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macroban Wrote:

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> > that camberwell man is a real blast from the

> past in every sense. I lived on church street v

> close to him

>

> I think this was Dennis Noble who ran the

> photographic studio at least into the early 1960s.


It definitely was Dennis Noble

I knew Dennis quite well in the 1970's. Despite his great eccentricities, when he was being sensible he was a very intelligent man to talk to. Sadly most of the time you couldn't get any sense out of him at all. He did indeed run the photographic studios and was still involved in photography into the early 1970's. I have seen some of his work. In his day he was very good. I don't know about his famous ancestors. He was definitely a character in Camberwell Church Street. Everybody knew him. A lot of the time his dogs smelt better than he did and spoke more sense.

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SeanMacGabhann

SeanMacGabhann

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Sorry to resurrect this thread but I went to the Roxy Bar and Cinema yesterday to see "The Adventures of Flannery - a portrait of Cathal Coughlan"


In one of the interview pieces he talks about this woman walking up and down LL in Dulwich - I was as surprised to hear LL mentioned in a cinema doc as I was anything else

giggirl

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I remember the white lady well. I also remember the pint pincher from the Phoenix.


I have a common name and in the 90s I found myself accidentally sectioned thanks to a screw up between the Maudsley and Melbourne Grove Group Practice. It was a bugger to sort out and it meant that every time I saw my doctor I had to have a dreary conversation about whether I was on/off my meds. In the end the section only came of my records when the other lady died - sad.

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Tony.London Suburbs

Tony.London Suburbs

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macroban Wrote:

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> > that camberwell man is a real blast from the

> past in every sense. I lived on church street v

> close to him>

> I think this was Dennis Noble who ran the

> photographic studio at least into the early 1960s.


Was that opposite Vicarage Grove, where you caught the East Kent and Maidstone and District Coaches, coming from Victoria?

charliecharlie

charliecharlie

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yes... dear Denis Noble and the white lady of Camberwell, a time when eccentrics were part of the character of the area.


I lived on Lyndhurst Grove and often used to see both of them around and about, harmlessly doing their own thing. I remember Denis's house was open to the elements at the back and he slept curled up with is dogs to keep warm at night to survive the winter. I am pretty sure he was a photographic journalist before his mental health issues took over, but not sure where his studio was... I have Pimlico in the back of my mind...

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Lynne

Lynne

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I heard she'd been jilted by a man for a white woman. I once saw her inadvertently scare the living daylights out of a big West Indian lad on the bus. He was twice her size but fled at a speed Bolt would have been hard put to match when she materialized on the top deck.
Otta

Otta

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She is a tall woman. I remember my first encounter with her when I was maybe 15/16. I turned a corner off Lordship Lane and almost walked straight in to her. It was dark, and she was just almost glowing. I'd heard mention of her, but it hadn't quite prepared me for the real thing.


Poor lady had some real mental health issues, but has been doing a lot better in more recent years by all accounts.


And I am sure at that time (early 90s) she actually lived in ED.

Otta

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Ridgley Wrote:

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> There is a black lady in white with white powdered

> make-up around the Peckham Rye area is that the

> same women?



It could be. Back in the 90s she used to literally paint herself with proper thick emulsion paint. A CPN friend of mine once told me (about 10 years ago) that she'd regularly be sectioned so that the paint could be taken off because it didn't allow her skin to breathe and was not good for her at all.

bodsier

bodsier

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This is an illness...... Can this now stop? Not sure what purpose it serves....


jbdontpanic Wrote:

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> Was only lurking then I had to create an account

> because I NEED to know more.

>

> Please can anyone tell me more about the White

> Woman of Camberwell?!

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