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Thread: Norman Wisdom
Post: RE: Norman Wisdom
| Norman Wisdom attended many of our Regimental functions that he could attend if not engaged with his Comic Acts.
At a presentation of a picture of the early days of the regiment called The Scouts dre... |
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30-01-2011, 12:36 PM |
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Thread: A Turkish Delight
Post: RE: A Turkish Delight
| [attachment=545]
I have searched and found a picture of Lings Turkish Delight.
Lings had gone out of budiness years ago and the factory gone.
Remember opening the six sided box unwrapping the wax... |
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Thread: Railway pictures
Post: RE: Railway pictures
| Honour Oak Station looking from Wood Vale, the new Tewkesbury Estate in background roads were starting to be built on.
The steam trains were longer than those used later.
This steam engine is head... |
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30-01-2011, 10:43 AM |
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Thread: Last Christmas Eve
Post: Last Christmas Eve
| When invited, I took the opportunity of a lift up to the Park,
the sky was overcast and heavy cloud made it almost dark.
I like to just sit here, watching all those people who pass,
I had to laugh... |
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28-01-2011, 11:58 PM |
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Thread: A noise above.
Post: A noise above.
| A noise above.
I have had a quiet life so far, no noisy neighbours to interrupt my thought,
things have changed now, I've come a little bit anxious if not distraught.
The flat above me has got a... |
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28-01-2011, 09:18 PM |
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Thread: Norman Wisdom
Post: RE: Norman Wisdom
| TEN OLD SHINERS ( Chelsea Pensioners)
Ten Old Shiners Parading for inspection in a line,
one forgot to put his boots on and then there were Nine.
Nine Old Shiners sitting up talking very late,
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28-01-2011, 12:12 AM |
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Thread: Norman Wisdom
Post: Norman Wisdom
| The referance to Norman Wisdom passing, I served in the same regiment we have been in contact over the years he lived in Peel Isle of Man.
It falls to me as one of the few left to pass on the news, t... |
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27-01-2011, 06:53 PM |
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Thread: lewisham Libraries Read-in 5th February
Post: RE: lewisham Libraries Read-in 5th February
| Dulwich Library Clock has gone missing, no one knows why, did it need repairing or a clean? Any idea's.
I heard that they are going to paint a white circle on the ground around the lamp post outsid... |
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24-01-2011, 05:00 PM |
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Thread: Clever cat of the Shipman/Siddons/PerryVale/Woolstone rd square
Post: RE: Clever cat of the Shipman/Siddons/PerryVale/Wo...
| Well it was not me!
or Mickey |
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24-01-2011, 04:42 PM |
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Thread: New to SE23!
Post: RE: New to SE23!
| Hi. Dee.
I am new here myself ( just to this Forum ) I have been here now some eighty years, I might be able to tell you something of where you are now, dont tell me exactly, just ask about a place ... |
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23-01-2011, 05:59 PM |
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Thread: Choose a Place
Post: Choose a Place
| [b]Choose a place.[/b]
Choose a place, bring that vision into your mind,
think back, and what memory of it did you find?
Was it a building, a shop, a house, or just a space,
soon your memories w... |
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23-01-2011, 02:30 PM |
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Thread: What place?
Post: RE: What place?
| The structure was not above ground just flat cement let into the grass.
It might have been used for tethering weather balloons.
I am now inclined to think it was something my older brother invented... |
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22-01-2011, 12:59 PM |
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Thread: A Turkish Delight
Post: A Turkish Delight
| [b]Delightful.[/b]
Just thinking years back, I became again mindful,
of the sweets made quite near, that were delightful.
In the quiet road named Kemble Road that lead,
away from the busy main road ... |
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22-01-2011, 12:31 PM |
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Thread: Fireworks made here.
Post: RE: Fireworks made here.
| Sorry I left off the last part of my message asking if anybody can remember the name of the Firework Manufacturer.
Just to please two of you here is a bit of prose that I copied from a book, dont w... |
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21-01-2011, 09:36 PM |
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Thread: Fireworks made here.
Post: Fireworks made here.
| When we used to go to the top of One Tree Hill there were railings to the back making it safe as behind was a very steep drop much like a cliff edge, looking down there could be seen near the rear of... |
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21-01-2011, 02:01 PM |
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Thread: What place?
