We lived at no. 77 (96 flats)

My Great grandparents John and Louisa Heath lived at 156 New Church Rd probably from 1886 when they married. He was an accoutrement maker. They had 3 children one of which was my Grandfather, Robert Heath. At the 1911 census he was 19 and a drapers assistant. When he married my grandmother Harriet Ward they also lived at 156 and their 6 children were also born there too . Robert 1914. Albert and Eveline twins, 1915 (Albert was my Father) And 3 other children Richard 1918, Olive 1920, and Vera 1922. I believe they all went to St George’s school. My Father talked about the canal etc. All I can say it must have been quite crowded in their house.

Hello I’m back here still researching and found a page ‘London Remembers’ about Burgess Park with an old map showing Goldie Street which is now part of Burgess Park.

And the interesting fact: my late Dad used to go to Peckham Mosque which is in fact in Burgess Park and based not far from where Goldie St was.

If anyone has any stories, pictures of the neighbourhood of Goldie St please do share. Mum had great stories of the community. I do know that the houses had no bathroom and people had to visit the local baths or bath houses?

Absolutely fascinating – I’ve loved reading all comments from people who used to live around the area. I’ll have to go on a tour with my sister who lived there as a child

Hi. I’ve only just seen this, as going to do some family history. 50 New Church Rd was a gang house since at least the 1930s. I’ve got a 1939 census that shows my grandfather lived there with some other contractors – he moved in after the previous owner was sent to Pentonville. So it was always a gang house. And then the Richardsons gang got hold of it.

Hi Elizabeth
I have found a 1950 map and 173 New Church Road is the last house at the eastern end of the road (that’s where New Church Rd joins Wells Way.)
Something else … 173 is also the nearest of all the houses on New Church Rd to the Surrey Canal.
This map is the one I have used to find the house in which my father was born.
The National Library of Scotland
Map Published 1951
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=18.9&lat=51.48171&lon=-0.08905&layers=170&b=1&o=80

This link will show you the numbers on the houses, right click and hold to drag the map around. I hope this link works for you.
If the link does not work, you still have my information about the 173 house location at the end of the road. Hope it helps.

My Grandparents, the Hodges, lived with their children, (my mum and her siblings) in Evelina Mansions during WW2

I think your mum Gladys was friends with my mum Betty Hull. We lived at 46. I was very small, but I do remember mum talking to Minnie and I remember Raymond… your brother?

Hi Andrew
(and all who visit this wonderful site)
I have commented on this section of the site 3-4 years Ago – but not since then. However, I do visit and peruse the comments periodically (especially associated to New Church Road) and I have now been prompted to comment again, after seeing the remarks linked to a dairy and farm in the Peckham area and the time it was operating up to.

There have been a few suggestions as to where this site was but I can confirm exactly where the dairy was. It was sited in Lugard Road, Peckham. This is a road that is opposite the southern entrance to Queens road station and towards Nunhead. The dairy farm was owned by a family called Jordan and existed at this site up until approximately the late 1960’s.

I actually visited this site on numerous occasions as a young boy in the 60’s as my father knew Mr Jordan well. From memory I can recall there were at least 20-25 milking cows, all kept in a large cow shed bordered by terraced houses on all sides. There was also the bizarre situation of the cows regularly being given ‘exercise’ via walking down into Lugard Road, via the gate and then being walked around the block.

It seems unbelievable but it was absolutely true and I believe it was the last working dairy that existed in central London. It was a privilege to have witnessed this but as a youngster not realising the significance of it. The site is still there but now occupied by new housing and obviously less interesting!

Of course – maybe it’s Goldie not Golders!

Done!