Peter Roberts
Well-Known Member
I've been following the My Street thread with interest. My street is a short cul-de-sac off the High Street here in south-east London. I always take the view that High Streets are interesting places where, if you take the time to look, traces of their past can be found. As such I thought I'd like to take you for a stroll along ours and, in similar vein, call it My High Street.
There's a Burger King, of course, but it used to be a baker's and before that, as you can just see beneath the peeling paint on the clock, a jeweller's.
There are two very sad looking Grade 2 Listed buildings. Cliefden House is an early 18th century town house that was in its time once a "Preparatory Military Acedemy for Young Gentlemen". The pavement now laps directly onto its frontage but it retains the original doorway. The upper floors are now low-cost offices, one of which unconsciously echoes its past educational use.
The other kisted building is The Greyhound dating from the early 19th century. Long since closed as a pub and boarded up, the alley at the side has this ghost sign.
Opposite The Greyhound a road leads down to the station. I love the fussy detailing of this 1930s parade.
And finally, just past the station is a small park, officially and rather grandly called a pleasuance. Originally it was the grounds of the home (now demolished) of Edith Nesbit, she of The Railway Children fame. The bowling green there has a quaint shelter which privides opportunities for studies in light and shade.
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There's a Burger King, of course, but it used to be a baker's and before that, as you can just see beneath the peeling paint on the clock, a jeweller's.
There are two very sad looking Grade 2 Listed buildings. Cliefden House is an early 18th century town house that was in its time once a "Preparatory Military Acedemy for Young Gentlemen". The pavement now laps directly onto its frontage but it retains the original doorway. The upper floors are now low-cost offices, one of which unconsciously echoes its past educational use.
The other kisted building is The Greyhound dating from the early 19th century. Long since closed as a pub and boarded up, the alley at the side has this ghost sign.
Opposite The Greyhound a road leads down to the station. I love the fussy detailing of this 1930s parade.
And finally, just past the station is a small park, officially and rather grandly called a pleasuance. Originally it was the grounds of the home (now demolished) of Edith Nesbit, she of The Railway Children fame. The bowling green there has a quaint shelter which privides opportunities for studies in light and shade.
Minolta Hi-Matic G/Minolta SRT 101b/Fujica ST605N HP5+/FP4+
