Lewisham Local Archive
The Local History and Archives Centre holds historic materials for the borough and is situated in Lewisham Library. Here is a selection from the archive.
Contact: Local History and Archives Centre, Local History And Archives Centre, Lewisham Library, 199 201 Lewisham High Street, SE13 6LG. Tel: 020 8314 8501, email: local.studies@lewisham.gov.uk
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- Torridon Road, 1910
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- Catford Picture Palace Sangley Road. Catford provided entertainment for itself and for Lewisham as a whole. It had a theatre, three cinemas and a roller skating rink. The Electric Picture Palace shown here was the first of these when it opened in 1909. The much larger Central Hall Picture House was next door.
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- Rail staff at Catford Station
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- J.T. Allder’s, Catford
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- Alders Drapers, Rushey Green, Catford, Lewisham, c. 1927
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- Livestock Corner at Rushey Green, c. 1948
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- Rushey Green, c. 1905
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- Rushey Green, Catford, c.1900
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- Catford Cycling Club c.1899
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- The Catford Southend Football Club Team, 1904-5
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- Bellingham Farm, c.1920
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- Aerial View Catford Stadium
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- Bromley Road Pools
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- Hither Green Lane c. 1898
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- Hither Green Station, c 1898
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- Springbank Road, c 1905
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- Entry in the parish records for 1593 recording the burial of ‘Cornelius a Blackamoor’ on 2nd March at St Margaret’s, Lee This is the first evidence we have of the residence of a black person in Lewisham borough. We have no further information regarding his age, status or job. He could have been a sailor, servant or shopkeeper