Sidcup, Station Road c.1955

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I am very interested in getting further details or photos of the large red mansion that stood on Main Road in Sidcup. It was about 100 yards further down from St Lawrences, going away from the high street. I remember walking to my school, St Joseph's on Hatherley Road one morning and it was being torn down. It appeared to be a wholly wooden building from all the wood that was appearing in the demolition. That ...see more

I also remember Smokey Joe, I grew up in Sidcup and lived on Halfway Street. smokey Joe used to come tearing down the road on his bike towards Eltham, no tyres and no chain! He would use his feet to propel himself along. What a character.

Mr Father Charles Edwin Gillmore was born in Sidcup in 1942. He lived at home with his brother David Gillmore and sister Maureen Clarke also their Mother Florence Ada Gillmore ( Nee Eustace ) at 22 Alma road Sidcup, just down the road from Waring park. Although I and my fellow siblings never lived in Sidcup we used to visit my nan at 22 Alma road all through the 1970's and the 1980's as a small child I ...see more

My family moved to Sidcup from Eltham in 1965 to a house in Rectory Lane opposite the pond at Selborne Road. The story goes that one morning soon after moving in, my dad walked out into the drive to pop up the shops to find a tramp cooking bacon and eggs... it was the famous 'Smokey Joe'. My dad was taken aback and said, "what are you doing on my drive?" "Cooking my breakfast," replied Smokey Joe. Exasperated my ...see more