It was discussed at length with the brother  of the victim named on the brass plaque and we talked about options of ‘telling the story’ better. 7,645 were here. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Bonfire night was a Sunday in 1967, and, perhaps, a few fireworks were still going off in the streets between Grove Park and Hither Green marshalling yard as the twelve coach 19.43 from Hastings to Charing Cross passed the Hither Green signal box at 21.14 at about 70 mph with clear signals to pass through on the “Up Fast Line.”. Cool. This used to be called Glenview Road and was the location of one of the biggest local losses of life during World War 1 – a large bomb was dropped by a Zeppelin  in the ‘silent’ raid on the night of 19/20 October 1917. An interest in our environment and street trees; Links to our high street and shopping parades; An interest in presenting attitudes to transport, road crossings and traffic. The Café of Good Hope  is a recent addition to the Hither Green Lane, part of the Jimmy Mizen Foundation –  Jimmy was murdered on Burnt Ash Road on 10 May 2008. In a Parliamentary debate the following lunchtime, the Minister of Transport, Barbara Castle, noted. Bullseye or Japes Cottage – (pictured above) was on the corner of Harvard Road and Hither Green Lane – it was the gardener’s cottage for one of the larger houses on Hither Green Lane  – the inappropriately named, in terms of size, Laurel Cottage. Key: black=total destruction, purple=damaged beyond repair, dark red=seriously damaged (doubt if repairable), light red=seriously damaged (repairable at cost), orange=general blast damage (non-structural), yellow=blast damage (minor), green=clearance area. Harold Theodore Gibso Forster (51)  Harrow, Marion Gay Hardwick (23)  Tunbridge Wells, Gillian Mary Heppenstall (29)  Mark Cross, Sussex, Juliet W. Mcpherson-Heard (20)  Mill Hill, Christopher Ian Turner (31)  Cross-In-Hand, James Gordon Melville Turner (60)  Staplecross, Sussesx, Lindsay Margaret Ward (19)  Bexhill-On-Sea, Walter H. Whittard (64)  South Kensington, Mabel Lillian Daisy Williams (69)  Hampstead Aven, The Times (London, England), Monday, Nov 06, 1967; pg. Leahurst Road was also home to one of Hither Green’s once famous residents – the early Channel swimmer, Hilda ‘Laddie’ Sharp (pictured above). He gave the land for St Andrew's Church, dedicated to Scotland's patron saint. Many of those involved in the emergency response were to suffer considerably in the aftermath at a time when post-trauma counselling was rare. Amongst those injured was a young Robin Gibb from the Bee Gees who was treated at Hither Green Hospital. We came to the conclusion that the then new story board about the crash did that and did it well. In the last year several of the HGCA team moved on or moved away and we are now looking to expand our group, bringing on board more people and finding new safe and interesting ways to serve this community. There is a list at the end of the post of the names of the  victims. know what would make you feel more confident to return to a group walk. A further 17 people were reported as injured as a result of the attack (2). There were memories from someone living at the edge of this attack of gardens ‘full of bits of shattered china and pottery from the houses affected by the bomb blast’ many years later. The Fox and Sons ‘ghost sign’ is next door to the Café. What companies run services between Hither Green, England and Eltham (Station), England? purpose-built maisonettes and, which seemed to have been built as ‘railway workers cottages’. …. blog post, including Hither Green’s Disney store. A booking hall was added to the east side of Hither Green Station to cater for people living on this new estate. The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Nov 07, 1967; pg. Link: https://t.co/CTJiygAMIH, If you are self-employed or a small business owner based in Lewisham, who has been affected by national lockdown restrictions, you might be eligible for a one-off cash payment of up to £9,000. Our lovely pub and hotel is temporarily closed. It was one of 115 V-1 rocket attacks on Lewisham that summer – the most devastating had been the previous day when 51 had died in Lewisham High Street. Emily (25) and Jean (1) Chapman – a mother and daughter from Walworth; Violet Kyle (25) of 11 Morley Road, who died in the Miller Hospital in Greenwich; Gerald Hill (17) of 278 Brownhill Road, who was in the Home Guard; and, Laurence Ward (2015) The London County Council Bomb Damage Maps 1939-1945 – permission has been given by the copyright owners of the map, the London Metropolitan Archives to use the image here, Godfrey Smith (1997) ‘Hither Green: the Forgotten Hamlet : Including the Corbett Estate’ p64, The postcards and drawing of Campshill House are all from e Bay between January 2015 and January 2018, The painting of Japes Cottage is  ©Lewisham Local History and Archives Centre, on a non-commercial licence through, The photograph of the destruction of Glenview Road in the ‘silent’ Zeppelin raid is on a. William Pontin appears to have been working as a brewer’s clerk at the outbreak of war in 1939 and was a lodger in a cottage in Weybridge. Many of the road names are of Scottish origin, as Corbett was a Scot. © IWM Imperial War Museum on a Non Commercial Licence. Large chunks of this end of the street, particularity on the western side were destroyed during World War 2. Both were designed by Ernest Newton who also designed the Baring Hall, the original Church of The Good Shepherd and Lochaber Hall. It is unfortunate that on this occasion we weren't able to provide you with a positive experience. Hither Green train station facilities. We want to thank everyone who supported our efforts, especially the local businesses and artists who ensured we had beautiful products and wonderful places to sell them. Our Hither Green pick up point partner, Station Hotel. Find all the transport options for your trip from Forest Hill Station to Hither Green right here. When the South Eastern Railway navvies constructed the embankment and cutting through the area, Hither Green was largely rural, surrounded by farms as the map below shows – the farms including several covered by Running Past – North Park, Burnt Ash and Lee Green. NEW PEOPLE! 