Post: RE: What place?
| Andrewr
You have placed the point of what we called Fuzz Hill, the whole area from the railway in Wood Vale up to the top of the hill was just open land with grass and bushes the grounds of Tewkes... |
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21-01-2011, 11:40 AM |
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Thread: What place?
Post: RE: What place?
| I am talking about the open area that was there when Tewksbury Lodge was demollished, it was immediatly outside the rear gate of Hornimans Gardens, In 1927 The London County Council wanted to make it ... |
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21-01-2011, 01:25 AM |
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Thread: What place?
Post: RE: What place?
| The picture of the Observation / Gun Platform on One Tree Hill is in a wooded area and close to the once iron railined enclosed Honour Oak Tree.
These would all be a danger to a Balloon with a crew ... |
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20-01-2011, 07:33 PM |
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Thread: What place?
Post: RE: What place?
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No relation to
Bob Dylan.
Everyone knows as Robert Zimmerman.
My name is from: |
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20-01-2011, 06:40 PM |
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Thread: Langton Rise Road Works
Post: RE: Langton Rise Road Works
| The Sewer from the new houses and roads, and the Water supply from the resevior at the top of Liphook Crescent passed over the railway track very high up on a steel latice gantry to the right looking ... |
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20-01-2011, 03:37 PM |
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Thread: What place?
Post: What place?
| What place in SE23 do you not know anything about?
A place that my family used many years ago was to the rear of Hornimans Gardens it was called Furze Hill we called it Fuzz Hill it was an open gre... |
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20-01-2011, 01:20 PM |
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Thread: Railway pictures
Post: RE: Railway pictures
| Continued
The new Odeon Cinema, all clean and bright, for me many an hour in times to come,
we will line up and wait our turn in the queue, I’ll go with my mates not with my mum.
The bridge over ... |
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19-01-2011, 04:43 PM |
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Thread: Railway pictures
Post: RE: Railway pictures
| A ride on the No 58 Tram.
The big red double Decker Trams passed our homes front door, these bulky things always rocking,
they threw the passengers about, even sitting on the red leather seats was s... |
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19-01-2011, 04:35 PM |
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Thread: Railway pictures
Post: RE: Railway pictures
| There was water in the tanks at the top of the towers.
Joseph Paxton was first and foremost a gardener, and his layout of gardens, fountains, terraces and cascades left no doubt as to his ability. ... |
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19-01-2011, 12:13 PM |
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Thread: Railway pictures
Post: RE: Railway pictures
| A Tram that was in use at the time of the fire of the Crystal Palace
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19-01-2011, 12:15 AM |
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Thread: Railway pictures
Post: RE: Railway pictures
| [attachment=522]Swiss Cottage Junction of Westdale Road & Standstead Road.
Grindlay pics. |
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18-01-2011, 10:57 PM |
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Thread: Railway pictures
Post: RE: Railway pictures
| [align=center]Just a memory [/align]
[align=center]Crystal Palace 1936[/align]
One of my first memories was when I was five years old, I was in my back garden, playing with my ten year old brot... |
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18-01-2011, 10:51 AM |
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Thread: Railway pictures
Post: RE: Railway pictures
| Remembering Hornimans Museum.
Seated around the large mahogany dining table, our family of ten, waited for our cup of tea from the enormous brown enamel tea pot, that was nearly always brewing on t... |
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17-01-2011, 06:01 PM |
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Thread: Railway pictures
Post: RE: Railway pictures
| This is the Honour Oak Station in Wood Vale. |
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17-01-2011, 04:48 PM |
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Thread: Railway pictures
Post: RE: Railway pictures
| Lost Railway Stations of East Dulwich.
Lordship Lane Railway Station SE22 was at the bottom of Sydenham Hill, London Road, Lordship Lane, junction.
It could be got to from Lordship Lane up Lapse W... |
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17-01-2011, 04:38 PM |
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Thread: Railway pictures
Post: Railway pictures
| hi. i am new here is there a board that shows the local pictures of SE23 ? |
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17-01-2011, 03:45 PM |
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