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This is all so interesting to read and has bought back many memories for my Dad when he was a child. Its wonderful to think that you all still remember things from years ago and that we now have the medium to share it with others. Thank you. I will continue to see what anyone else may add. x

Dad can't remember the Fox on the Hill presumably as he was too young and I don't think his family frequented pubs. He can't remember where the horse was stabled but at that time they lived in Peckham/camberwell but he can remember that horse trough and other various places where you could drink from the cup on a chain! I find it so fascinating looking back into the past and seeing what places used to be like and how people lived. In some respects we are luckier now but in other ways life was slower and less complicated.

Ah, so even though it is by Denmark Hill Station, you called that part Champion Hill? Learning a lot. Do you have any more items of interest for me that he might remember? I know that his Dad was a greengrocer and his horse used to graze on part of Goose Green when he finished his round early enough then before his Dad could get comfortably on the cart the horse would be haring off back to his stables! Think they also used to have some of the cut grass from there for the horse to eat back in the stables. You are a mine of knowledge.

Thanks computedshorty. You have really cheered up my Dad today by confirming his thoughts and to think that someone of around his age (he is 84) can still remember and know things about the area round which he grew up. This has now given him a lot more thoughts about when he was growing up and what he saw around the area like the Booth statues at Denmark Hill. Everyone's help has been much appreciated

Thanks Kiera. I will pass that info on to Dad in the morning. ~ but the one nearest to the Barclays and (then) Midland Bank~ just a little confused by what you mean by this. Am I right in thinking that HSBC was the Midland Bank?

Thank you for that info. I have been onto Google maps and sat Dad in front of the computer and he thought that it was the HSBC bank as it now is. Do you have any idea what it might have been called in the 1930's? Dad said that Mr Young and his wife lived above the bank and that when they went on holiday, my Gran, Dad and one of his brothers used to stay in the flat to 'caretake' it. Dad although a young boy used to cut the grass there too. My Grandmother was deemed as very trustworthy as she had her own keys and used to clean both the bank and the house. Quite an honour in those days for someone like her. Dad remembered Mrs Young buying him a bow and arrow from Lockharts as a present and he said that he used to yearn for an aeroplane they had in there which he never got! Thanks so much for coming back so quickly. You have made our day

Hi Just found this site. I am trying to find out the exact location of Lockharts toy shop in Lordship Lane as I understand that there was a bank more or less opposite where my Grandmother worked. The Bank Manager at that time was Mr Young and my father thinks that it was on a corner and had a long garden behind it. Would be grateful if anyone could help me.