tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432133643734415429.post3209966358248923984..comments2024-03-15T07:29:28.378+00:00Comments on OLD DEPTFORD HISTORY: Deptford Central HallAndyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318768945646828358noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432133643734415429.post-85915923286025904702022-11-02T18:25:25.219+00:002022-11-02T18:25:25.219+00:00I am talking about deptford central hall👍I am talking about deptford central hall👍Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432133643734415429.post-79269184586511663692022-11-02T18:23:03.985+00:002022-11-02T18:23:03.985+00:00My grandad rescued a few people joseph hoyle (Gree...My grandad rescued a few people joseph hoyle (Greenwich Rescue Party<br />) and received the george medal Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432133643734415429.post-16078133825998879482022-01-20T02:05:39.352+00:002022-01-20T02:05:39.352+00:00Before W.W.2 my father and my uncle both played in...Before W.W.2 my father and my uncle both played in the silver band associated with the Central Hall. My father played the cornet and my uncle the euphonium. My father told me that the band stopped during the war because most of the young men who played were on military duty as far as I know it didn't restart after the war, presumably because many of the young men never returned. I don't know if a band now exists as my family no longer live in the area but it's rather sad to think that young people in Deptford now don't have the chance of a musical education that was afforded to my father and uncle.. I still have my father's silver cornet which I discovered was made in 1914 and presumably bought on the inception of the band. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432133643734415429.post-41194941027620253602022-01-20T02:03:00.746+00:002022-01-20T02:03:00.746+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432133643734415429.post-67526788963937989752022-01-17T15:46:57.960+00:002022-01-17T15:46:57.960+00:00My Great Grandmother Eliza Adams and her Sister An...My Great Grandmother Eliza Adams and her Sister Anne Catton took shelter in there during a WW2 air raid, sadly the building received a direct hit and there where many casualties, Gran was injured but survived to make a full recovery, sadly Aunt Anne lost her life. Michael William Byronnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432133643734415429.post-28575306871273259272020-01-26T04:00:34.977+00:002020-01-26T04:00:34.977+00:00In my mother's writing of her childhood she ta...In my mother's writing of her childhood she talks of her mother and grandmother going with her brother and sister to the cellar at Central Hall to shelter when the sirens went to warn of an air raid in the first world war (She actually used the word maroon which I understand was like a firework bang that alerted people).<br />One night they walked to Rotherhithe Tunnel but they found it was too far to walk. She talked of being woken up one night to see a big ball of fire in the sky which was a German Zeppelin which had been shot down at Cuffleys. They lived at Deptford and my mother in law who lived in New Cross also vividly remembers it Lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13748103902747133768noreply@blogger.com