Now it is always nice to be a bit of history even if in my case it was just to have lived on the Progress Estate.
Our family were there on Well Hall Road for 30 years although I have to admit I had decamped north to Manchester in the 1970s from whence I never returned.
But I have never lost my love of the place and over 40 years later still feel the pull.
More so as it will soon be the birthday of the estate and there is much going on, ranging from historical and musical events to a visit from BBC Radio 4’s Any Questions and lots more.
All of which can be seen on the excellent blog The Progress Estate, Eltham, SE9,* and its facebook site 100 years of the Progress Estate 1915-2015.**
The blog started in June 2013 and is a mix of current news, and history although the more fascinating for the frequent inclusion of those old pictures, many of which have come straight out of photograph albums.
And like all such cherished images they provide not only a wonderful insight into what was but remind us that all such estates are about people not just a pile of bricks.
So I am hoping that over the next few months there will a series of recollections which compliment Keith Billinghurst’s account of “Some Significant Dates in the History of the Progress Estate.”***
There are after all countless people who share their own happy memories of growing up on the estate on that other facebook site, Well Hall in Eltham, its stories and its history.
And while it would be unfair to pick out any one person I do have to mention Jean who was one of the first to join and regularly contributes tales of Love Lace Green and the Odeon and Chrissie who has supplied me with many fine pictures.
So happy birthday Progress, bring on more events and as we say here in my adopted city ......... keep the faith.
Pictures; Well Hall Road in 1950, from Well Hall Estate, Eltham: An Example of Good Housing Built in 1915, S.L.G. Beaufoy*****
*The Progress Estate, Eltham, SE9, http://progressestate.blogspot.co.uk/
**100 years of the Progress Estate 1915-2015,
***“Some Significant Dates in the History of the Progress Estate,” http://progressestate.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/some-significant-dates-in-history-of.html
****Well Hall in Eltham, its stories and its history
*****Well Hall Estate, Eltham: An Example of Good Housing Built in 1915, S.L.G. Beaufoy, The Town Plan
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| The estate in the 1950s |
But I have never lost my love of the place and over 40 years later still feel the pull.
More so as it will soon be the birthday of the estate and there is much going on, ranging from historical and musical events to a visit from BBC Radio 4’s Any Questions and lots more.
All of which can be seen on the excellent blog The Progress Estate, Eltham, SE9,* and its facebook site 100 years of the Progress Estate 1915-2015.**
The blog started in June 2013 and is a mix of current news, and history although the more fascinating for the frequent inclusion of those old pictures, many of which have come straight out of photograph albums.
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| Looking up Well Hall Road, 1950s |
So I am hoping that over the next few months there will a series of recollections which compliment Keith Billinghurst’s account of “Some Significant Dates in the History of the Progress Estate.”***
There are after all countless people who share their own happy memories of growing up on the estate on that other facebook site, Well Hall in Eltham, its stories and its history.
And while it would be unfair to pick out any one person I do have to mention Jean who was one of the first to join and regularly contributes tales of Love Lace Green and the Odeon and Chrissie who has supplied me with many fine pictures.
So happy birthday Progress, bring on more events and as we say here in my adopted city ......... keep the faith.
Pictures; Well Hall Road in 1950, from Well Hall Estate, Eltham: An Example of Good Housing Built in 1915, S.L.G. Beaufoy*****
*The Progress Estate, Eltham, SE9, http://progressestate.blogspot.co.uk/
**100 years of the Progress Estate 1915-2015,
***“Some Significant Dates in the History of the Progress Estate,” http://progressestate.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/some-significant-dates-in-history-of.html
****Well Hall in Eltham, its stories and its history
*****Well Hall Estate, Eltham: An Example of Good Housing Built in 1915, S.L.G. Beaufoy, The Town Plan
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