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Greenwich High Road end of South Street
The 1st picture is an undated view looking up Greenwich South Street from the intersection with Greenwich High road.     You can see the tower of the original church (St Mark's Presbyterian Church  - built in 1850 and destroyed in WW2). This was replaced by the present United Reform church in 1953.   The 2nd shot8 must be sometime around the time of the Festival of Britain as "Architecture" in the shot refers to the Lansbury Development at Poplar (part of the FoB and open between 3 May and 30 September 1951). 
 
The next shot is 117 & 119 Greenwich South Street c19102. Pictured on the left is Charles Harrison, the manager of No.117 A. H. Hewlett (Alfred). No.119 is H. Hewlett's (Harry) domestic supply store.  These two shops are described in Dianne Payne's book "A Greenwich Family 1906 - 1936" as being opposite Devonshire Road (now Drive). It also says the shops have now been converted to form part of the houses above.  The 2nd shot is of Charles Harrison's own shop in 1912 at 137 South Street2. The 3rd shot shows Charles' expanded business, including No. 139. Taken in 1919. Is this the current day Vets and bookie (4th shot)?   

Mid way down South Street
The next shot is a fantastic photo from the Greenwich Heritage Centre of the original St Mark's Presbyterian church and the adjacent terrace, called the Ashburnham Terrace (now Ada Kennedy Court). Is this picture from just after the WW2 bomb landed or is it showing the resultant demolition? The Church doesn't look too badly damaged in the picture.  The 2nd shot8 was taken at the intersection of Blissett Street with Greenwich South Street. You can see Meridian House in the distance.  I think the shot must be early 1940s. The 3rd shot is a modern day equivalent taken more or less at the same spot as the 2nd shot.  
  
These last two shots are more modern pictures. Both undated.

Blackheath Road end of South Street
Both of the following undated shots3,8 are looking up towards South Street from the intersection at Blackheath Hill. The 1st is much earlier. 

Dianne Payne (Guest) 949 - days ago 
I am the author of A Greenwich Family. Please note the spelling of my name (not Diana or Dianna as it appears on your Home page).


Last time I was in Greenwich 137 Greenwich South Street was a doctor's surgery and 139 was The Coffeehouse Bookshop. Both still have advertisements on line at these addresses. As far as I know numbering has not changed in Greenwich South Strreet so your 4th shot does not seem to me to be correct.
James Kelock (Guest) 938 - days ago 
I live in Greenwich South Street. I think the houses behind the 58 tram where you say "You can also see little bits of the old Ashburnham Terrace (to the left of the tram, top of the tram and directly to the front of the tram)." are the exisiting houses not any destroyed near the old St Mark's church (was there another row of similiar houses on the north side of the junction with Ashburnham Grove?). You can just see the pitch of the roof of the Baptist Church in the picture too I think.
thos.webb 935 - days ago 
Thanks Dianne for your comments. Sorry for the incorrect spelling of you name. I've now made the corrections on this site.
The numbering on the street has changed as it now begins from South Street's intersection with Greenwich High Rd. I do think though that the 4th shot is not the modern day equivalent. Need to investigate further.

James - thank you too for the information. You are right the picture was wrongly described above. I've taken a modern day shot as proof.
Not a comment, just a question about Greenwich.


Do you know where was, or is Grove House, South Street, Greenwich?


I believe my great great grandfather, surname Tancred, a teacher (of mathematics, probably at Royal Naval College, Greenwich) lived there in the 1850s, perhaps with wife and children.


Thank you

thos.webb 637 - days ago 
Hi David, big apologises for taking so long to respond. I somehow missed your comment.
I've done a bit of research and cannot find a modern day reference to a Grove House on South Street. Perhaps it was one of the houses in the row adjacent to St Marks Church on Greenwich South Street (called the Ashburnham Terrace) that was destroyed in the 2nd World War. That terrace would have been built in the 1830s I believe.

Good luck with your search - if you find some information please let me know.
Regards
Tom
I own both 13 and 15 greenwich south street and am currently renovating both buildings. To display your photos will give me and my customers great joy , however I am slightly confused by the address details. No 15 was the old betting office and 15a is currently a vet shop. I think 15 and 15a was previously owned by Hewitt and not Harrison. I say this as the details on the pillars tally more. please correct me if I am wrong as I would love to write a little note under each photo and would hate for it to be incorrect.
Tom (Guest) 385 - days ago 
Yes I think you're right. So that makes the third picture above one half of your property and the vets?

By the way - nice job on the renovation.

Tom
Guest Richard Neal (Guest) 147 - days ago 
The bookmakers and the vets are the buildings shown in the first picture on this page (with the church in the background) the brickwork at the angle where the terrace changes direction and the large protruding building demonstrate this clearly.

117-119 and 137-139 are perfect matches for their modern day equivalents and no renumbering has occurred.
In the 1901 census my neighbour's relative was living at 55 Devonshire Road, Greenwich with parents and siblings. The father was a schoolmaster in a Board School. We have not been able to find Devonshire Road on modern maps so suspect it may have been destroyed. Do you know where it was?
Tom (Guest) 4 - days ago 
Hi Anne
Devonshire Road was renamed Devonshire Drive at some point. It was Devonshire Drive on this 1914 map http://greenwich.wiki.zoho.com/1914.html
(bottom left section) so not sure when it was renamed. There used to be a school at the top of Devonshire Drive (it was called John Roan school for girls I think). The building is still there - it's now flats. This may have been the Board school. If you look on google maps you may be able to find number 55 (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=se10+8uh&hl=en&ll=51.475108,-0.016737&spn=0.003996,0.010825&sll=51.474634,-0.015321&sspn=0.008046,0.021651&hnear=London+SE10+8UH,+United+Kingdom&t=m&z=17).
Tom
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