Long & Lazy Lewisham
@longlazylewisham.bsky.social
Glimpses into the history of our streets in Lewisham, London SE
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Interesting point, one I'd never thought of. I think fair to say Westminster would have been destroyed, but it was much smaller than London & overcrowding that spread 1666 fire wasn't present in-between. Question is whether the explosion causes a separate fire in London. Doesn't seem implausible.
November 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Interesting point, one I'd never thought of. I think fair to say Westminster would have been destroyed, but it was much smaller than London & overcrowding that spread 1666 fire wasn't present in-between. Question is whether the explosion causes a separate fire in London. Doesn't seem implausible.
In the 1930s and 40s, Neville was very active in local British Legion branches - one even named their meeting room after him.
November 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
In the 1930s and 40s, Neville was very active in local British Legion branches - one even named their meeting room after him.
After a stint in the army pre-WW1, Fred Neville was called up in 1914 and earned the DCM for bravery in the 1st battle of Ypres. Four years later he was awarded the Military Medal for bravery at Cambrai.
November 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
After a stint in the army pre-WW1, Fred Neville was called up in 1914 and earned the DCM for bravery in the 1st battle of Ypres. Four years later he was awarded the Military Medal for bravery at Cambrai.
Fred Neville started out organising and playing in football, cricket and other sporting associations. By 1904, he was said to have "done much to popularise football in Lewisham”, and in the 1920s returned to both football and cricket - setting up the Lewisham Cricket Challenge Cup.
November 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Fred Neville started out organising and playing in football, cricket and other sporting associations. By 1904, he was said to have "done much to popularise football in Lewisham”, and in the 1920s returned to both football and cricket - setting up the Lewisham Cricket Challenge Cup.
Many of the buses that stop at B at the Station also stop at stop W at Lewisham Centre of course. The Station stop seems to be a bit more popular on each service - as here for the 199:
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Many of the buses that stop at B at the Station also stop at stop W at Lewisham Centre of course. The Station stop seems to be a bit more popular on each service - as here for the 199:
Interested but not surprised to see 2 bus stops in #Lewisham among the 100 busiest in London:
Lewisham Centre stop X (towards Ladywell and Crofton Park) at #36 & stop B at the station (towards Catford) at #55
via edjefferson.com/busiestbusst... which you can explore by route as well as top 100.
Lewisham Centre stop X (towards Ladywell and Crofton Park) at #36 & stop B at the station (towards Catford) at #55
via edjefferson.com/busiestbusst... which you can explore by route as well as top 100.
November 3, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Interested but not surprised to see 2 bus stops in #Lewisham among the 100 busiest in London:
Lewisham Centre stop X (towards Ladywell and Crofton Park) at #36 & stop B at the station (towards Catford) at #55
via edjefferson.com/busiestbusst... which you can explore by route as well as top 100.
Lewisham Centre stop X (towards Ladywell and Crofton Park) at #36 & stop B at the station (towards Catford) at #55
via edjefferson.com/busiestbusst... which you can explore by route as well as top 100.
Lovely picture of Lee Green and Eltham Road just before WW1. View dominated today by the soon-to-be-replaced Leegate Centre.
November 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Lovely picture of Lee Green and Eltham Road just before WW1. View dominated today by the soon-to-be-replaced Leegate Centre.
Hadn't realised that @serailway.bsky.social has done a 3D station map for Lewisham. More on the way for other local stations.
November 1, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Hadn't realised that @serailway.bsky.social has done a 3D station map for Lewisham. More on the way for other local stations.
All that remains today is the Mulberry tree that stood in the garden at the Chestnuts, and now stands at the corner of Elmira Street and Pine Tree Way:
October 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
All that remains today is the Mulberry tree that stood in the garden at the Chestnuts, and now stands at the corner of Elmira Street and Pine Tree Way:
Alice Jarman was also a teacher at Lewisham Bridge, in the girls' school based in the current building.
After her death in the 1930s, the English family and the Broadribb/Penticost family lived at the Chestnuts.
They left in the 1960s as the house and the area made way for the Sundermead estate.
After her death in the 1930s, the English family and the Broadribb/Penticost family lived at the Chestnuts.
They left in the 1960s as the house and the area made way for the Sundermead estate.
October 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Alice Jarman was also a teacher at Lewisham Bridge, in the girls' school based in the current building.
After her death in the 1930s, the English family and the Broadribb/Penticost family lived at the Chestnuts.
They left in the 1960s as the house and the area made way for the Sundermead estate.
