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Carol Harris
- Dec 17, 2019
- 3 min
The Names of the Roads
Brockley Green from the 1746 map by John Roque In medieval times, main highways were often known by where they led to. The part of a...
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Carol Harris
- Jul 1, 2019
- 2 min
A Hospital on Breakspears Road
Cigarette cards, royal benefactors and the babies of Brockley This tiny picture from a cigarette card album, found by Tim Lund, shows...
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Carol Harris
- May 7, 2019
- 3 min
Bricks in Brockley
In recent years, many houses in Crofton Park and Brockley have had a ‘facelift’. With the dirt and grime of a century removed, gleaming...
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Carol Harris
- Jan 4, 2019
- 2 min
Forest to Farm
In Tudor times, the woods which had for centuries dominated the local landscape were still thriving and supplying timber for, among...
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Carol Harris
- Dec 3, 2018
- 2 min
Crofton Park in old postcards
From the 1880s, as the fields of Brockley made way for the suburb of Crofton Park, local photographers were capturing the new London...
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Carol Harris
- Oct 24, 2018
- 2 min
Telephones on the Titanic
Read all about 'The Motor Horn Which Warns But Does Not Worry', the latest radio speakers and other delights made at the St Andrew's...
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