OLD DEPTFORD HISTORY

This website is dedicated to the past History of Deptford. If you have any stranger than fiction stories about Deptford I would welcome your input. This may include stories of the people, the places still here or long gone, the characters, the war years, ghost stories and haunted places, ancient buildings and bygone memories, long forgotten. You can contact me with your stories at axelgs1@yahoo.co.uk

Monday, 2 January 2012

History of Albury Street. Final Part.

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History of Albury Street. Part 8 No. 37. Old buildings in the neighbourhood with a romantic past such as Deptford’s are invariably assoc...
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Sunday, 27 November 2011

Albury Street looking East. 1950's.

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  Here's a rare photo of Albury Street taken in the 1950's looking at the south side of the street from the direction of Deptford Hi...
Sunday, 30 October 2011

Church Street 1940's? House numbers 172 to 180

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On the right of this photo is an ornate building which Michael thinks he identifies as the Unitarian Baptist Chapel. Can anyone help co...
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Friday, 21 October 2011

The Druid.

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  THE LAST LAUNCH AT DEPTFORD. Loyally and Lovingly Dedicated by Mil. Punch to   H.RH. Princess Louise. If there’s a spirit of the tree...
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Thursday, 20 October 2011

History of Albury Street. Part 7.

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Thomas Lucas, the Deptford Bricklayer, emerges as considerably more than a local craftsman. He was a man of marked architectural sensibility...
Sunday, 25 September 2011

Street Entrance to Landing 29 Albury Street 1956-7

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Another photo discovered showing the entrance to No. 29 Albury Street taken around 1956-7. This must have been taken when we were growing up...
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Monday, 5 September 2011

Neighbour Florist

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119 Deptford High Street.
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http://www .WW1Photos .com This link takes you to an incredible site. Old photos, little seen, from the first world war.
Sunday, 4 September 2011

29 & 31 Albury Street. Taken Mid 1950's

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Here's a picture of Albury Street that was sent to me last week. It's just as I remember it and indeed my nan must have been in resi...
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Tuesday, 23 August 2011

History of Albury Street. Part 6.

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At the time of his death, Thomas Lucas still owned the land although mortgaged on which thirty-one houses had been built. His requirements f...
Monday, 22 August 2011

Queen Elizabeth 1 takes a fall on Drakes Ship

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Extract taken from "The Secret History of His Majesty's Ship -Yard at Deptford" written 1717. "And it is reported, that...
Thursday, 18 August 2011

NELSON'S OLD HOME New Zealand Evening Post, 17 November 1931,

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Sunday, 12 June 2011

A Deptford Volunteer 1798.

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Painted by John Ashton 1798. The Roman Eagle, Church Street. St Pauls can be seen in the background through the arch.
Friday, 3 June 2011

Albury Street???

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Does anyone recognise the location of this photo? I've been told that its location is at the junction of Deptford High Street and Albury...
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Monday, 30 May 2011

Opening of the New Town Hall Deptford July 19th 1905

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