After her death in the 1930s, the English family and the Broadribb/Penticost family lived at the Chestnuts.
They left in the 1960s as the house and the area made way for the Sundermead estate.
William Pope ran the boys' primary school at Lewisham Bridge (now Prendergast Vale) for 30 years. He was an impressive headmaster and a vigorous campaigner as head of both local teachers' unions and the National Union of Teachers.
October 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
William Pope ran the boys' primary school at Lewisham Bridge (now Prendergast Vale) for 30 years. He was an impressive headmaster and a vigorous campaigner as head of both local teachers' unions and the National Union of Teachers.
Samuel Jerrard came next. He transformed the western side of Lewisham village with the construction of ever larger and more impressive housing from Loampit Vale down to Ladywell. He was an important late C19th figure in Lewisham and his work is central to the Ladywell conservation area.
October 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Samuel Jerrard came next. He transformed the western side of Lewisham village with the construction of ever larger and more impressive housing from Loampit Vale down to Ladywell. He was an important late C19th figure in Lewisham and his work is central to the Ladywell conservation area.
"The Chestnuts" used to sit on Porson St, south of Loampit Vale, #Lewisham
Its residents played an important part in the development of Lewisham:
George Faulkner & his successor Benjamin Parks were brick-makers, helping to fuel the growth of suburban London. (Parks also lived a secret double life)
Its residents played an important part in the development of Lewisham:
George Faulkner & his successor Benjamin Parks were brick-makers, helping to fuel the growth of suburban London. (Parks also lived a secret double life)
October 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
"The Chestnuts" used to sit on Porson St, south of Loampit Vale, #Lewisham
Its residents played an important part in the development of Lewisham:
George Faulkner & his successor Benjamin Parks were brick-makers, helping to fuel the growth of suburban London. (Parks also lived a secret double life)
Its residents played an important part in the development of Lewisham:
George Faulkner & his successor Benjamin Parks were brick-makers, helping to fuel the growth of suburban London. (Parks also lived a secret double life)
Here (via find a grave) is his name on the kerbstone:
October 22, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Here (via find a grave) is his name on the kerbstone:
Lowe grew up in Bermondsey and worked as a brush maker. In 1894 he married Caroline Simmonds. They lived together in K Block of Queen's Buildings in Southwark and had three young sons. It appears Christopher knocked a few years off his age when he joined up.
October 22, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Lowe grew up in Bermondsey and worked as a brush maker. In 1894 he married Caroline Simmonds. They lived together in K Block of Queen's Buildings in Southwark and had three young sons. It appears Christopher knocked a few years off his age when he joined up.
110 years ago today: Military funeral in #Lewisham
Christopher Lowe, the first man to die serving in the Lewisham Battalion, was buried in Ladywell Cemetery on 22 October 1915.
After joining up aged 41 in June, he fell ill with heart disease in September and died in Lewisham hospital on 19 October.
Christopher Lowe, the first man to die serving in the Lewisham Battalion, was buried in Ladywell Cemetery on 22 October 1915.
After joining up aged 41 in June, he fell ill with heart disease in September and died in Lewisham hospital on 19 October.
October 22, 2025 at 8:40 AM
110 years ago today: Military funeral in #Lewisham
Christopher Lowe, the first man to die serving in the Lewisham Battalion, was buried in Ladywell Cemetery on 22 October 1915.
After joining up aged 41 in June, he fell ill with heart disease in September and died in Lewisham hospital on 19 October.
Christopher Lowe, the first man to die serving in the Lewisham Battalion, was buried in Ladywell Cemetery on 22 October 1915.
After joining up aged 41 in June, he fell ill with heart disease in September and died in Lewisham hospital on 19 October.
Nice illustration of the old Dubois shop at the northern end of Lewis Grove being demolished in 1931 - from an advert in Bromley & West Kent Mercury (26 June 1931)
October 20, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Nice illustration of the old Dubois shop at the northern end of Lewis Grove being demolished in 1931 - from an advert in Bromley & West Kent Mercury (26 June 1931)
Love this image from 100 years ago in #Lewisham.
Mum and toddler at a bus stop: What are they talking about? What is it they are doing/saying that's attracted the attention of the bowler-hatter man?
They are on Lewisham High Road (now Lewisham Way), I think outside what's now Lewisham College).
Mum and toddler at a bus stop: What are they talking about? What is it they are doing/saying that's attracted the attention of the bowler-hatter man?
They are on Lewisham High Road (now Lewisham Way), I think outside what's now Lewisham College).
October 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Love this image from 100 years ago in #Lewisham.
