I used to be nearly on the finish of my stroll on twelfth February 1989. The earlier put up on this, Almshouses, Reduction Station, Flats and a Viaduct had ended on Copeland Street, and I walked down this turning into Bournemouth Street to take me to Rye Lane.
This introduced me out reverse the imposing gateway of the Tower Cinema at 116 Rye Lane, designed by architect H. Courtenay Constantine and opened in 1914. In 1989 this was in a poor situation and had an unpleasant archway fronting the road at pavement stage, which I’m happy to see has now been eliminated. This wasn’t part of the 1914 constructing and was maybe from the ‘modernisation’ of its frontage in 1955, the yr earlier than the cinema closed in 1956. When constructed the tower had one other tower on prime and dominated Rye Lane. Though the frontage was slender it result in a big cinema behind. There have been varied plans for the redevelopment of the positioning, nevertheless it was offered to the council and the constructing behind the gateway demolished for a carpark, and stays in that use, with the tower empty and used to attach this to Rye Lane.
The window instantly above the archway, obscured in my image now could be a big eye, and the massive window within the higher storey is crammed by a vibrant design with a tree, the solar and birds, whereas, because the video linked above exhibits, the automobile park is a house for a variety of wild cats.
In 1989 the decrease a part of the gateway was obscured by an unpleasant rectangular wall and you can solely see this curve by trying up as you walked by.
This brief row of retailers remains to be on the nook of Atwell Street and Rye Lane, although the retailers have modified arms and the buildings look extra run down and decidedly much less enticing with new home windows – the ‘Rising Solar’ has gone – and huge ‘Hen Cottage’ indicators half cowl and exchange these of Simply 4 U Continental Greengrocers. Throughout the week the pedestrian space of Atwell Street now has varied market stalls.
Again in 1989 the world was clearly a cosmopolitan one – in addition to the continental (which?) greengrocers the subsequent store was a Oriental Grocery store (I feel the title is Vietnamese) adopted by Tuan Women Put on. The one enterprise that continues to be is R Woodfall, Opticians, its signal at excessive proper, nonetheless at 183, although extra lately D Woodfall, proudly “serving Peckham since 1922.”
This was the final image taken in Peckham on my stroll, however I took just a few extra on the Blackfriars Street on my method house.
A lot time has handed that I’m unsure whether or not my go to to this a part of Southwark was intentional or if I merely obtained on the unsuitable bus and determined after I realised that it will take me shut sufficient to stroll to Waterloo and I discovered just a few issues to {photograph} on my method. I feel I noticed this constructing from the highest of the bus, rang the bell and jumped off to {photograph} it.
The Sons of Temperance Pleasant Society constructing at 176, Blackfriars Street was to let in 1989 after I made this image. Designed by A C Russell and inbuilt 1909-10 it was solely listed in 2013 after it had been offered. It was constructed on a grand scale in a intentionally related fashion to some public homes and banks of the period and maybe provided one thing of an identical expertise however with out the alcohol. Owned by the Sons of Temperance till 2011 it then turned an architects places of work.
The Sons of Temperance, in response to Wikipedia “was and is a brotherhood of males who promoted the temperance motion and mutual help. The group was based in 1842 in New York Metropolis” and it got here to the UK in 1849 gaining a constitution from the US mum or dad organisation in 1855. From 1866 ladies had been allowed to affix as full members. In addition to social actions it supplied help for sick members and burial grants at a time when there was no welfare state. Like most related organisations it had “secret rituals, indicators, passwords, hand grips and regalia“, although these had been modernised in 2000. “There have been 135,742 UK members in 1926” however in 2012 it stopped offering life insurance coverage and saving plans for its members and the UK society was dissolved in 2019.
On the alternative aspect of the road near the junction with The Lower is that this Grade II listed late 18th century home with a floor ground store, in 1989 occupied by a builder and contractor, Gordon North. The ornament with herms and urns might be nineteenth century, and a board above the doorway learn ‘Established 1839‘.
In line with British Historical past On-line, initially printed within the Survey of London in 1950 “No. 74 was occupied by Charles Traces, coachbuilder, from 1814 to 1851 and by the terra cotta works of Mark Henry Blanchard & Co., from 1853–80. The figures on both aspect of the doorway had been most likely put in throughout this era. Since 1881 John Hoare & Son, builders, have been the occupiers.” So maybe John Hoare had established his enterprise on one other website in 1839.
By the point I subsequent photographed it, three years later, the builders title had gone. Later the signal above the doorway went and the positioning is now a restaurant.
This was the final time in February I used to be in a position to go on a stroll taking images, however in March I returned to Peckham for an additional stroll – which I’ll put up about later.
The primary put up on this stroll was Aged Pilgrims, Sceaux, Homes & Lettsom
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