OLD DEPTFORD HISTORY

A Mysterious Sighting on the Thames Path Submitted anonymously to olddeptfordhistory.com We recently received the following account from an individual who wished to remain anonymous.

A Deptford Street, an Orange, and a Question of Place (c.1926–1930) This photograph has recently resurfaced that captures a quiet, human moment from inter-war Deptford: a young boy — Andrew’s father — eating an orange, sometime around 1926–1930.

The Day the Sky Fell Silent.

Lost Pubs of Deptford: A Vanished Drinking Landscape Deptford was once thick with pubs.

Moving Final Tributes From The Battle of the Somme Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Deptford’s Fallen: Remembering Those Who Served in the First World War The Brockley & Ladywell Memorial commemorates 165 men from Deptford lost in the Great War.

Not long after I first published my post about Mary Ann Buildings, I received a lovely message from a reader named Kevin, who kindly shared a personal connection to the place: Hi Andy, Following your post and pictures of Mary Ann's Buildings, I thought I…

The Lost Burial Ground of Hughes Fields, Deptford By olddeptfordhistory.com Deptford has always been a place where London’s past meets the present.

The Kings Arms, Deptford A Ghost in the Dumb Waiter?

Three Mariners is an old sign, of which there are examples among the trades tokens, and which is still to be seen on two or three public-houses in London.

The Ghost of Brockley Cemetery: A Deptford Haunting That Shocked Victorian London A chilling night in Victorian Deptford In the spring of 1888, the quiet edges of Brockley Cemetery — then often referred to as the Deptford Cemetery — became the scene of an…

THE DEVIL OF DEPTFORD.

Paul Moriarty This July, I returned to Hadlow, Kent, for the first time in three years—a journey rooted in remembrance, as I visited my mother’s grave.

Tommy Martin Hello, I found your website and I am in search of information about 1930's boxer from Deptford Tommy Martin and his family.

Hi, great blog in Deptford.

Thank you for a fascinating website.

An unlucky and forgotten Utah painter's life is a lesson on caring for local art.

Greetings!

Hi, I read this morning, with great interest, your Old Deptford History, very good, so much information.

G'day from sunny Queensland.

Hi there, I came across your blog whilst looking for information on Whitcher Street, which appears to have existed between the late 1940s to 1970 or thereabouts.

I have just discovered your Old Deptford web site.