I've been Welling resident for last 3 years and it's nice to learn a bit about local history. I love woodland and parks in the area...and stunning views of both London and Kent from Shooters Hill. Kudos to Mr Collins for compiling all these photos with matching locations.
Grew up in Welling in the 1970s - went to Fosters - had many an ice cream from the Koffi Pot! Spent many an hour in Welling Library and visiting my Nan who worked in Henry and Michael Gees Curtain shop in Bellgrove Road. Haven’t been back in over 35 years but am happy to remember it as it was.
Grew up in Welling before moving to Bromley then Sydney , Cruisin Records was always my go to. Always remembered the old Embassy court and the Aquarium , memories of my childhood.!
Wonderful! Thanks for this Grew up East/Wickham late 50’s until 70’s then moved to one of the white Houses in Wickham Lane before the Plumstead bus garage. Then moved up to Bedonwell so knew the area up until mid 90’s. Have put some memories of Welling on Francis Frith web site. It was lovely then. When a child got to know shopkeepers. Nothing is the same now! However Welling was never known for clothes shopping. One had to go to Bexleyheath, Woolwich ( for all the departmental shops) or C&A in Lewisham
Great to see it now and then! When I visit from America, I stay in Welling with family. I love to know the history and see the old photos. Thanks for sharing.
Great video! My grandfathers family is from Welling and I’m very interested in its history. I can’t believe that beautiful theatre is now a McDonalds! I guess that goes to the measure of progress is a sliding scale lol😊
Oh the memories!! Born inThe Green. Saturday morning pictures at the Granada. Swimming in Danson outdoor pool. Police box at welling corner. Thank you so much for these pictures. Deborah 😊
I was born on Oakhampton Crescent in 1961. We used to play football in the street. I´ve got very fond memories of Welling. I went to Berwick and Elsa Rd. Secondary School. Mr Hislop was our Regimental Sgt. Major (Head Teacher). I heard he died of a heart attack. what a shame. I live in Germany now but will never forget my up bringing in what was then a really nice area.
your names familiar, mr Hislop also taught maths, i was born 1961, went east wickham ,then Berwick and Elsa schools, i lived in Germany 86 to 90 Munsterlager camp, near Saltau, Hohne and Fallingbostel. used to go on rowing boats on Danson lake and ten pin in Bexleyheath.
I was born in Gipsy Road and grew up in Welling. This is a brilliant compilation of images and brings back so many fond memories. A million thanks Lee!
Really enjoyed this video . I was born in the Shooters Hill Hospital in 1950 and lived at No.2 Lewis road . Lewis' garage was on the corner and oposite was the Trolley bus depot . When we got the bus home my nan used to say to the clippie "Guy Earl of Warwick please " . I just thouhgt that London bus stops had these elaborate names . Never knew about the pub nearby . Went to Hook lane Infants then Juniors . Moved to a bigger house in Faraday road in 1957 then left for Brisrol in 1958 . My dad was a keen model yacht sailor in the DMYC Danson model yacht club. I can remember the model steam trains that ran around the lake . the locos were about 2ft tall and 12 ft long with carriages you could sit astride. Happy days !!
absolutely brilliant Lee you have done a grand job brings back more and more memories, each time I see a new photograph, Shame you couldn't get a recording of the old wurlitzer in the Granada for the background music?
I also lived in Welling from 1948 through 1963 - "Brookside" 85 Danson Lane - the house on the corner of the park. After spending 44 years in Australia and the last eleven in the US, I have never come to grips with leaving my beloved childhood district and actually wrote about it in great detail in an autobiography published some years ago called "Cool Among The Flames."
That's really interesting Noel. I live just 50 yards on the cheaper side of Danson Park ! The average price of a London property is now around 600,000 so heaven only knows what those detached properties are worth ! Most people in the area " emigrated" from South London after mass immigration changed the whole of Inner London in the 1970's-onwards.Only 1-in-10 Inner London births were to White indigenous Brits last year and most White Londoners are 55+ years old. With the incredible price of property in Inner London like 800,000/1 Million for an EAST Dulwich residence many people have cashed in and now Welling, which was 99% White when I moved there in 1983 is now VERY multi-cultural. I will always live next to this beautiful park which has hardly changed and with 192 acres on my doorstep and easy access to the greatest city in the world for its stimulation and vibrancy I love it and STILL do not have a lock on my back door ! Easy to get to the M25 motorway which surrounds London and near The beautiful Kent Countryside I have had 34 trouble-free years here but , like you, I desperately miss MY hometown which was in Walworth/Elephant and Castle in the heart of S-E-London just off The Old Kent Road but I could never move back as I would look like a stranger in what was my Home City. Why did you move ? Was it the 10 pounds assisted packages Noel ?
