Peckham Rye Mission
From: John Smith Irby-in-the-Marsh I wonder if anyone can help me to find some of my friends from the 1950s? I have a 1953 photo of three of my friends: Brian Turner, John Hatherley and Dickie Drane. We all went to the Peckham Rye Mission Youth Club. If anyone else...
Christ Church, Old Kent Road
From: Mrs F.S. Marriner (née Green) Chichester When I lived in Peckham I remember Ranyard nurses calling each week for a small donation, to keep their work going. Christ Church hall in Friary Road was used by Brownies and Guides during the 1930s and the war. In the...
Manure collectors!
From: Ken Cook by email I lived in Athenlay Road, Nunhead, from my birth in 1941 until the day I was married in 1962. Some of the older residents still referred to our neighbourhood as “Waverley Park”. When I was young there was still a lot of horse-drawn...
W. Greenwood & Sons
From: Ron Woollacott SE15 According to Kelly’s Directories the hosepipe factory was established at 177 Kirkwood Road some time between 1935 and 1950. W. Greenwood & Sons and Co. Ltd. were manufacturers of flex hoses in 1950, and by 1980 were listed as “oil...
Henry Joseph Howard – Hairpin Maker (19C)
From: Sheila Farmer Hartley, Kent One of my Peckham ancestors was a hairpin manufacturer so here is a history of him. Many thanks for keeping us in touch with Peckham news both past and present. My great grandfather Henry Joseph Howard was born in Snowsfields,...
Elcot Avenue Scrapyard
From: Kath Corbitt by email I was interested in the letter about the scrapyard in Fenham Road. As a child during the thirties I took rags, newspapers and empty jam jars that I collected from various households in the area to Dick’s scrapyard in Elcot Avenue where the...
Collaro Ltd
From: Derek Fisher by email When the Collaro factory left Peckham in the early 1940s to go to Langley Mill in Derbyshire, I don’t suppose anyone knew what floodgates were being opened. There were about 2,000 people employed there making munitions. My late wife...
Davey Brothers
From: Andrew Parfitt I came across your details on The Peckham Society website and wondered whether you would be interested in the following snippet of local history. My maternal grandfather, Alan Mould Davey, was born in 1915 at 19 Piermont Road. His father and Fred...
Peckham Society’s 40th anniversary meeting
On Wednesday 7th October 2015 at All Saints Church Hall. Blenheim Grove, SE15 the Peckham Society celebrated its 40th anniversary. Over 70 members and friends were present. The Chairman invited people who have had an influence on the formation of the Society since its...
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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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