Henry Cow at the Tramshed... didn't go down too well with the locals!
Van De Graaff Generator, Darryl Way's Wolf and Man at Thames Poly... Friday night magic of incense, patchouli, dodgy smoke, Afghan coats and booze then that walk home to Abbey Wood via a Chinese take away
Monaja mystical eastern shop in Hare Street... purveyor of joss sticks, cheesecloth shirts and general freakwear
Furlongs record shop in Thomas Street... grumpy manager with BO
Love reading people's old memories, even from a different era.
Any 80s kids used to go the 'summer camps' they used to run at Crook Log Sports Centre over the summer holidays? Run by centre staff and a few local teachers like John Sawyer?
Getting your sports gear from Gentry's Sports on Welling Corner, Meeting at the Canon in Welling and getting the eldest looking one to by about 30 litres of cider to take down the Rock Gardens in Danson TW Records Bexleyheath, Cruisin Records Welling. used to buy my Commodore 64 cassettes in the latter
When the aquazooms were first build at Crook Log. Riding your bike round the streets after the 87 Hurricane. Fish market in Pickford Lane where the bakers is now When the Crook Log was a proper pub with a decent pub garden
Still to this day I always refer to a water slide as an aquazoom due to Crook Log. The missus (from oup North)always feels the need to correct me
Henry Cow at the Tramshed... didn't go down too well with the locals!
Van De Graaff Generator, Darryl Way's Wolf and Man at Thames Poly... Friday night magic of incense, patchouli, dodgy smoke, Afghan coats and booze then that walk home to Abbey Wood via a Chinese take away
Monaja mystical eastern shop in Hare Street... purveyor of joss sticks, cheesecloth shirts and general freakwear
Furlongs record shop in Thomas Street... grumpy manager with BO
Henry Cow at the Tramshed... didn't go down too well with the locals!
Van De Graaff Generator, Darryl Way's Wolf and Man at Thames Poly... Friday night magic of incense, patchouli, dodgy smoke, Afghan coats and booze then that walk home to Abbey Wood via a Chinese take away
Monaja mystical eastern shop in Hare Street... purveyor of joss sticks, cheesecloth shirts and general freakwear
Furlongs record shop in Thomas Street... grumpy manager with BO
Henry Cow at the Tramshed... didn't go down too well with the locals!
Van De Graaff Generator, Darryl Way's Wolf and Man at Thames Poly... Friday night magic of incense, patchouli, dodgy smoke, Afghan coats and booze then that walk home to Abbey Wood via a Chinese take away
Monaja mystical eastern shop in Hare Street... purveyor of joss sticks, cheesecloth shirts and general freakwear
Furlongs record shop in Thomas Street... grumpy manager with BO
Remember seeing Stray and Pink Fairies at the Poly also at the Harrow Inn/
Used to go too Welcome Inn Sunday night and Dutch House Tuesday 1971/72 same people run both nights I think, Light and bitter was 20p a pint. Pound to get in with a membership card. Friday night was at the Spotted Cow Hither Green Lane or the Black Bull Lewisham then on to the Wimpey Bar then late night movie at Lewisham Odeon.
Riding my bike down to erith and belvedere fc for a charity game and the chance to see dennis waterman. Dennis didn't turn up.
Collecting vouchers from the sun so i could see a preview of back to the future. Watching bttf at bexleyheath cinema (now asda) and getting a free drink (quatro?).
Swimming at erith swimming pool. A pool with a proper deep end.
Used to go too Welcome Inn Sunday night and Dutch House Tuesday 1971/72 same people run both nights I think, Light and bitter was 20p a pint. Pound to get in with a membership card. Friday night was at the Spotted Cow Hither Green Lane or the Black Bull Lewisham then on to the Wimpey Bar then late night movie at Lewisham Odeon.
that's weird Acab, i saw Stray, the Pink Fairies and most of the other gigs at the Poly and used the Black bull and Spotted cow on Fridays. We must have moved in the same circles.
Used to go too Welcome Inn Sunday night and Dutch House Tuesday 1971/72 same people run both nights I think, Light and bitter was 20p a pint. Pound to get in with a membership card. Friday night was at the Spotted Cow Hither Green Lane or the Black Bull Lewisham then on to the Wimpey Bar then late night movie at Lewisham Odeon.
that's weird Acab, i saw Stray, the Pink Fairies and most of the other gigs at the Poly and used the Black bull and Spotted cow on Fridays. We must have moved in the same circles.
you two probably would have had a bit of saxon tavern aswell
Used to go too Welcome Inn Sunday night and Dutch House Tuesday 1971/72 same people run both nights I think, Light and bitter was 20p a pint. Pound to get in with a membership card. Friday night was at the Spotted Cow Hither Green Lane or the Black Bull Lewisham then on to the Wimpey Bar then late night movie at Lewisham Odeon.
that's weird Acab, i saw Stray, the Pink Fairies and most of the other gigs at the Poly and used the Black bull and Spotted cow on Fridays. We must have moved in the same circles.
you two probably would have had a bit of saxon tavern aswell
Local smells - the dog biscuit factory, gas works, Woolwich ferry engine room, the river - not necessarily pleasant. Doing bombs off the Lido top board.
Milk dispensed from machines in triangular packets. The church steeple at abbey wood with the red illuminated cross. Driving down the hill from Plumstead to Woolwich and seeing the Blue Star line Ships in the docks over the river. Going on the Woolwich Ferry going downstairs and looking at the filthy Thames water. The eels in Manzes window. The residual tram lines in Woolwich Market. Army days on Woolwich Common. Plumstead baths, all marble.
Dust carts where the dustmen walked inside to empty the bins,think they were called Pagefields and the trailors they pulled for the scrap paper Masive bonfires on bombed buildings on firework night, ours was the corner of Hylton street and marmadon road Penny bangers and tuppeny cannons..Brocks fireworks
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The gatehouse Woolwich dockyard
2 best under age drinking boozers of the 90s
Van De Graaff Generator, Darryl Way's Wolf and Man at Thames Poly... Friday night magic of incense, patchouli, dodgy smoke, Afghan coats and booze then that walk home to Abbey Wood via a Chinese take away
Monaja mystical eastern shop in Hare Street... purveyor of joss sticks, cheesecloth shirts and general freakwear
Furlongs record shop in Thomas Street... grumpy manager with BO
Kids look a me like im fricking stupid till I go 'Slides, the poxy water Sildes, you know what im on about!!'
Light and bitter was 20p a pint. Pound to get in with a membership card.
Friday night was at the Spotted Cow Hither Green Lane or the Black Bull Lewisham then on to the Wimpey Bar then late night movie at Lewisham Odeon.
Collecting vouchers from the sun so i could see a preview of back to the future. Watching bttf at bexleyheath cinema (now asda) and getting a free drink (quatro?).
Swimming at erith swimming pool. A pool with a proper deep end.
Summer trips to folkestone.
Doing bombs off the Lido top board.
(i wouldnt have noticed my younger addick brother who smelt anyway..was just accustomed to that)
The church steeple at abbey wood with the red illuminated cross.
Driving down the hill from Plumstead to Woolwich and seeing the Blue Star line Ships in the docks over the river.
Going on the Woolwich Ferry going downstairs and looking at the filthy Thames water.
The eels in Manzes window.
The residual tram lines in Woolwich Market.
Army days on Woolwich Common.
Plumstead baths, all marble.
and the trailors they pulled for the scrap paper
Masive bonfires on bombed buildings on firework night, ours was the corner of Hylton street and marmadon road
Penny bangers and tuppeny cannons..Brocks fireworks
This sticks in my mind