Andrew Simpson

Now I like this picture of the parish church.   It dates from around 1903 and comes from Some Records of Eltham 1060-1903 which is a ma...

The Old Vicarage from Well Hall Lane, 1833 Now I had planned on starting our walk up the High Street in the spring of 1851 at Sherad Ho...

The parish church in 1860  I am back with Bradshaw in 1862  continuing  to explore one of the walks laid out in the Illustrated Handboo...

Now, I don’t for one minute think that when Lizzie sent this picture postcard to her auntie in Bridlington, that she ever thought it would ...

I wish I had spent more time exploring the parish grave yard. But when you are growing up wandering past the monuments to the long de...

John Kenward Shaw Brooke from an engraving in the church I  am sitting looking at a picture of the Reverend John Kenward Shaw Brooke an...

Now I like Ryan’s picture of Eltham Church which got me thinking about how a modern guide book would describe it. Back in 1861 Bradshaw...

Even on a Sunday in late October our High Street can be a busy place. And looking out from the parish church I am reminded of the count...

Now as everyone knows there can always be more than one story behind a picture postcard. The first is the image on the front which in a...

Eltham Church from the north, 1870 I can’t remember the last time I wandered through the parish churchyard but given that I left for Ma...

There are many things I miss about Eltham. Uppermost of course are the family who while they may have moved a way for a while have al...

Now I always look forward to the pictures Ryan posts of Eltham. They are usually taken on his way to work when the day is just beginnin...

Now on a day like this, with the sun already climbing across the sky I am thinking of Well Hall, and Eltham. It is a feature of getting...

N ow you can never get enough of pictures of Eltham in my opinion. And on that I fully accept I am biased for as much as I love my ado...

You can never get enough pictures of Eltham and so here is another from Ryan. And that is all I want to say. Except he did show me so...

Now if you still live where you grew up the chances are that you take it all for granted. For those of us who long ago moved away from ...