Comments on: Willowbrook Bridge

By: John Bolton

John Bolton — Fri, 07 Jan 2022 13:54:59 +0000

And my dad Peter was born in Nutt St which sits below the Hill St bridge

By: John Bolton

John Bolton — Fri, 07 Jan 2022 13:51:56 +0000

In reply to C Smith. My grandad Alfred Egerton was born in East Dean St in 1910. The street only had twelve houses and my grandad's family lived in four of them until it was demolished

By: C Smith

C Smith — Tue, 05 Jan 2021 14:41:51 +0000

My Grandad pulled barges with his horse on the tow path under this bridge, my Mum as a little girl used to ride on the horses back from the stable. They lived in East Dean St off St George’s Way Peckham, she was born in 1909 name of Prizeman. Lovely Memories.

By: Andrew Pearson

Andrew Pearson — Sat, 18 Jul 2015 15:10:00 +0000

In reply to Roy Boardman. Hi Roy Interesting to hear about Walworth School - you must have many memories - it sounds a remarakable place. I saw the film 'Two Bob's Worth of Trouble' at the Walworth Festival a few weeks ago which was made by the pupils of an English class there in about 1961. Apparently the English teaching was very forward thinking and school had a very high reputation at that time. The film is available at the Southwark Local History Library and Archives, and on Youtube. There's also some older information on the school here, which I see Roy has been contributing to! I think the study on English teaching mentioned on that site has been published now.

By: Roy Boardman

Roy Boardman — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 20:57:24 +0000

I was brought up at 7 Cowan Street from 1944 on, immediately opposite Watkins Book Binding Factory. I went to Scarsdale Road Primary School and then to Walworth Secondary Modern, Mina Road)

By: Andrew Simpson

Andrew Simpson — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 06:19:02 +0000

Enjoyed the story which helped clear up a bit of a mystery viz that defaced foundation stone.