I used to live in Camborne Road (1943-1948) and I really enjoyed your compilation. Thank you! I am trying to track down the date and details of a V 1 which demolished a cake or baker's shop in Central Avenue, between Station Approach and Bellegrove Road, Welling in 1944. I was there, aged 3, in my pushchair, and remember clearly the damaged dome of the cinema, the wrecked shop building, and a felled signal on the embankment. Two dead men were lying under black cloths on the pavement, and a boy, his arm open from the wrist to the elbow and pouring blood, was sitting crying in a smashed shop window. My grandmother, in the shop, was uninjured. Does anyone remember anything about this, please?
Interesting that. My grandmother lived the war years in Olyffe Avenue, where 2 houses were flattened, but never, ever mentioned a V1 hitting Wickham lane where you say. Only half a mile away up Burnell Avenue. There is a register and map of EVERY bomb that hit the area, which I’ve seen, and the Olyffe bombs were marked. Try googling South East England Ww2 Bomb register or something similar.
I was Welling Grenadier in the early 1960' s , we would get fresh cooked saveloys from the butchers just up the road from the cinema. A big treat was the Wimpey just across he road.
I grew up welling went hillsgrove school then welling secondary still live there not so good now high street full of barber shops takeaways charity shops the old pubs gone station hotel the duchess of Edinburgh lord kitchener lots of foreigners there now can't wait to move away
When I put this together (a while ago now) I agree, the music didn’t go and I wasn’t a fan either! Therefore i added a different version with different music and thought I’d deleted this version. However, the 2 versions are still on YT. 😁
When I put this together (a while ago now) I agree, the music didn’t go and I wasn’t a fan either! Therefore i added a different version with different music and thought I’d deleted this version. However, the 2 versions are still on YT. 😁
Yes many will argue the case against Welling being London and yes it is controlled/managed by the 'London borough of Bexley' and has been since 1965. However, Before that it was most defiantly Kent and many from Welling will still claim it is Kent, they all still have a Kent postal address. The Video shows how it has changed from a long time before 'London' took it over and therefore has Kent in the title.
+Jacob Salter (Spursboy) The debate still rages on eh? Lol, well in the early 1960's you would have been absolutely and unarguably right but in 1965 when Greater London was officially established and where it covered was set in stone so to speak, it resulted in a rather shrunken London, it caused a lot of confusion that still goes on to this day, there was also some messing around with post codes around that same time so that parts of North London became 'East London' which made even less sense, personally speaking I would say it's London too but if you worked for a company where you had to send correspondences to people living in Welling and you put London instead of Kent you might find yourself getting pulled up by your boss like I did in a company I used to work for Lol, cheers :)
Welling is in both Kent and London but is more accurately in Kent. The 1965 and later changes simply changed responsibility for local government: nothing to do with changing the boundaries of Kent. Whatever next? Is Chatham not in Kent because KCC doesn't handles its local government any more? There's a lot of confusion around about counties all over England. Thanks for a fantastic video by the way.
It is in Kent mate get it right,[url]www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/Welling.html[/url] Also is a Kent postcode-It hasn't got up and bloody moved either
I've been Welling resident for last 3 years and it's nice to learn a bit about local history. I love woodland and parks in the area...and stunning views of both London and Kent from Shooters Hill. Kudos to Mr Collins for compiling all these photos with matching locations.
Grew up in Welling in the 1970s - went to Fosters - had many an ice cream from the Koffi Pot! Spent many an hour in Welling Library and visiting my Nan who worked in Henry and Michael Gees Curtain shop in Bellgrove Road.
Haven’t been back in over 35 years but am happy to remember it as it was.
We moved to Welling, near the Green, in 1967 and moved on in 1986. These images are amazing, thank you so much for sharing them.
Grew up in Welling before moving to Bromley then Sydney , Cruisin Records was always my go to. Always remembered the old Embassy court and the Aquarium , memories of my childhood.!
Wonderful! Thanks for this
Grew up East/Wickham late 50’s until 70’s then moved to one of the white Houses in Wickham Lane before the Plumstead bus garage. Then moved up to Bedonwell so knew the area up until mid 90’s.
