Comments on: Open and shut cases http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2006/06/open-and-shut-cases/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=open-and-shut-cases Camberwell and my life in it Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:05:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Linda S. http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2006/06/open-and-shut-cases/#comment-33738 Linda S. Sun, 13 May 2007 14:52:41 +0000 http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/blog/2006/06/open-and-shut-cases/#comment-33738 my grandmother Alice Alea Beart was born at 12 Graces Road, Camberwell. She married Frank Alfred Shiers in 1917 and they lived with her parents George and Mary Sophia Beart and they had 6 children. I believe the Beart family stayed in/around Graces Road until the 30's as my uncle remembers visiting family there as a child. Wonder if anyone knows anything about them? my grandmother Alice Alea Beart was born at 12 Graces Road, Camberwell. She married Frank Alfred Shiers in 1917 and they lived with her parents George and Mary Sophia Beart and they had 6 children.
I believe the Beart family stayed in/around Graces Road until the 30’s as my uncle remembers visiting family there as a child. Wonder if anyone knows anything about them?

]]> By: Miranda http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2006/06/open-and-shut-cases/#comment-32231 Miranda Sat, 05 May 2007 22:41:43 +0000 http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/blog/2006/06/open-and-shut-cases/#comment-32231 Can anyone please tell me what would have been the local school to Graces Road in the 1920's to 1935-ish? My Nan lived there and I'd love to find out more. Thank you Can anyone please tell me what would have been the local school to Graces Road in the 1920’s to 1935-ish? My Nan lived there and I’d love to find out more. Thank you

]]> By: Don Clements http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2006/06/open-and-shut-cases/#comment-21238 Don Clements Thu, 29 Mar 2007 22:11:56 +0000 http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/blog/2006/06/open-and-shut-cases/#comment-21238 Most of my childhood was spent in Camberwell ... at 11 Graces Rd. In 1947 when I was ten my mother took me to live in Ottawa, Canada. Later, I moved to the USA, earned degrees through the doctorate, married, raised five children and earned my living as a university professor. My first trip back to England was in 2000. Although there were many changes it was amazing how much had remained the same. The houses on Graces Rd. appeared much smaller to my adult eyes than I had remembered them. The five houses east of 11 Graces Rd. which had been destroyed by a Nazi bomb had been replaced by nondescript residential structures ... far less attractive than the Victorian architecture of the earlier buildings. The grim concrete of the bomb shelters near the corner of Vestry and Peckham Roads was gone and the greenery of adjacent Lucas Gardens was pleasant. A walk up Vestry road to Lyndhurst Grove revealed that my old Lyndhurst Grove Grade School was no more. I felt betrayed. Inasmuch as I had received my earliest education there I was certain the English would have placed the structure on a national preservation list and cared for it in perpetuity. Domage, domage! I no longer speak "Camberwell English" but can still "interpret" it for my American wife. Cheers, Don Clements, Edwardsville, Illinois Most of my childhood was spent in Camberwell … at 11 Graces Rd. In 1947 when I was ten my mother took me to live in Ottawa, Canada. Later, I moved to the USA, earned degrees through the doctorate, married, raised five children and earned my living as a university professor. My first trip back to England was in 2000. Although there were many changes it was amazing how much had remained the same. The houses on Graces Rd. appeared much smaller to my adult eyes than I had remembered them. The five houses east of 11 Graces Rd. which had been destroyed by a Nazi bomb had been replaced by nondescript residential structures … far less attractive than the Victorian architecture of the earlier buildings. The grim concrete of the bomb shelters near the corner of Vestry and Peckham Roads was gone and the greenery of adjacent Lucas Gardens was pleasant. A walk up Vestry road to Lyndhurst Grove revealed that my old Lyndhurst Grove Grade School was no more. I felt betrayed. Inasmuch as I had received my earliest education there I was certain the English would have placed the structure on a national preservation list and cared for it in perpetuity. Domage, domage!
I no longer speak “Camberwell English” but can still “interpret” it for my American wife.
Cheers, Don Clements, Edwardsville, Illinois

]]> By: Mark http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2006/06/open-and-shut-cases/#comment-5201 Mark Fri, 07 Jul 2006 10:19:23 +0000 http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/blog/2006/06/open-and-shut-cases/#comment-5201 Eusebiovic LOCKSMITH: Fortress on Brixton Hill are very good. Eusebiovic LOCKSMITH: Fortress on Brixton Hill are very good.

