Andrew Simpson

There will be those that can remember spending part of the year hop picking in the Kent fields and  for those who can’t here are some stori...

 from Ogilby's strip map,  1675  Now, you probably own some sort of Sat-Nav (satellite navigation), to help you find your way aro...

I'm not quite old enough to remember trams, but I can certainly remember the tram-lines that were set into some of the cobbled streets ...

The V1 was one of Hitler’s secret weapons which  he had told his generals would turn the war. Rolling out a V1, 1944 The V1 was first...

In England the precursors of manhole covers are the coalhole covers.  In the 19th century many buildings in larger towns had a coal hol...

I can recall that sometime in the early 60's, Iwas asking my dad why there was a small notch cut into the scullery (kitchenette) window...

I can recall that back in the 50's, the journeymen (and women) of the day would form an almost continuous stream of vendors, peddling...

Does anyone remember (or used to work for J Stone and Co Engineering in ​Arklow Road, Deptford? From 1881 to 1969 the industrial estate...

Catford Lido, similar to Peckham Lido Peckham Rye Common north, on East Dulwich Road, was the location of Peckham Lido, (the posh name ...

My dear old dad used to mention, on more than one occasion, a notorious villain that resided in the idyllic hamlet of Nunhead, name of Char...

The second of an occasional series contributed by readers who also grew up in south east London. Here Barny remembers the school trips ...