Lordship Lane?) that was operating in the early 1960s... I was at school then in Dulwich (circa 1961 / 66) and used to spend much of my spare pocket money down there on scary latex masks and fake spiders to terrify my family. I remember the store being run by an old lady... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/82695-little-joke-shop-in-1960s-east-dulwich/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
edhistory Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 North Cross Road adjacent to what is now Emily's. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/82695-little-joke-shop-in-1960s-east-dulwich/#findComment-925122 Share on other sites More sharing options...
se22cat Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 Yup, iirc it was painted yellow and had a clown's face over the door. Think it stayed closed for a while, re-opened as something else, then turned into Strans, which was a great place to have a haircut until he won so many awards his prices shot up. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/82695-little-joke-shop-in-1960s-east-dulwich/#findComment-925125 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charley Farley Posted November 11, 2015 Author Share Posted November 11, 2015 Ah thanks ~ I think I've narrowed it down to 52 Grove Vale (which is now Blackbird Bakery) ~ be very interested to find any photos of that particular premises circa 1961 - 1966... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/82695-little-joke-shop-in-1960s-east-dulwich/#findComment-925132 Share on other sites More sharing options...
edhistory Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 52 Grove Vale was as launderette. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/82695-little-joke-shop-in-1960s-east-dulwich/#findComment-925133 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange owl Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 Before that it was a joke shop,old lady seen in her chair for many years after. apparently Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/82695-little-joke-shop-in-1960s-east-dulwich/#findComment-925136 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DulwichFox Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 Wasn't it once a Military shop selling army stuff... badges, medals etc. DulwichFox Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/82695-little-joke-shop-in-1960s-east-dulwich/#findComment-925146 Share on other sites More sharing options...
se22cat Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 I remember that shop, wasn't that also on North Cross Road? Guy with a beard ran it, used to have archaeological stuff like arrow heads, etc as well as the Military gear? There must have been a different joke shop on Grove Vale as the one I remember in 1980 was the one on North Cross Road.. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/82695-little-joke-shop-in-1960s-east-dulwich/#findComment-925161 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rememberwhen Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 52 Grove Vale now Blackbird Bakery.Was a book shop, before that a drycleaners, before that a Launderette.Before that it was Rogers the joke shop. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/82695-little-joke-shop-in-1960s-east-dulwich/#findComment-925195 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charley Farley Posted November 11, 2015 Author Share Posted November 11, 2015 Many thanks, all of you. Yes it does seem like we are talking two different joke shops here. I'm pretty sure that "Rogers the joke shop" (which definitely rings a distant bell) had ceased trading by the time I'd left school (1966) ~ so Grove Vale (now the bakery) is the one ~ and the military stuff & the guy with a beard would be a different shop on North Cross Road (particularly if it was still going in the 1980s). Many thanks for all the feedback ~ brilliant ~ if anyone unearths any old images of "Rogers the Joke Shop" from the sixties, that would be the unholy grail. Thanks again... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/82695-little-joke-shop-in-1960s-east-dulwich/#findComment-925217 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin68 Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 Wasn't it once a Military shop selling army stuff... badges, medals etc.I can only remember Target Arms, On Lordship Lane in the block next to the police station. Was there another? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/82695-little-joke-shop-in-1960s-east-dulwich/#findComment-925262 Share on other sites More sharing options...
solar Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 Hi PenguinShowing my age here, but the military shop was at 1 North Cross Rd next to what was then Ossies fish and chip shop. The shop is now flats. I remember it around the early 60s when I was at St. John's school. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/82695-little-joke-shop-in-1960s-east-dulwich/#findComment-925456 Share on other sites More sharing options...
EDOldie Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 Yes the military memorabilia shop in North Cross Road was to the left of the fish & chip shop almost directly opposite the Actress (in those days the Uplands Tavern). It was converted to a house or flats some years ago. I seem to remember they had some pretty unpleasant Nazi stuff in there such as medals and other regalia. All a bit creepy. That was probably around 1975? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/82695-little-joke-shop-in-1960s-east-dulwich/#findComment-925463 Share on other sites More sharing options...
adonirum Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 Quite right,EDOldie. I remember way back in the 70's the shop had loads of publicity over a particular artefact, a gold crown, that the owner claimed to be "Hitler's front tooth". Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/82695-little-joke-shop-in-1960s-east-dulwich/#findComment-925482 Share on other sites More sharing options...
EDOldie Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 Sure it was his front tooth, not another part of his anatomy? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/82695-little-joke-shop-in-1960s-east-dulwich/#findComment-925491 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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