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Thankyou very much for the info skylorikeet. No I had not seen the memories you sent and I know nothing of the plaque. whereabouts is it. Ill have to try sometime to visit Dulwhich again and see the various buildings I mentioned and the plaque.

While researching my family I came across this thread which I found very interesting and brought back memories from the past. My maternal grandparents Charles and Elsie Bull lived at 92 East Dulwich Grove with their four Daughters. This was the last house before the group of shops before the hospital. I see that the shops are now houses. I seem to remember the shop nearest the hospital was called Cave Austin. No.92 backed onto the railway but I see that it no longer exists. My Paternal grandmother Elizabeth Norris lived at 24 Whateley Rd with her son (my father) whilst my paternal grandfather Edward lived at 15 and then 21 Darrel Rd before moving to Peckham Rye (no Address) My father and mother got married from these addresses and moved to 25 Worsley Bridge Rd. On the death of Elizabeth my parents with my sister and I moved back to 24 Whateley Rd in 1946. During 1944 my mother was evacuated to Peterborough to have my brother. I was left with my grandmother at no. 24. Apparently at 2.5 yrs old I was very naughty on the 5th Aug 1944 and so was not allowed to be taken out by my aunt and her mother. They were in the queue at the tram stop outside 114 Lordship Lane when the V2 dropped. My mother had her baby 19 days after losing her sister and mother. I went to Heber Rd School from about 1946-1949, but I remember little about it. I do remember almost opposite no 24 there was a corner shop, and in the road outside was an Anderson? shelter. I remember it being knocked down with a crane with a large heavy ball and wondering if he might miss and hit the shop. Other memories include the sound of the tram in Lordship lane and Dog Kennel Hill, and my little dog being run over by a car between a tram and the pathway in Lordship Lane. I also remember that no 24 had an outside toilet, gas lamps and a big built in coal fired washing boiler in the scullery at the rear. The mangle was outside in the Yard and the next door neighbour was called Mr Gingell and he was a plasterer. I can't remember any heating in the house. Charles Bull was an ARP man but I'm not sure how the areas were apportioned.