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Thank you - the waifs and strays society connection is a new development in my knowledge so good to be looking out for info on their homes as well.

Thanks - i have been struggling to find out whether other people have studied the homes much until now. Did you ever write up or publish your findings?

Thank you, good to know this is in line with other things i have read about the area.

Thanks, didnt realise the school in Adys Road had changed name to this (Im firmly stuck in the 1890s with my project!)

Hi Hazel - thank you so much for asking him! If he remembers anything about the people in the street at that time I'd be over the moon to hear about it. What is always lacking in history is the history of the people themselves. I'd love to be able to find out about the children and what the community remembers of them. I've also added another post on the forum about 1930s memories, in the hope I may jog a few more long-term residents into looking back! Feel free to share this topic with anyone you know who has long roots in the area. Best wishes, Nina

Hello everyone - new to this forum, and seeking information about and from people who lived in the area up to 90 years ago for a history project. It's a long shot, but I'm hoping there may just still be enough people alive to share their tales, or have shared their tales with relatives who can remember them... I'm doing a dissertation on a set of children's homes that were blended into the community in ordinary houses, in what I call the 'triangle' between Lordship Lane, Goose Green and Peckham Rye up to the 1930s. The children typically attended the schools in Adys Road, Goodrich Road and Friern(?) Road, and although fostered in houses of about 15 kids, were meant to interact with the rest of the community and become 'good' citizens. I'm hoping to find out from the people whether this actually happened or not. Most of the children were from extremely poor backgrounds, and were either orphans or had parents in the workhouses (of which there were three in the general area). I look forward to hearing from anyone who may have a lead, no matter how tenuous! Thanks muchly in advance... Nina

Hello everyone - I've just joined the forum and seen your post, which interests me greatly as I'm doing a history masters and my dissertation is about the children's homes of East Dulwich. These were blended into the community in ordinary houses. There were about 30 of them (at least) in what I call the 'triangle' between Lordship Lane, Goose Green and Peckham Rye up to the 1930s, and you may be interested to know that there were several each in Matham Grove and Crystal Palace Road. Most files are locked (to be opened only after 100 years). Your relatives are highly likely to have lived next door to one of these homes, if not have been the first family to live in it after it was returned to its landlord. I'm hoping to find anyone who was resident in these houses )to talk to them about their experiences (the survivors would be in their late 80s at the very youngest now I would suspect - it's a needle in a haystack I suppose!). This is why I have joined the forum. Should I come across any information about your address during the course of my studies, and you are interested, I will keep you updated. I'm hoping to put lots of people in touch with the fascinating histories of their homes when the project is finished. Nina