Have put some memories of Welling on Francis Frith web site. It was lovely then. When a child got to know shopkeepers. Nothing is the same now!
However Welling was never known for clothes shopping. One had to go to Bexleyheath, Woolwich ( for all the departmental shops) or C&A in Lewisham
Great to see it now and then! When I visit from America, I stay in Welling with family. I love to know the history and see the old photos. Thanks for sharing.
Great video! My grandfathers family is from Welling and I’m very interested in its history. I can’t believe that beautiful theatre is now a McDonalds! I guess that goes to the measure of progress is a sliding scale lol😊
been away since 1977 , miss Welling every day, great place, people who know how to have a laugh
Oh the memories!! Born inThe Green. Saturday morning pictures at the Granada. Swimming in Danson outdoor pool. Police box at welling corner. Thank you so much for these pictures. Deborah 😊
I was born on Oakhampton Crescent in 1961. We used to play football in the street. I´ve got very fond memories of Welling. I went to Berwick and Elsa Rd. Secondary School. Mr Hislop was our Regimental Sgt. Major (Head Teacher). I heard he died of a heart attack. what a shame. I live in Germany now but will never forget my up bringing in what was then a really nice area.
your names familiar, mr Hislop also taught maths, i was born 1961, went east wickham ,then Berwick and Elsa schools, i lived in Germany 86 to 90 Munsterlager camp, near Saltau, Hohne and Fallingbostel. used to go on rowing boats on Danson lake and ten pin in Bexleyheath.
I was born in Gipsy Road and grew up in Welling. This is a brilliant compilation of images and brings back so many fond memories. A million thanks Lee!
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hi did you know the Cooper family that lived there?
Sorry, no I didn't. I lived at 265 Gipsy Road, which was at the Bostall Woods end, during the 1950's.
Really enjoyed this video . I was born in the Shooters Hill Hospital in 1950 and lived at No.2 Lewis road . Lewis' garage was on the corner and oposite was the Trolley bus depot . When we got the bus home my nan used to say to the clippie "Guy Earl of Warwick please " . I just thouhgt that London bus stops had these elaborate names . Never knew about the pub nearby . Went to Hook lane Infants then Juniors . Moved to a bigger house in Faraday road in 1957 then left for Brisrol in 1958 . My dad was a keen model yacht sailor in the DMYC Danson model yacht club. I can remember the model steam trains that ran around the lake . the locos were about 2ft tall and 12 ft long with carriages you could sit astride. Happy days !!
absolutely brilliant Lee you have done a grand job brings back more and more memories, each time I see a new photograph, Shame you couldn't get a recording of the old wurlitzer in the Granada for the background music?
Great video, wondered if you had anymore photos of the Nags Head, I have been the landlord for 13 years now. Much appreciated.
I also lived in Welling from 1948 through 1963 - "Brookside" 85 Danson Lane - the house on the corner of the park. After spending 44 years in Australia and the last eleven in the US, I have never come to grips with leaving my beloved childhood district and actually wrote about
it in great detail in an autobiography published some years ago called "Cool Among The Flames."
That's really interesting Noel. I live just 50 yards on the cheaper side of Danson Park !
The average price of a London property is now around 600,000 so heaven only knows what those detached properties are worth ! Most people in the area " emigrated" from South London after mass immigration changed the whole of Inner London in the 1970's-onwards.Only 1-in-10 Inner London births were to White indigenous Brits last year and most White Londoners are 55+ years old.
With the incredible price of property in Inner London like 800,000/1 Million for an EAST Dulwich residence many people have cashed in and now Welling, which was 99% White when I moved there in 1983 is now VERY multi-cultural. I will always live next to this beautiful park which has hardly changed and with 192 acres on my doorstep and easy access to the greatest city in the world for its stimulation and vibrancy I love it and STILL do not have a lock on my back door ! Easy to get to the M25 motorway which surrounds London and near The beautiful Kent Countryside I have had 34 trouble-free years here but , like you, I desperately miss MY hometown which was in Walworth/Elephant and Castle in the heart of S-E-London just off The Old Kent Road but I could never move back as I would look like a stranger in what was my Home City.
Why did you move ? Was it the 10 pounds assisted packages Noel ?
