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That's a funny postcodeCAFCTrev said:SE18 too1 -
Not really the place for this, but in all the affection for the former WEBS head office some further information is appropriate. Did you know that the fashion store at the junction of Powis Street and Barnard Close (the side opposite Clarks) is the former former WEBS head office, in service as such between 1895 and 1935? I may be able to dig out a picture.
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SE18 here too. Tho moved here in 2012. Lived in SE7 for 8 years before that. I do miss living in Charlton. But I certainly don’t miss living where I grew up in DA6. Very Bland.
Thats purely said for you pompous knockers of our beloved SE7/18.
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What is this , Woolwich Addicks or SE18 Addicks? I’m a Plumstead Addick by birth (another one for St. Nicks).2
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It was Woolwich, but as we’ve known for 30 years very few Charlton fans live in Woolwich. So the SE18 crew have stepped up to soften the blow2
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RedChaser said:yI was born and went to school in Woolwich if that helps. 😉
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A bit different 70 years ago till now then mate.1 -
Googles pompous knockers.Curb_It said:SE18 here too. Tho moved here in 2012. Lived in SE7 for 8 years before that. I do miss living in Charlton. But I certainly don’t miss living where I grew up in DA6. Very Bland.
Thats purely said for you pompous knockers of our beloved SE7/18.3 -
I used to live opposite St. NicksSomervilleAddick said:What is this , Woolwich Addicks or SE18 Addicks? I’m a Plumstead Addick by birth (another one for St. Nicks).0 -
Tewson Road, my daughter was born in St Nicks which never closed until 1984. A medical centre and residential properties replaced it 😉.Return of the SE7 said:
I used to live opposite St. NicksSomervilleAddick said:What is this , Woolwich Addicks or SE18 Addicks? I’m a Plumstead Addick by birth (another one for St. Nicks).0 - Sponsored links:
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It's a bit different to even 40 years ago mate.ElfsborgAddick said:RedChaser said:yI was born and went to school in Woolwich if that helps. 😉
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St Nicks was originally the local workhouse.RedChaser said:
Tewson Road, my daughter was born in St Nicks which never closed until 1984. A medical centre and residential properties replaced it 😉.Return of the SE7 said:
I used to live opposite St. NicksSomervilleAddick said:What is this , Woolwich Addicks or SE18 Addicks? I’m a Plumstead Addick by birth (another one for St. Nicks).1 -
Another one in SE18! 👋🏻0
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RedChaser said:
It's a bit different to even 40 years ago mate.ElfsborgAddick said:RedChaser said:yI was born and went to school in Woolwich if that helps. 😉
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A bit different 70 years ago till now then mate.Did the Elephant and Castle in the market ever get your custom mate.If you can remember that far back of course.1 -
Another St Nick's-born poster here. Currently residing in leafy SE3 but I've much more love for Woolwich than those that look down on it. Can't stand snobbery
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Military Maternity Hospital - Woolwich Common. Not sure why as my old man wasn't in the military!
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A mate at school, Colin (Harley) Foster lived in Tewson Road.RedChaser said:
Tewson Road, my daughter was born in St Nicks which never closed until 1984. A medical centre and residential properties replaced it 😉.Return of the SE7 said:
I used to live opposite St. NicksSomervilleAddick said:What is this , Woolwich Addicks or SE18 Addicks? I’m a Plumstead Addick by birth (another one for St. Nicks).
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Addick in SW16 said:(No jokes about my username) I’m risking sounding really stupid here. I sort of live in Woolwich. I’m kind of in an area that I don’t think is in Charlton or Woolwich, although my wife says it’s Charlton. No one really seems sure. We’re next to Hornfair Park, which, according to the Greenwich Council website, is in Charlton despite having an SE18 postcode (same with the lido).
So, I’m local. Grew up in SE18 and live there now. Love being able to walk to and from home games.Some on here will recall the debates about whether Bexley is in Kent or London (well there is no debate - its in London) - anyway, its important to realise that Postcodes are used by the Post Office for delivering mail - they do not necessarily match to the political / council (call it what you will) boundaries of where you live - schools use them for selection purposes, and insurance companies for assessing risk, and lots of other businesses etc for various purposes (all for convenience)
If the Council website says you live in Charlton - that's where you live
By the way I live in DA1 so nowhere near Woolwich, but do drive through Woolwich if I drive to a match, and no I don't want to live there and I have never lived there - it does however have excellent shops that my Wife likes to visit to get the hard to find ingredients for her curries, & the shopkeepers / other customers often provide good titbits of info on how to prepare the ingredients (not that I take any notice - I just enjoy eating the excellent grub that results)
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Is the Friday night street food market still open in Woolwich?
