V.E Day

Derek1952

Does any one recognize freinds or relatives in this photo? taken on V.E Day in Francies Street Woolich.My Grandparents.the two with hats on in the right doorway.

soapy_jones

My Uncle Cyril is in that. He heard the first shot fired at the retreat to Dunkirk and was in doors at number 14 Frances Street by the second...

Henry Irving

My family lived in St Mary Street but I can't recognise any one.

Would have been Sims

SporadicAddick

Great picture. Noticeable how few men of fighting age are there, despite the war (in Europe at least) having finished. Remarkable times.

DaveMehmet

SporadicAddick said:

Great picture. Noticeable how few men of fighting age are there, despite the war (in Europe at least) having finished. Remarkable times.

They were up the pub waiting for the women to finish getting the food ready.

DaveMehmet

At the party in the road my grandparents lived (Days Lane Sidcup) they took my Grandad's piano into the front garden and he provided the music.

Brendan_O_Connell

DaveMehmet said:

At the party in the road my grandparents lived (Days Lane Sidcup) they took my Grandad's piano into the front garden and he provided the music.

They wouldn't have known what a piano was in Woolwich.

Covered End

Henry Irving said:

My family lived in St Mary Street but I can't recognise any one.

Would have been Sims

Did I know that ? My ma in law still lives there and my wife obviously used to. Dad is it you ?

Henry Irving

Covered End said:

Henry Irving said:

My family lived in St Mary Street but I can't recognise any one.

Would have been Sims

Did I know that ? My ma in law still lives there and my wife obviously used to. Dad is it you ?

No. 72 my nan and grandad lived until the 80s.

Ellen Hayes

Athletico Charlton

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Covered End

Henry Irving said:

Covered End said:

Henry Irving said:

My family lived in St Mary Street but I can't recognise any one.

Would have been Sims

Did I know that ? My ma in law still lives there and my wife obviously used to. Dad is it you ?

No. 72 my nan and grandad lived until the 80s.

Ellen Hayes

Ha. Ma in law lives 82, 5 doors away. So wife says were they next door to Jean & Les Parker on the corner ?

Henry Irving

Will check but my dad was born in the same street in 1925 and they then moved. Thinking It was 82 where he was born.