Andrew Simpson

Well Hall Parade in 1907 Now I am back with two more from Greenwich’s collection of old photographs. They are both of Well Hall Road...

Well Hall House from Well Hall Road, 1909 Well Hall House has passed out of living memory. It was built in 1733, was home to some Elt...

Now I never tire of writing about Well Hall and in particular during the mid 19th century. This will always be one of those fascinating...

An occasional series featuring buildings and places I like and painted by Peter Topping. I have always been fascinated by Well Hall Cot...

The Tudor Barn in 1909 Now here is one for the picture album. This is the Tudor Barn back in 1909 and that really is about all I want...

Edith Nesbit, circa 1890 Now I like the way that history continues to surprise you, often taking you in directions which you could not ...

There are always stories, and some are more unexpected than others. Well Hall Road and the hutments circa 1920 This one concerns a wi...

Our house in 2014 The centenary of the Progress Estate has long passed. Now we can lay claim to about thirty of those 100 years havin...

Gas fitting 1911 This is the continuing story of one house in Well Hall Road and of the people who lived there including our family.* ...

Now I wonder how the individual stories of people living on the Progress Estate played out after the Great War *. The estate as most ...

An occasional series on the stories behind the book on Manchester and the Great War* Places Nellie would have visited, the parish c...

The old Woolwich Road, 1909 Now I have set myself the task of reading the stories of Edith Nesbit and looking for Eltham. She lived i...

This is the continuing story  of one house in Well Hall Road and of the people who lived there including our family.* The estate in 19...

The caption just says the “The Moat, Well Hall” and I just love this picture. It comes from Some Records of Eltham which was published...

This is one of those stories which are still as they say in the making but with the help of Tricia I think much of the lives of the fami...

I have become fascinated by the story of the Allen family who lived just two doors down from us on Well Hall Road and died in a Zeppelin ra...

Now I no longer think it odd that one of the most vivid descriptions of the Royal Artillery’s Barracks at Woolwich should be from letters s...

Well Hall and Manchester, 1916 This is the continuing story  of one house in Well Hall Road and of the people who lived there includin...