Danson Park voted " Best Park In London" in 2012 and Footscray Meadows a.k,a Five Arches voted " Best Country Park " just 2 miles away
I used to live in Camborne Road (1943-1948) and I really enjoyed your compilation. Thank you!
I am trying to track down the date and details of a V 1 which demolished a cake or baker's shop in Central Avenue, between Station Approach and Bellegrove Road, Welling in 1944. I was there, aged 3, in my pushchair, and remember clearly the damaged dome of the cinema, the wrecked shop building, and a felled signal on the embankment. Two dead men were lying under black cloths on the pavement, and a boy, his arm open from the wrist to the elbow and pouring blood, was sitting crying in a smashed shop window. My grandmother, in the shop, was uninjured.
Does anyone remember anything about this, please?
Interesting that. My grandmother lived the war years in Olyffe Avenue, where 2 houses were flattened, but never, ever mentioned
a V1 hitting Wickham lane where you say. Only half a mile away up Burnell Avenue. There is a register and map of EVERY bomb that hit the area, which I’ve seen, and the Olyffe bombs were marked. Try googling South East England Ww2 Bomb register or something similar.
Went to Hook Lane Infant School in mid 1960s, Mrs Armstrong was Headmistress. I loved my time there!
Excellent !!
Well done lee
I lived in brixham rd till 1963 good old days
lol...I was born in 1963 and I now live in Brixham Rd
Unfortunately its now blocked so we cant watch it. Would be interesting to watch the evolution and reminisce on when I was younger.
1966 - I used t0 live at 31 Gypsy Rd @ 4:48 on left
Anyone remember the elderly but still sprightly and elegant Mrs Cruze trotting up Bellegrove Road 10:30 nearly every morning circa 1970's-80's?
I was Welling Grenadier in the early 1960' s , we would get fresh cooked saveloys from the butchers just up the road from the cinema. A big treat was the Wimpey just across he road.
Upper Wickham Lane ?
No pictures of parkview road stadium ?
Where do you live now, please Lee and why did you move ?
I grew up welling went hillsgrove school then welling secondary still live there not so good now high street full of barber shops takeaways charity shops the old pubs gone station hotel the duchess of Edinburgh lord kitchener lots of foreigners there now can't wait to move away
Excellent pictures Shame about the awful music. I had to mute it.
When I put this together (a while ago now) I agree, the music didn’t go and I wasn’t a fan either! Therefore i added a different version with different music and thought I’d deleted this version. However, the 2 versions are still on YT. 😁
Would anyone here possibly be familiar with families that lived on Bellegrove Rd in the earlu 90's and back? Looking for a lost cousin.
Great collection of images from bygone days. Sorry, but I don't appreciate the choice of music. That's just not my taste. Otherwise, good work.
When I put this together (a while ago now) I agree, the music didn’t go and I wasn’t a fan either! Therefore i added a different version with different music and thought I’d deleted this version. However, the 2 versions are still on YT. 😁
shame about the "music"
Welling is in london
Yes many will argue the case against Welling being London and yes it is controlled/managed by the 'London borough of Bexley' and has been since 1965. However, Before that it was most defiantly Kent and many from Welling will still claim it is Kent, they all still have a Kent postal address. The Video shows how it has changed from a long time before 'London' took it over and therefore has Kent in the title.
Welling is Kent. It's under London too but it's referred to as kent
+Jacob Salter (Spursboy) The debate still rages on eh? Lol, well in the early 1960's you would have been absolutely and unarguably right but in 1965 when Greater London was officially established and where it covered was set in stone so to speak, it resulted in a rather shrunken London, it caused a lot of confusion that still goes on to this day, there was also some messing around with post codes around that same time so that parts of North London became 'East London' which made even less sense, personally speaking I would say it's London too but if you worked for a company where you had to send correspondences to people living in Welling and you put London instead of Kent you might find yourself getting pulled up by your boss like I did in a company I used to work for Lol, cheers :)
Welling is in both Kent and London but is more accurately in Kent. The 1965 and later changes simply changed responsibility for local government: nothing to do with changing the boundaries of Kent. Whatever next? Is Chatham not in Kent because KCC doesn't handles its local government any more? There's a lot of confusion around about counties all over England. Thanks for a fantastic video by the way.
It is in Kent mate get it right,[url]www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/Welling.html[/url]
Also is a Kent postcode-It hasn't got up and bloody moved either
Unfortunately its now blocked so we cant watch it. Would be interesting to watch the evolution and reminisce on when I was younger.