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 those 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

Sunday, February 1

Mystery Bottle

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Lorna found this bottle whilst mud-larking the Thames up buy the 02. She has asked if we can identify the distributors and or the l...
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Tuesday, January 27

Robbins Model Bakery

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Can anyone identify whether or not this picture with the bakery in the background was located somewhere in Deptford...? Your help would b...
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Wednesday, January 21

Deptford Salvation Army Band 1927

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St Pauls 1900 to 1910 Approx

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Found this old Post Card of St Paul's. The graveyard then looked pretty full.
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Monday, January 5

Fire Station in Evelyn Street 1900,s ?

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Tuesday, October 28

Thankfull Sturdee

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Thankfull Sturdee was born in Deptford April 24th  1852 and Christened June 27th  1852 in Deptford. He was married to Catherine Sarah ...
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Monday, July 21

Help for Giles in his search

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Hello All, Giles Gaffney has asked me to help him on his quest to find more information regarding the area around Lower Watergate and Butc...
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Monday, May 12

Grinlin Gibbons. An extract from John Evelyn,s Diary 1670

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Friday, May 9

Ruddigore Road or Street ? Deptford

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Ruddigore Road is now the southern elbow of Sanford Street leading to the junction of Woodpecker Road and Edward Street, a little north...
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Mary Ann Buildings circa 1960's

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Deptford Green 1910?

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Wednesday, February 19

Ellesmere Guardian, Volume LXII, Issue 17, 4 March 1941

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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 9476, 21 September 1889

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NELSON RELIEF FUND Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 13781, 19 May 1915

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Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 2762, 9 July 1915

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Wednesday, February 12

Ghosts In Deptford by Cicely Fox Smith

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Ghosts In Deptford If ghosts should walk in Deptford, as very well they may, A man might find the night there more stirrin...
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I'm Back

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Hello  Please let me apologise for the disruption and disappearance of "Old Deptford History" for the 3 weeks. I had domain/s...
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Wednesday, November 13

John Collins Chandler Shop

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This chandle'r shop was located at No 53 Addey Street Deptford
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Off License in Church Street Deptford

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Does anyone know where this off license was located in Church Street??
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Stowage 1904

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This old photo of the Stowage also shows St Nicholas's Church just in view on the left and the Charnel House left/centre.  A C ...
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