This was very briefly an off licence, there is a photo of it but it didn’t seem to last long enough to make local directories. Local people tried to help too – Lewisham Hospital was inundated with offers from south east Londoners of blood donations and offers to transport the walking wounded to Lewisham and Hither Green hospitals; local houses became first aid stations and blankets were provided from houses in the neighbouring streets (1). Rome2rio is a door-to-door travel information and booking engine, helping you get to and from any location in the world. Opposite the hospital in Hither Green Lane was the childhood home of Miss Read – she was a popular writer of rural fiction in the mid 20th century, who covered her time there in the first volume of her memoirs. Whether you’re planning a trip or getting ready for your commute, find out everything you need to know about Hither Green station facilities here before you travel. Hansbury’s (formerly the Sir David Brewster), memories from someone living at the edge of this attack. The Station Hotel was built by the Dedman family who had previously run both the Old and New Tigers Head pubs at Lee Green and opened around 1907. The Bermondsey born Emily married James Chapman in 1940, although they were probably living together in 1939 with James’ parents. Between the thin dry soil and the super aggressive bristly ox-tongue weeds, it’s been a tough …, Pension Credits/ BBC TV Licensing Changes for the Over 75s, Lewisham to capitalise on local air quality being up by 31%, Talk About Art- 20 lockdown Activities for children & young people, New: Covid grants for Self-employed and small business owners. If you want to do the walk physically rather than electronically …. Venue. The coaches two to five had their sides torn off, this included the fourth coach where there were large numbers standing, there was other extensive damage to several coaches – notably coach two, whose roof was ripped off. The Pillar Box on the corner of Beacon Road may look ordinary but it was attacked by suffragettes in 1913 – it was one of many similar attacks by Lewisham’s militant WSPU branch. 2; Issue 57092. Find all the transport options for your trip from Woolwich Arsenal Station to Hither Green right here. blog post, including Hither Green’s Disney store. The marriage and 1939 Register data comes via Find My Past, the details of the deaths are via the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. The picture of Thomas Dermody comes from an information board at St Mary’s church, The photographs of Hilda Sharp – left photo, Veronica B. Chevallier (34) St John’s Wood, Rev. The photograph of the Sir David Brewster (Hansbury’s) is from the information boards at Hither Green Station. It was renamed Dermody Road after an alcoholic Irish poet in the 1870s – Thomas Dermody (below) is buried at St Mary’s and there is something on his short life here. We came to the conclusion that the then new story board about the crash did that and did it well. There is also video footage from British Pathé News both from the immediate aftermath and the days after the crash. There was a small stream which I have called North Park Ditch which ran through the farm – it is visible in the Hither Green Nature Reserve and was a tributary of Hither Green Ditch, which joins the Quaggy between Manor Lane and Longhurst Road. There is a much fuller history of both the estate and its predecessor in a blog post from 2016. Merbury Close was developed as a sheltered scheme for the elderly in 1986. The area was looked unfinished to Aves and there was even a costermonger living in a tiny tin shack with their donkey on the unfinished Brightside Road in 1899, along with a temporary tin tabernacle. At the time of the railway arrived in Hither Green in the 1860s, it didn’t stop … In the end neither happened (1). © IWM Imperial War Museum on a Non Commercial Licence. The worst destruction was in Maythorne Cottages and northern end of Springbank Road along with the adjacent ends of Ardmere and Beacon Roads, where, as the photograph shows, there was almost complete destruction. Along with some of the best pub food, real ales and wines. QUICK UPDATE via FUSS- 4 /09/2018: Our SouthEastern Regional Station Manager is absolutely behind the campaign to retrofit Hither Green Station with lifts! Rome2rio is a door-to-door travel information and booking engine, helping you get to and from any location in the world. Ghost signs are painted advertising signs, they are not meant to be permanent – although were to last much longer than their modern day counterparts. Close to the sidings north of Grove Park, the third carriage seems to have struck a ‘small wedge shaped piece of steel that had broken away from the end of a running rail and became derailed.’ It didn’t immediately come off the track but when the coach struck some points close to St Mildred’s Road bridge (next to where Bestway is now – see photographs above), the third coach, the one ahead of it, and all the coaches behind it became completely derailed, and the second to the fifth coaches to turn over onto their sides. "The Station is my local and this year I asked my family if they felt like taking the stress out of the day and heading over for dinner on Christmas Day. The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Nov 07, 1967; pg. Live music, quiz nights, £5 cocktail happy hour and lots more... Plus you can stay the night, too! The cause was found to be a fractured joint, the joint itself was new but the ballast underneath it had been had been inadequately built up when a wooden sleeper had replaced a concrete one in June 1967 – the inquiry concluded, I have no doubt that the fracture was caused by the excessive “working” of the joint resulting from its unsatisfactory support condition (pictured below). From the 1820s to 1940s this was ‘home’ to Camps Hill House, an impressive large house which was built in the 1820s for the brick maker Henry Lee – it is pictured below (source eBay October 2016) . Welcome to The Station Hotel. An interest in our environment and street trees; Links to our high street and shopping parades; An interest in presenting attitudes to transport, road crossings and traffic. Assuming that he was still living at home, his parents will have moved during the war as 278 Brownhill Road was vacant when the Register was compiled. Large chunks of this end of the street, particularity on the western side were destroyed during World War 2. Rome2rio makes travelling from Hither Green to Bounds Green Underground Station easy. The block surrounded by Maythorne, Springbank and the railway was used for offices and related yards. Stay in touch via @YoungsPubs Funny. There were 15 deaths, including 10 children, two families were decimated – the Kinsgtons and the Millgates. Well done for even making this quiz, it probably took forever to make. