Monday 28 December 2009

Writing on the wall

Here's a little seasonal graffiti from behind Telegraph Hill - I'm not quite sure where it is really - it's not quite New Cross, not quite Brockley and not quite Nunhead either. (Foxwell Street) Is it just me or should the 'Xmas has come' bit be underneath?

And here's some slightly older wall writing...it's fairly well known because it's still in pretty good condition
4/- is 20p in modern money. Paying back £40 at 20p a week must have taken forever. (Clarendon Rise, SE13)So what would happen if I asked for Daren Bread? (Or, considering it's been repainted ''askask for Daren Bread''). This one is on Avignon Road, SE4 - or is it SE14? - and I do not recall ever knowing that it was there even though I went to school just 100 yards up the road. A lot of the streets in this area were built by the Haberdashers' Company and many of the end houses still bear the metal plaques. Maybe it's Hatcham....

It's an almost old-fashioned area - a little removed from any major shopping centre, there are still a good number of corner shops/off licences that have survived where many others in London have been converted back into housing. And there are also a fair number of car repairs places still surviving even though it's a mostly quiet residential area.


To judge by the old garage sign on the house wall there has been a garage here for some time. Just below the M.O.T. sign on the house front, there is a small Haberdashers' Company plaque painted over in white.

7 comments:

MartinK said...

Foxwell Street is right next to Brockley Station. Doesn't that make it Brockley?

Marmoset said...

That, MartinK, is an excellent point!

You're right, it's only yards away from the station. Because the different places seem to change without any clear definition or clear boundaries, I tend to think of them as just a blur. It was a bit silly of me, then, to not remember that there's a station footbridge just over the road.

Brockley Nick said...

Nice photos - do you mind if I use the first one for Brockley Central please (with a link to your blog, obviously)?

Marmoset said...

I'd be delighted if you use it, Brockley Nick.

Brockley Nick said...

ta!

Sam Roberts said...

Just came across your blog, nice to see a couple of ghostsigns on there for Jay's and Daren Bread. There's quite a lot more for Daren bread around London and these will soon be featured in the forthcoming ghostsigns archive. Keep in touch via the blog, the facebook group and the Flickr group.

Anonymous said...

That Daren Bread sign does get around :)
http://www.weekendnotes.com/telegraph-hill-parks/