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Woolwich is an odd place. Went there last year to see the boat before it got decommissioned (which I know is odd in itself but we are anoraks) anyway... The bit that really surprised me is the wrong side of the tracks (in Woolwich's case the road) where in the side close to the river all very nice, youngs? Pubs and flats for yuppies. So very seperate from the other side which has the woolwich I know, it's a bit rough but more me I guess. Never seen such an obvious divide showing gentrification. Surely something some kid at University could do a thesis on, the changing landscape of London.4
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Change is inevitable but last time I visited Woolwich (quite a few years ago now) I barely recognised an area I spent a good part of about a third of my life to date.
Not racist factual. Many buildings and areas have completely disappeared or changed radically.
Sorry if that statement offends but that is my opinion.0 -
British Hospital For Mothers And Babies for me. It closed shortly after.......0
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Why bring race into it.LenGlover said:Change is inevitable but last time I visited Woolwich (quite a few years ago now) I barely recognised an area I spent a good part of about a third of my life to date.
Not racist factual. Many buildings and areas have completely disappeared or changed radically.
Sorry if that statement offends but that is my opinion.
You said the buildings have changed or disappeared. That's true so why mention race?
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Because it caused an issue higher up the thread and I wanted to emphasise that I was not talking about race in case somebody decided to jump down my throat.Henry Irving said:
Why bring race into it.LenGlover said:Change is inevitable but last time I visited Woolwich (quite a few years ago now) I barely recognised an area I spent a good part of about a third of my life to date.
Not racist factual. Many buildings and areas have completely disappeared or changed radically.
Sorry if that statement offends but that is my opinion.
You said the buildings have changed or disappeared. That's true so why mention race?
Probably an over reaction but I am not feeling great just now and don't need it.
On reflection I was probably stupid to post at all.0 -
I think what Len meant is that the area changed not only demographically but the buildings have changed as well.0
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No mate, the only pub I ever frequented in the town centre was in my teens to the Shakespeare Hotel for a gig.ElfsborgAddick said:RedChaser said:
It's a bit different to even 40 years ago mate.ElfsborgAddick said:RedChaser said:yI was born and went to school in Woolwich if that helps. 😉
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A bit different 70 years ago till now then mate.Did the Elephant and Castle in the market ever get your custom mate.If you can remember that far back of course.
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It is quite remarkable. Almost apartheid, the way Woolwich Road divides the two.Karim_myBagheri said:Woolwich is an odd place. Went there last year to see the boat before it got decommissioned (which I know is odd in itself but we are anoraks) anyway... The bit that really surprised me is the wrong side of the tracks (in Woolwich's case the road) where in the side close to the river all very nice, youngs? Pubs and flats for yuppies. So very seperate from the other side which has the woolwich I know, it's a bit rough but more me I guess. Never seen such an obvious divide showing gentrification. Surely something some kid at University could do a thesis on, the changing landscape of London.
The Arsenal site has always been separate, of course, but not because of money, unlike now.
It does make me hanker after a wrong side of the tracks Woolwich pub crawl though.6 -
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It is quite remarkable. Almost apartheid, the way Woolwich Road divides the two.Karim_myBagheri said:Woolwich is an odd place. Went there last year to see the boat before it got decommissioned (which I know is odd in itself but we are anoraks) anyway... The bit that really surprised me is the wrong side of the tracks (in Woolwich's case the road) where in the side close to the river all very nice, youngs? Pubs and flats for yuppies. So very seperate from the other side which has the woolwich I know, it's a bit rough but more me I guess. Never seen such an obvious divide showing gentrification. Surely something some kid at University could do a thesis on, the changing landscape of London.
The Arsenal site has always been separate, of course, but not because of money, unlike now.
It does make me hanker after a wrong side of the tracks Woolwich pub crawl though.That would be fun, I'm sure.
It's probably the thick end of 30 years, maybe more, since I've drunk (been drunk) in Woolwich and I would like to see how many of my old haunts have changed or no longer there.
I fondly remember the Union Tavern off the back of Macbean Street back in the early/mid70s - it was my local when I was at school!
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