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Very impressed! Hither Green station is the perfect place to start the walk as the railway ‘made’ the area. Did you take inspiration from the people who visited all the stations in England, Scotland & Wales, in summer 2017, also known as: All the Stations. The monument on the grass is something of a mystery – it is dated 1721, well before Campshill House was built – it is rumoured to memorial to an animal – it isn’t marked on Victorian Ordnance maps, although seems to have been there from the mid-19th century. Several stories of this have come up in response to the blog – such as an engine driver based at Hither Green who helped with recovery work and had nightmares for years as a result of the horrors he encountered. Rome2rio makes travelling from Woolwich Arsenal Station to Hither Green easy. Done Platform allocation section drastically cut to ultimate destination and at most a "via" point. Step-free improvements are also supported by Lewisham Council, TFL, Hither Green Assembly, Hither Green Community Association and the London accessibility group Transport for All. This used to be called Glenview Road and was the location of one of the biggest local losses of life during World War 1 – a large bomb was dropped by a Zeppelin in the ‘silent’ raid on the night of 19/20 October 1917. Hither Green station Fernbrook Road Hither Green Greater London SE13 5NF. was on the corner of Harvard Road and Hither Green Lane – it was the gardener’s cottage for one of the larger houses on Hither Green Lane – the inappropriately named, in terms of size, Laurel Cottage. Hither Green has a rich and interesting history; this post was written to ‘accompany’ a walk organised as part of the 2018 Hither Green Festival, it can be used to independently to walk the route (its a circuit of around 1.8 miles) or as virtual tour of the area. There is a specific post on the the hospital and the housing before and after it in Running Past in early 2018. Public transport (as of May 2018) – there is a bus map here, and rail journey can be planned from here. It is about 1.8 miles long and all on footpaths, it seems fine for buggies and wheelchairs apart from one very narrow, steep uneven section on Dermody Road (although it is better on the opposite side of the road). --Otheus 20:57, 17 April 2007 (UTC) 2. The remaining houses were repaired – the differences in the brickwork are obvious in several locations on Nightingale Grove. ... Hither Green rail: …. The reason for his visit to Lewisham was probably to visit family – a William Pontin of the right age was born in Lewisham and in 1911 was living in Hedgley Street – where his younger brother Ernest still lived in 1939. Nearby stations Footfalls are for 2004/5 to 2018/19 * HGR - Hither Green - 1990687 / 2029848 / 2752872 / 2945151 / 2730874 / 2579286 / 2718198 / 2807486 / 3004984 / 3245130 / 3580122 / 3321150 / 3371600 / 3381710 / 3529314 p.p.a. The area around Staplehurst Road suffered badly in a World War 1 air raid – two 50 kg and two 100 kg bombs were dropped by German Gotha aircraft and fell close to 187 Leahurst Road, damaging 19 shops and 63 homes, the railway line. Save 61% on UK Rail Search train times Get the app 200+ operators Key: black=total destruction, purple=damaged beyond repair, dark red=seriously damaged (doubt if repairable), light red=seriously damaged (repairable at cost), orange=general blast damage (non-structural), yellow=blast damage (minor), green=clearance area. The site today shows nothing of the disaster – neither on the railway itself nor on the bridge over St Mildred’s Road. The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Nov 07, 1967; pg. It was discussed at length with the brother of the victim named on the brass plaque and we talked about options of ‘telling the story’ better. There was damage too along Nightingale Grove from opposite Maythorne to Brightside Road at the southern end. World War 2 damage is a little more obvious in Fernhurst Road, there was a small terrace built by the local firm W. J. Scudamore, which was hit by a V-1 rocket in June 1944. Link: https://t.co/CTJiygAMIH, If you are self-employed or a small business owner based in Lewisham, who has been affected by national lockdown restrictions, you might be eligible for a one-off cash payment of up to £9,000. The Ordnance Survey map is on a Creative commons via the National Library of Scotland. At Package Free Shop we sell sustainable, green, eco friendly, plastic free products to help you live a zero waste, minimalist, and low impact lifestyle. Hither Green TMD is owned and operated by DBS.The official depot code is HG.In steam days the shed code was 73C. Station Hotel, Owner at Station Hotel Hither Green, responded to this review Responded December 9, 2020 Hi Mary-Jane, Thanks for taking the time to let us know we did. Our lovely pub and hotel is temporarily closed. In the last year several of the HGCA team moved on or moved away and we are now looking to expand our group, bringing on board more people and finding new safe and interesting ways to serve this community. Due to his Quaker origins, the area was devoid of a public house and remains so. Hither Green train station facilities. 169% * LEE - Lee - 1087916 / 1086477 / 1446780 / 1523718 / 1494798 / 1465072 / 1522164 / 1514590 / 1500244 / 1574410 / 1680094 / 1733126 / 1704024 / … The Shops were built in the early 20th century, a little later than those in Springbank Road, the dates are marked in several places as one of the original ‘Parades’ – the sign for Station Parade is still there (above the Blue Marlin Fish Bar). Language Social. Another was on the opposite site of the railway to Fernbrook Road around the junction of Springbank Road and Nightingale Grove, very close to the station at 6:18 on the evening of 29 July 1944. Gladys Cooper, the actress was baptised here. The first thing you come across is a shop- and a good one at that! Prefabs were built there immediately after the war, with the present bungalows following in the late 1950s or early 1960s. Hither Green (London) Traction Maintenance Depot or Hither Green (London) TMD is a railway depot used for the maintenance and servicing of freight trains adjacent to the Hither Green marshalling yard.The depot is a hub for moving freight around southeast England.
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