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Glimpses into the history of our streets in Lewisham, London SE Moving over to Bsky: https://t.co/2rHmhHerfv
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Commemoration during and after WW1 took many forms. Many companies had rolls of honour marking the service and sacrifice of former employees. Here are the stories of the men of Chiesmans in Lewisham.
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Somewhere in Lewisham Heritage’s storage is a wooden frame containing yellowed paper with a long list of names. Across the top are the words “Paris House Roll of Honour”. During the First World War…
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The main roll lists 143 men who had worked at Chiesmans and served in various capacities in the war, mainly in the army. Photos of 11 men who died are also displayed.
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New ahead of Remembrance Day tomorrow - Chiesman Brothers' "Paris House" roll of honour and the men from this prominent Lewisham firm who died in WW1.
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Somewhere in Lewisham Heritage’s storage is a wooden frame containing yellowed paper with a long list of names. Across the top are the words “Paris House Roll of Honour”. During the First World War…
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Love this little online exhibition about Hori Tribe who lived near Lee Green and worked in Greenwich Park.
We’re pleased to announce the launch of a new digital exhibition celebrating the life of Hori Tribe, a Royal Parks employee who was killed in action during the First World War 🌳. Delve into the exhibition, created using his own words, by visiting below 🔽
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RT @ianvisits: Jubilee line's alleged 1970s Lewisham safeguarding debunked. ➡️ . Many years ago, I read somewhere….
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Many years ago, I read somewhere that when the Jubilee line was planned in the 1970s, they made space for its tunnels to pass through Lewisham town centre.
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RT @CatfordMews: We are surprised and saddened by the statement from Lewisham Council today having agreed with them a new 10 year operation….
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Makes me think of the old footbridge between Chiesmans/Army & Navy and Lewisham Shopping Centre (image from
Light & Shadow - Poplar. Photography taken in the pedestrian bridge leading to Poplar Docklands Light Railway station. It's a great spot to watch the sun set over the city. #wexmondays #fsprintmonday
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RT @TheMurkyDepths: Lewisham Gateway edges towards completion to the benefit of pedestrians.
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A new pedestrian path from Lewisham station to the town centre and High Street is set to open avoiding need for existing congested route
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Read more about the V1 bomb strike here - and the rebuilding in the subsequent blog posts:
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Early on Friday morning, 28 July 1944, a passenger on the 89 bus on Belmont Hill watched as a V1 flying bomb fell to earth behind the Lewisham Clock Tower. The strike was one of the worst incidents…
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Lovely photo of the Albion pub in Lewisham and the mish-mash of old shops between it and the banks/clock tower. All of the buildings up to the banks were destroyed by the 1944 V1 that hit Lewisham market.
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RT @ianvisits: Bakerloo line extension pre-contracts awarded. ➡️ . The long path to the Bakerloo line extension ha….
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The long path to the Bakerloo line extension has taken a step forward after Transport for London (TfL) awarded feasibility design contracts for the four new stations.
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Here's the website for the auction with photos and details:
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Numbers 21 to 29 Lewisham High Street (aka St Stephen's Terrace) are up for sale by auction at the moment, a mix of flats and commercial units. Here's a bit about their history:
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Long & Lazy Lewisham – part 3: 17-43 High Street Three posts in, we have finally reached some buildings that are still standing – mostly, at any rate. Today we will take in a look at St S…
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RT @LewishamLong: Just added a 1959 map of the Lewisham market area - newly available via @natlibscotmaps - to the recent blogpost on post-….
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Read more about the rebuilding after the 1944 V1 bomb here:
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Once the dust had settled and the debris had been cleared by the Civil Defence services, the people and businesses affected had to deal with the destruction that the V1 had wrought on and around Le…
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Just added a 1959 map of the Lewisham market area - newly available via @natlibscotmaps - to the recent blogpost on post-bombing rebuilding. Compared with the late 1940s map, it illustrates nicely the difference in reconstruction on the east and west sides:
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Apparently #thicktrunktuesday is a thing, so here's one from #Lewisham village:.The famous horse chestnut next to the old Roebuck on the High St (opposite St Stephen's church). Said to have stood from 1680s until the 1860s, shown here in an 1830s cyclopedia and c1850s painting.
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The new branch built in the 1950s was supposedly “the most modern of jewellers’ shops in the country” with beautiful display cases in the entrance. Find out more:
At last, the final in the trilogy about the Lewisham market V1 flying bomb: part 3 - rebuilding. It describes how the area around the bomb site - eventually - recovered from the destruction of 1944.
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Nice bit of history about Sanders jewellers, whose Lewisham branch was destroyed by the July 1944 V1 strike.
Then & Now: Brixton Rd, 1987 - 2023. Located under a railway viaduct Sanders & Co, jewellers begun in Streatham, 1905. The Brixton branch opened 1908 and became the firm’s H.Q. It has been closed on and off for several years, it was last a Costa Coffee.
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The second covered the impact on the people and buildings affected by the bomb, and the ongoing fame and importance of the Lewisham incident in the 1940s:
New blog post: Lewisham market V1 flying bomb - impact and aftermath
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