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New cross gate station
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New cross gate station

Mary Ann Buildings circa 1960's
14/03/2016

Mary Ann Buildings circa 1960's

Fire Station in Evelyn Street 1900,s ?
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Fire Station in Evelyn Street 1900,s ?

Deptford Kids 1960's
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Deptford Kids 1960's

Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham Girl's School, New Cross, c 1905
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Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham Girl's School, New Cross, c 1905

Goldsmiths' College, Lewisham Way, New Cross, c 1935
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Goldsmiths' College, Lewisham Way, New Cross, c 1935

Theatres in New Cross, Deptford, London, SE14The New Cross Empire was built by the renowned Theatre Architect Frank Matc...
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Theatres in New Cross, Deptford, London, SE14

The New Cross Empire was built by the renowned Theatre Architect Frank Matcham for London District Empire Palaces Ltd., and opened with a variety show on the Tuesday the 1st of August 1899. The Theatre was to have opened on Monday the 31st of July but the Licence wasn't ready in time.

The large auditorium with a seating capacity of 2,000 was built on four levels, Stalls (290) and Pit (466), Grand Circle (406), Upper Circle (254), Balcony (240), and four Boxes, two on either side of the proscenium, with seating for four persons each.

Right - A variety programme for the New Cross Empire for the 5th of June, 1911 - On the Bill were Joe Boganny's O***m Friends, Belloni's Wonderful Cockatoos, Barrett & Knowles, Lillie Lassah, Will Poluski Junr, Henry Helme, Mona Garrick, Ernie Leno, Harry Friskey, Van Biene, and the American Bioscope - The Programme is part of a collection of material from Ethel Bourne and Mona Garrick who were solo performers but also performed as part of their family act 'The Five Sisters', see card below.

The venue new crossThe Venue in New Cross Road has a long history as a place of entertainment. It opened as the New Cros...
14/03/2016

The venue new cross
The Venue in New Cross Road has a long history as a place of entertainment. It opened as the New Cross Super Kinema in 1925, with a cinema on the ground floor and the New Cross Palais de Danse above, as well as a cafe. The name was shortened to New Cross Kinema from 1927, the plain Kinema in 1948, and finally Gaumont in 1950. It closed in August 1960, and remained derelict for some time. Part of the building was demolised before the old dancehall became The Harp Club and then The Venue (the picture here is from the 1920s).
'Our favourite little places for dancing was the New Cross Palais, it never had drinks licence or anything like that, and it's now The Venue painted black! At Laurie Grove Baths, they used to cover it over with a beautiful floor over the swimming pool, and there'd be a proper band. But New Cross Palais had the best band, because it was Art Tullock and his band and it was a beautiful dance floor. I can't remember how much it was, I think it was about two shillings. We used to go to Greenwich Town Hall, and dance to records, it was a shilling on a Tuesday, and walk home. Go on the tram because you didn't want to get your hair all messed up, and walk home. Two shillings at the Palais, and Sunday it used to be Club Day only, but we used to go up and stand outside, and some of the lads would come up, and they'd sign us in you see, so we used to get in that's what we used to do.

We didn't do a lot of drinking in those days, only if the young lads from our youth club used to go up there. Hardly any of them could dance, but they used to suggest the three of us might go up the Marquis, and we'd have a larger and lime, and then go back to the dance thing. There wasn't a lot of money around in those days".

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The Haberdashers

A succession of owners held the manor of Hatcham, including the Crown, until in 1614 it was bought by the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers. The Worshipful Company of Haberdashers is one of the ancient guilds of the City of London. It has its roots in a medieval fraternity, a group of people who lived in the same area doing the same sort of work and who worshipped at St. Paul’s Cathedral. Haberdashers traded ribbons, beads, purses, gloves, pins, caps and toys, and later hats as well. The Company had the right to search all haberdashers’ shops within three miles of the City, and to destroy goods which were not up to standard.

The origin’s of the name ‘Telegraph Hill’ John Rocque’s map of c.1740 shows that the land of today’s conservation area w...
14/03/2016

The origin’s of the name ‘Telegraph Hill’

John Rocque’s map of c.1740 shows that the land of today’s conservation area was almost exclusively agricultural although the map does illustrate some development immediately on either side of today’s New Cross Road. Telegraph Hill is marked on Rocque’s map as ‘Plow’d Garlic Hill’ which may derive from the name of a family or perhaps the fact that garlic was grown locally. Telegraph Hill owes its present name to the fact that its highest point was formerly one of the stations on the line of semaphores, established in 1795, which were used by the Admiralty before the invention of the electric telegraph. Telegraph Hill was on the communication line between London, Deal and Dover. It was used to bring news of Wellington’s victory at Waterloo in 1815.

[The accuracy of some of the details of this well known story of the origins, as recognised by Lewisham Council, is disputed by some. Thank you to Paul Taylor who tells us: “There was never a semaphore on Telegraph Hill. There was, however, a shutter telegraph station. This system was closed down in 1814 and not opened during Napoleon’s 100 days, between his leaving Elba and 18th June 1815, the Battle of Waterloo. That the information of Napoleon’s demise arrived in London via the Admiralty Telegraph is a myth!” So there ya go! From the terms used by English Heritage it appears it’s probably best referred to as a ‘Telegraph Station‘, which they indicate used ‘semaphore shutters’ (and telescopes) suggesting that both are actually right].

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