William Henry Pratt alias Boris Karloff, 1887-1969 By Nic Price on 17 June 2005 — 1 min read KARLOFF, BORIS, (alias for) PRATT, William Henry, (1887-1969), Actor, was born here. 36 Forest Hill Road, East Dulwich, SE22 Southwark 1998 [+] More
Percy Lane Oliver, 1878-1944 By Nic Price on 17 June 2005 — 1 min read OLIVER, Percy Lane (1878-1944), Founder of the first voluntary blood donor service, lived and worked here. 5 Colyton Road, SE22 Southwark 1979 [+] More
Blue Plaques in East Dulwich By Nic Price on 17 June 2005 — 1 min read If you know of any blue plaques in the East Dulwich area please let me know. I’m going to start collecting photos and details here and in the East Dulwich Flickr Group. Thanks to Lawrence for the idea. Get more info on Blue Plaques on the English Heritage site. More
SE22 By Nic Price on 1 June 2005 — 1 min read Encouraged by Robert Perkins comment on an earlier posting, I’m thinking about gathering more info on the local area. I’d like to start collecting interesting tidbits about the past and present of the East Dulwich area and also other peoples stories, memories, links to sites, photos etc. I’m happy to scan and host photos relevant... More
More on East Dulwich By Nic Price on 2 April 2005 — 1 min read East Dulwich came about when four local land owners sold up their estates to building prospectors in the final years of Queen Victoria’s reign. The largest of the four was the Friern Manor Farm estate. On the East Dulwich section of the curiously named Ideal homes: suburbia in focus (complete with garden gnomes in the... More
A classic example of a late Victorian suburb By Nic Price on 28 March 2005 — 1 min read East Dulwich: is a classic example of a laste Victorian suburb had a cinema between 1938 and 1972 (the building was demolished in 2003) was bombed heavily in World War II during the Blitz and by V1 and V2 flying bombs had electric trams until 1952 was originally in the county of Surrey and in... More
Sunday circuit By Nic Price on 13 March 2005 — 1 min read Good run… Up Dunstans Road and turn left (South) on to Lordship Lane Opposite Harvester on South Circular go through gate and up Cox’s Walk to Dulwich Woods Up hill over disused railway tunnel at back of Sydenham Hill Wood (Nature Reserve) which comes out on Sydenham Hill Turn right along Sydenham Hill to mini-roundabout... More
Where the dill grows By Nic Price on 5 February 2005 — 1 min read On lordshiplane.co.uk the following from a book titled East Dulwich by John D Beasley: In A View of Dulwich, Peckham and Camberwell around 1300 Rosemary Warhurst records that in 1340 there was a hamlet called Est Dilewissh where William Mabuhs, a marshall, sold houses, gardens, arable lands, heath and enclosures to John Leverich. This was... More