One hundred years ago in Lewisham

[@eattherich9215]

l like the frank curiosity of the people caught on film. @5:06, later there was a little row of shops known as Obelisk Parade that ran from the corner of Loampit Vale to just before the railway bridge.

[@levieenrose7646]

Thank you for sharing this little gem! I grew up in Lewisham during the 1970s and 80s. It used to have a lovely shopping centre there with so many shops. I can still remember the famous clock in the shopping centre that would chime at midday and the most amazing puppets/statues used to appear and music would play. Sadly like most of London, the landscape and communities have changed drastically due to Councils 'regenerating' swathes of London. The London of today is not the London of my youth.....and not for the right reasons.

[@TheUndergroundMap]

A lot of Lewisham though was a victim of the Blitz. It was particularly badly hit :(

[@EpicAelflaed]

Its changed and no longer an English culture like many places in England today sadly

[@JennySussex]

I remember going in Cheismans in the 1970s as a little girl. I loved the toy section and seeing Father Christmas in his grotto! In the 1980’s I remember going in the cinema called studio 6 and 7. Also in the 1990’s wasn’t there a shop called Sandersons where the Obelisk was?

[@nelliemelba4967]

Thank you for this! I lived my first 40 years in Lewisham. I've done a lot of research into the history of the area but never seen any actual film though!

[@TheUndergroundMap]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@terdat]

I lived in Molesworth Street as a child (early sixties) with my grandparents. The house was knocked when they built the shopping centre years ago. Thanks for sharing this 👍

[@johnjardine1595]

Fascinating film to watch ! My grandparents lived in Thurston Road until 1970. I used to visit them frequently and have fond memories of the area as I remember it !

[@TheUndergroundMap]

Glad you liked it!

[@andyweedon235]

great film, i lived in grove park as a child and was taken to lewisham on the bus in the 60s, my nan always took me to cheesemans to see santa at christmas

[@brickie59]

I like watching this old footage of a once great nation we had. How clean and decent it would have been back then, but like most things in life it does not last.

[@alunevans380]

Great atmospheric footage of London back in the day.

[@TheUndergroundMap]

Many thanks!

[@alanp9740]

Thanks! My Grandad was born in Ardmere Road back in 1901 and his side of the family lived in Brightside Road too for a while. Unfortunately many of them now reside in Brockley and Ladywell cemetery.

[@paulhuggins5901]

Seeing the children, makes you think how many had lost a father or brother in the war.

[@simonatuniquepropertycompany]

I worked on Lewisham High st in the mid 90’s. This is fascinating to watch. Great video 👏

[@TheUndergroundMap]

Glad you enjoyed it! I had fun creating the maps :)

[@simonatuniquepropertycompany]

@@TheUndergroundMap 👍best of luck with your channel

[@CarlosAlberto-ii1li]

Filmed 26 years before i was born but i remember it like some areas shown here.

[@salas..5686]

Thank you..just to think all those people are no longer with us..i was born in Lewisham Hospital in 1973 and still in Lewisham, brought up in hither Green and now in sydenham..really enjoying this. Thank you..

[@TheUndergroundMap]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@uksoulbwoy]

Likewise...What school did you go to?

[@michaelmiller641]

Wow! That was interesting! My Nan's generation there!

[@ThomasPrior-wv6zn]

wow where did you find these great fims , i was born in hackney e9 , mum dad brother, moved to lee mid 70ies then downham ,saw the glass bridge being put into place by clock tower lewisham has a big part to play in the history of london t y for these

[@MRSCARNIVAL]

Excellent thank you!

[@TheUndergroundMap]

You're very welcome!

[@pauldoolan2039]

Seems like your going back in time, all the people in this film are all deceased. Very eerie when you think about it.

[@rnyellow]

Really enjoyed this, thanks - any more of surrounding areas such as Catford (which is v briefly in here), Perry Vale, Forest Hill, Sydenham etc?

[@TheUndergroundMap]

We have a video of cycling in Catford around the turn of the twentieth century but it doesn't include any streets - based in a park. We'll publish it later in the year

[@AW-tf9ns]

Fantastic! Where do you get the footage? Would love anything you have up Granville Park or Pagoda Gardens to the Heath! The Blackheath Society is a great source of photos for Lewisham too, though obviously more centred on Blackheath.

[@TheUndergroundMap]

It was an early film from a set of movies about pioneering filmmakers of London that I found online

[@jimmya.2300]

Brilliant!

[@TheUndergroundMap]

Thanks!

[@AndrinaChurchill]

Loved

[@richardprescott6322]

I was born in Lewisham in 1966. I so remember playing in that drain Quaggy - sending plastic soldires/sailors to glory and adventure in various boats . Cheesemans store ? Loved it - not because of the store but thought it was a silly name . i was 6 when left london Have been back since -couple of times - retired police offcer- Cheesemans is a mega police station now. Lewisham is Pretty grim now

[@TheUndergroundMap]

I was there last month and I found it a bit bland. Lots of high rise buildings

[@ricardopperez]

Is the modern Boots in the Lewisham Shopping Centre the same Boots in the footage(2:30)?

[@TheUndergroundMap]

Don't think so

[@keepingitrealandtruthful.5081]

Not

[@DennisSalonga-o8b]

Idol mga ala. Ala**❤❤❤❤

[@racheldoesacrylic4089]

i find all this so fascinating to compare the then and now ,just think if the people then could see how much the world has changed ,no doubt when i am dead and buried the Lewisham i knew will be even more changed ,but i fear not for the better //we have all been boxed in and become solitary ,which is not good for the human spirit ,that's why most people these days are losing it, we don't communicate like we used to //A I TECH has taken something precious away from humanity , you know what i mean /

[@keepingitrealandtruthful.5081]

At least the Duke of Cambridge pub stood strong up until the 90s.

[@misswomble]

Kids wouldn't play in the quaggy in the 90s, can't imagine it now

[@josephtreacy667]

I used to when I was a kid, if that was the one that flowed through Beckenham and Sydenham, can't remember.

[@salas..5686]

​@@josephtreacy667yeah. I did, with my friends. We started at Manor house gardens and worked our way up. Probably the reason i never get colds, my immune is like steel..😂

[@victorianhouserestoration]

That chemists is still there!

[@victorianhouserestoration]

So sad Council ruined everything

[@sophiefletcher1500]

I wouldn't touch that part of the Quaggy with a 10ft pole with a piece of poo on the end of it.

[@TheUndergroundMap]

I wouldn’t like to be the one with the job of attaching the poo to the pole

[@DemBuses]

I wouldn't want to be born then.

[@Berry-fr5wj]

I would

[@DemBuses]

I'd be dead by now!!!

[@salas..5686]

​@@DemBuses😂

[@TNToncourt]

They've turned it into a smart city or prison now.

[@victorianhouserestoration]

You have bought into some conspiracy stuff.

[@nelliemelba4967]

Judging by the state and volume of tower blocks that have been thrown up, I wouldn't be suprised. Lewisham has always been a bit experimented with. Remember the failed Lewisham 2000 project?

[@sarahlouise7163]

@@victorianhouserestoration