90 years of life in Lewisham - remembering when S.E. London was a hive of industry and engineering.
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Docklands before it was trendy - some memories of what working in the London Docks was like Delete the scoop?
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A vivid accountof the bombing of London during the Blitz "I looked up to see 250 German bombers all in formation
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Pauline was a war-time baby. She spent her childhood in a typical London working-class estate in Southwark. The area that is now home to the Bankside galleries and restaurants was made up of burnt-out buildings and desolate docks. In this insightful interview she recalls what life was like for children born in the aftermath of the war. They made do with what would now be considered very deprived conditions, but at the time this went wholly un-noticed and they spent their days in a comfortable and secure community. Delete the scoop?
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90 years of life in Lewisham - remembering when S.E. London was a hive of industry and engineering.
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Childhood in the East End in the 40s & the glamour of American comics,films and nylons "America was like fairyland to us" Delete the scoop?
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Carla on how joining a theatre group brightened up her life in the 1950s Delete the scoop?
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On being an art student in London in the 1950s "All the young women had hair piled up and long earrings" Delete the scoop?
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An eyewitness account of a National Front (extreme right-wing) march and the protest against them in S.London in the 1970s Delete the scoop?
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