8; Issue 57091. Hither Green now has just one pub, the Station Hotel along with the Park Fever beer and chocolate shop opposite on Staplehurst Road which offers some limited seating and the new Bob’s on Hither Green Lane. There were 49 fatalities and 78 people injured – the sixth highest number of deaths in a single rail accident in Britain. They are important to remember both in terms of the death and injuries caused to ordinary Londoners whose stories often get forgotten, but also in terms of their impact on the urban landscape – both in the short-term and longer term. While Hither Green remained a junction until the 1890s, the edges that were closer to other stations started to be developed – for example Courthill Road started to be developed from 1867, Ennersdale Road during the 1870s. Unlike the World War Two attacks, there seems little evidence there now of the bombing. Before that it had been a nursery – the last remnant of something that this end of Hither Green had several of  – the best known – run  Lewisham Nursery, run in its later years by Willmott and Chaundy, which finally closed in 1860. The Station Hotel says. The Station Hotel in Hither Green has had the most marvellous revamp! The area was looked unfinished to Aves and there was even a costermonger living in a tiny tin shack with their donkey on the unfinished Brightside Road in 1899, along with a temporary tin tabernacle. Find all the transport options for your trip from Woolwich Arsenal Station to Hither Green right here. There is a  small brass memorial to one of the victims Dianna Williams high on the wall of the newspaper kiosk close to the ticket office. The charity works with schools all over the United Kingdom, where Margaret and Barry Mizen share Jimmy’s story and help young people make their local communities safer, so they can feel safe when walking home. Language Social. Assuming that he was still living at home, his parents will have moved during the war as 278 Brownhill Road was vacant when the Register was compiled. 8; Issue 57092. The marriage and 1939 Register data comes via Find My Past, the details of the deaths are via the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Their church hall project is now in progress. World War 2 damage is a little more obvious in Fernhurst Road, there was a small terrace built by the local firm W. J. Scudamore, which was hit by a V-1 rocket in June 1944. The photograph of the Sir David Brewster (Hansbury’s) is from the information boards at Hither Green Station. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. There was more significant damage and a lot more deaths in Sydenham in the same raid. There were two Sheppard brothers both of whom had houses – one of the farm houses remains at the junction of Hither Green Lane and  Duncrievie Roads (see above) – along with their long term farm manager William Fry, who lived in the original farm building around the Community Garden.. While going through Manor Park is a pleasant detour – we will only see the backs of the houses of Leaahurst Road. Another was on the opposite site of the railway to Fernbrook Road around the junction of Springbank Road and Nightingale Grove, very close to the station at 6:18 on the evening of 29 July 1944. i thought i would give this station a mention because of the staff and facilities. The Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG) offers support payments to local businesses that have been forced to close or severely impacted by COVID-19 …, St Mildred’s Church on Brownhill Road has reached out to the wider community to help with a Planning appeal. Perhaps the biggest surprise with St Swithun’s (pictured above) – is that it is still here. Along with some of the best pub food, real ales and wines. Its days seem numbered as a building as after several unsuccessful attempts to demolish and turn into flats – planning permission was granted in September 2017 after an appeal against a refusal by Lewisham Council. At most train stations you’ll find ticket machines to buy or collect tickets, as well as customer help points if you need a helping hand. Rome2rio makes travelling from Hither Green to Bounds Green Underground Station easy. 4 reviews of hither green rail station "don't rely on the map- they have neve been my strong point! The Old Biscuit Factory is a new housing development from around 2013, the site including the building now used by Sainsbury’s was originally a very short-lived cinema, the Globe – which lasted from 1913 until 1915, before being ‘home’ to Chiltonian Biscuits. ... Hither Green rail: 7,644 were here. The site was redeveloped for housing after the hospital closed in 1997. Despite the 1896 signs, the hospital opened in 1897, it went through variety of guises including fever, paediatrics, geriatrics in its century of use. Due to his Quaker origins, the area was devoid of a public house and remains so. The path over the railway to here used to be called Hocum Pocum Lane (covered a while ago in Running Past), it can be followed back to St Mary’s and beyond towards Nunhead and continues down the hill over a long established bridge over the Quaggy and then north along Weardale Road to join Lee High Road by Dirty South (formerly the Rose of Lee). Voted "Best Pub in Lewisham" by TimeOut London, you are guaranteed to have the warmest welcome when you visit The Station Hotel Hither Green. The only remnants of the former station are the stationmaster’s house, 69 Springbank Road and the gate pillars to the former station entrance. This was a pig farm before being turned into a park in the 1960s, although it was once of Lewisham’s more neglected parks until a major upgrade in 2007 with Heritage and Environment Agency funding the river was opened up park and the park re-planted to encourage wildlife. There was a small stream which I have called North Park Ditch which ran through the farm – it is visible in the Hither Green Nature Reserve and was a tributary of Hither Green Ditch, which joins the Quaggy between Manor Lane and Longhurst Road. 1 of 1. Alternatively, London Buses operates a bus from Lee, Manor Park to Eltham, Sherard Road every 10 minutes. The remaining houses were repaired – the differences in the brickwork are obvious in several locations on Nightingale Grove. You only …, Improving our Local environmentMany thanks to Jack from Station contractors @BAMNuttall for preparing this year’s station meadow. The one on the corner of Maythorne – still survives, home to the building contractors P J Harte. The Pillar Box on the corner of Beacon Road may look ordinary but it was attacked by suffragettes in 1913 – it was one of many similar attacks by Lewisham’s militant WSPU branch. The Green of Hither Green, the area’s small bit of common land was  at the junction of Hither Green and George Lanes and was enclosed around 1810. The worst destruction was in Maythorne Cottages and northern end of Springbank Road along with the adjacent ends of Ardmere and Beacon Roads, where, as the photograph shows, there was almost complete destruction.
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