Arthur’s Newsagents and R.O. Harrison
From: Alan Crout by email Whilst reading the letters on the society’s website, I noticed one from Audrey McCall of Hastings asking if anyone remembered Arthur’s newsagents on the corner of Queen’s Road and Pemell’s Place. I remember Arthur Baker very well as I...
Bournemouth Road market?
From: Stan Spencer by email To the best of my recollection (1930s to 1950s) there was not a market as such in Bournemouth Road. However, there were a couple of stalls at the Rye Lane end of the road, one of which was a farm stall run by people called Taylor. There was...
Strudwick’s fish and chips, Commercial Way
From: Mrs June Brown (née Wilks) Preston Each edition of Peckham Society News gives me more and more pleasure. I would like to thank all concerned for the hard work involved in putting it all together. As a child living in Cator Street, I went with my mum to get our...
Gulliano’s sweet shop, East Dulwich
From: Frank Staples Cheltenham GL52 I well remember an Italian family who kept a sweet shop on the corner of Archdale Road and North Cross Road in East Dulwich in the 1930s. I think their name was Gulliano; they were very well known in the area. Ice cream was made in...
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The Peckham Society
The Peckham Society is the amenity society for Peckham and Nunhead, SE15. It exists to encourage interest in and to care for the surrounding area.
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Come to a Community Workshop to discuss the local buildings and spaces that you love! This is part of a project to gather a Community List of the buildings and spaces that are of social, historic, cul...
The 22nd of June is the 75th anniversary of the sad bombing of the corset factory on the corner of Peckham Rye and Nunhead Lane in June 1944. 22 people, mostly young women, died in this incident. The Peckham Society encourages people to remember the unexpected & terrifying ‘Doodlebug Summer’ in Peckham and Nunhead, seventy five years ago, in June and July 1944.![]()
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People can visit the commemorative sign that marks the site of this tragedy, designed and written by the Peckham Society. It is also possible to see the density of local bombing in SE15 online:![]()
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