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Thanks for that Winston had a look through some i,ve seen before, some not, some with the wrong location but on the whole very good although I feel someone is trying to make money out of other peoples photos. Dek
I,m so saddened by this news I met Mike on one occasion and could tell he was a really nice guy with time for every one always willing to help.My condolences go to his family at this sad time R.I.P.Mike.Dek
Sylvia Bloomsbury Police Station was a very large imposing building (this would cover Chicheley St) and may had an accommodation quarter as a Inspector I would think he would have been based at Steelhouse Lane in the town centre.Dek
Sylvia I have many photos of the area but I have never found any of Chicheley St or St James St.This is the only one I have seen its the bottom of Chicheley St were it meets the Vauxhall Rd you can just make out the Outdoor on the corner just past the van. Dek
Hello Lindy St James was bombed in the war parts of the graveyard are still there with some of the old headstones the whole area was demolished and all the people were move to different areas.Chicheley St was on a hill and we used it for our go-carts(4 old pram wheels and a couple of bits of...
Sylyal I think we may as Wendy says a miss transcription I think this may be Chicheley St just up the Vauxhall Rd from where I used to live it disappeared in the 60s this was only one St away from St James of the Lee Church. Dek
Barrie you forgot the cockroaches that scurried around in the dark and went with a crack if you trod on one.You are right it,s not what I remember thats why I will not be going to visit.I for one was glad to leave and couldn,t get out quick enough. Dek