]]> By: Mark http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2006/06/open-and-shut-cases/#comment-5173 Mark Thu, 06 Jul 2006 11:45:26 +0000 http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/blog/2006/06/open-and-shut-cases/#comment-5173 The rents around Camberwell reflect the Landlord's imaginary healthy shopping centre scenario - streets thronged with cash laden people who want nothing more than to drop ackers into the coffers of whatever little shoppette there might be - if only to lighten the load on their tootsies and prevent the friction of loose change making irritating holes in deep pockets. The rents around Camberwell reflect the Landlord’s imaginary healthy shopping centre scenario — streets thronged with cash laden people who want nothing more than to drop ackers into the coffers of whatever little shoppette there might be — if only to lighten the load on their tootsies and prevent the friction of loose change making irritating holes in deep pockets.

]]> By: eusebiovic http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2006/06/open-and-shut-cases/#comment-5108 eusebiovic Mon, 03 Jul 2006 22:18:05 +0000 http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/blog/2006/06/open-and-shut-cases/#comment-5108 If only I had access to those ovens at BRB...the things I could do - and all they use them for is Pizza! If only I had access to those ovens at BRB…the things I could do — and all they use them for is Pizza!

]]> By: An Aggressive Monkey http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2006/06/open-and-shut-cases/#comment-5107 An Aggressive Monkey Mon, 03 Jul 2006 21:08:40 +0000 http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/blog/2006/06/open-and-shut-cases/#comment-5107 Try the markets first, greenwich, blackheath, peckham, borough Try the markets first, greenwich, blackheath, peckham, borough

]]> By: eusebiovic http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2006/06/open-and-shut-cases/#comment-5105 eusebiovic Mon, 03 Jul 2006 19:21:51 +0000 http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/blog/2006/06/open-and-shut-cases/#comment-5105 I've got an ambition to open a cafe that does homemade food and a deli too, but the going rate for renting premises is an absolute fortune these days (Southwark/Lambeth have got extortionate in recent years) - maybe i'll have to go by the sea... I’ve got an ambition to open a cafe that does homemade food and a deli too, but the going rate for renting premises is an absolute fortune these days (Southwark/Lambeth have got extortionate in recent years) — maybe i’ll have to go by the sea…

]]> By: An Aggressive Monkey http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2006/06/open-and-shut-cases/#comment-5102 An Aggressive Monkey Mon, 03 Jul 2006 17:46:45 +0000 http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/blog/2006/06/open-and-shut-cases/#comment-5102 The chap in question was back at Peckham BP yesterday avo, he was pulling the ol run out of petrol gag and scoring charitable donations until the 5-0 turned up to refuel, and as if by magic *poof* he vanished The chap in question was back at Peckham BP yesterday avo, he was pulling the ol run out of petrol gag and scoring charitable donations until the 5–0 turned up to refuel, and as if by magic *poof* he vanished

]]> By: Mark http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2006/06/open-and-shut-cases/#comment-5081 Mark Sun, 02 Jul 2006 22:21:02 +0000 http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/blog/2006/06/open-and-shut-cases/#comment-5081 4 Real and Calabar I heard that someone there hasn't paid any rent for rather a long time, and sublet it to someone else who has been refurbishing it without consent, so don't get your hopes up about it. I probably shouldn't have said that. I'm an honest chap. Please, if you haven't already, sign up to e5Forum.org and change the place we love. 4 Real and Calabar

I heard that someone there hasn’t paid any rent for rather a long time, and sublet it to someone else who has been refurbishing it without consent, so don’t get your hopes up about it.

I probably shouldn’t have said that. I’m an honest chap.

Please, if you haven’t already, sign up to e5Forum.org and change the place we love.

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