Mum and toddler at a bus stop: What are they talking about? What is it they are doing/saying that's attracted the attention of the bowler-hatter man?
They are on Lewisham High Road (now Lewisham Way), I think outside what's now Lewisham College).
Mum and toddler at a bus stop: What are they talking about? What is it they are doing/saying that's attracted the attention of the bowler-hatter man?
They are on Lewisham High Road (now Lewisham Way), I think outside what's now Lewisham College).
The block (south of the junction of Lewisham Park and Thornford Rd) is pointedly not included in the Lewisham Park Conservation Area lewisham.gov.uk/myservices/p...
October 6, 2025 at 1:09 PM
The block (south of the junction of Lewisham Park and Thornford Rd) is pointedly not included in the Lewisham Park Conservation Area lewisham.gov.uk/myservices/p...
Here is the view today - the modern buildings were built by Royston Summers, more famous for the houses at North Several, overlooking Blackheath www.ribaj.com/culture/obit...
October 6, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Here is the view today - the modern buildings were built by Royston Summers, more famous for the houses at North Several, overlooking Blackheath www.ribaj.com/culture/obit...
A lost corner of Lewisham Park.
Built in the late 1870s, this north-east block of houses surrounding the park survived WW2 but were demolished in the 1980s to be replaced by flats.
If they'd last a few decades more they would have probably been saved by inclusion in the local Conservation Area.
Built in the late 1870s, this north-east block of houses surrounding the park survived WW2 but were demolished in the 1980s to be replaced by flats.
If they'd last a few decades more they would have probably been saved by inclusion in the local Conservation Area.
October 6, 2025 at 1:09 PM
A lost corner of Lewisham Park.
Built in the late 1870s, this north-east block of houses surrounding the park survived WW2 but were demolished in the 1980s to be replaced by flats.
If they'd last a few decades more they would have probably been saved by inclusion in the local Conservation Area.
Built in the late 1870s, this north-east block of houses surrounding the park survived WW2 but were demolished in the 1980s to be replaced by flats.
If they'd last a few decades more they would have probably been saved by inclusion in the local Conservation Area.
The scene pre-dates the temperance billiard hall (now the Tab church), which opened in 1910. Seen here is all its glory:
October 3, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The scene pre-dates the temperance billiard hall (now the Tab church), which opened in 1910. Seen here is all its glory:
Nice view of workmen building the road on Lewisham High Street, at the junction with Ladywell Road - sometime before 1910.
Buildings on the left still remain, most on the right destroyed in WW2 or demolished since.
Dress style for road-layers has changed somewhat.
Buildings on the left still remain, most on the right destroyed in WW2 or demolished since.
Dress style for road-layers has changed somewhat.
October 3, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Nice view of workmen building the road on Lewisham High Street, at the junction with Ladywell Road - sometime before 1910.
Buildings on the left still remain, most on the right destroyed in WW2 or demolished since.
Dress style for road-layers has changed somewhat.
Buildings on the left still remain, most on the right destroyed in WW2 or demolished since.
Dress style for road-layers has changed somewhat.
In the late 1930s, Freda Clarke bought an 18 room house at 10 Leyland Road, where she taught for 25 before the Leegate centre was built on the site. She later taught at Lochaber Hall.
Freda lived in Lewisham until her death in 1987.
Freda lived in Lewisham until her death in 1987.
October 1, 2025 at 10:34 AM
In the late 1930s, Freda Clarke bought an 18 room house at 10 Leyland Road, where she taught for 25 before the Leegate centre was built on the site. She later taught at Lochaber Hall.
Freda lived in Lewisham until her death in 1987.
Freda lived in Lewisham until her death in 1987.
Slightly unclear picture of Freda Clarke, prominent local dancer and dance teacher, dancing as an oyster in 1925.
Born in 1905, she grew up on Lee High Road and taught dancing locally from the early 1920s to at least the 1960s. Freda herself performed in Lewisham and across London until the 1950s.
Born in 1905, she grew up on Lee High Road and taught dancing locally from the early 1920s to at least the 1960s. Freda herself performed in Lewisham and across London until the 1950s.
October 1, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Slightly unclear picture of Freda Clarke, prominent local dancer and dance teacher, dancing as an oyster in 1925.
Born in 1905, she grew up on Lee High Road and taught dancing locally from the early 1920s to at least the 1960s. Freda herself performed in Lewisham and across London until the 1950s.
Born in 1905, she grew up on Lee High Road and taught dancing locally from the early 1920s to at least the 1960s. Freda herself performed in Lewisham and across London until the 1950s.