Peabody Buildings Roupell/Duchy Street

Anyone still alive who lived there fifty or sixty odd years ago apart from me?

HI LORI I NEVER LIVED IN PEABODYS. HOWEVER I WAS VERY FRIENDLY
WITH A YOUNG GIRL NAMED DORIS FULLER{DOLLY} WHO LIVED ON THE GROUND FLOOR NOT FAR FROM THE ROUPELL STREET GATE IWONDERED IF YOU REMEMBER HER, BEST REGARDS RICH

I lived in the block opposite where the Fullers lived Rich. I've sent you a pm. I'm glad someone replied, I was beginning to feel as old as methuselah and that everyone else alive at that time had kicked the bucket.

Lori

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PROMPT REPLY LORI. I DONT
SUPPOSE THAT YOU KNOW HOW LIFE HAS TREATED DORIS FULLER
WHETHER SHE MARRIED AND HAD A FAMILY. SHE WAS SUCH A NICE YOUNG PERSON BEST WISHES RICH

Rich, I have but I don't think I should put it on the forum site. I"m sure the family would be upset.

Send me a private message or email me.

There must be someone alive apart from myself lived here.

Does anyone remember the Jacobson's? Pat and her younger sister and brother.

Carol Fuller and her family.

The Clarks, Olga, Shirley, Barbara and David.

Maureen Sallabanks who married Johnny Ewell and later ran a vegie shop somewhere in Blackfriars.

Barbara and Christine Newsom.

Harry Belcher and his younger brother.

The Davis's. Clive, Eunice and her older sister.

David Bell, Albert Carrington and dozens and dozens of other kids who grew up there

The Powells who lived next to the buildings and Freda Curzons who lived over the road.

Anyone who lived in the immediate area?

The Cut, Stamford Street, Blackfriars Road, Waterloo or in the nearby Building Estates.

We can't all have kicked the bucket!

Picture of Duchy Street from Richard Wale

Thanks James and a great thank you to Rich Wale who provides such stunning photographs, past and present to the Se1 site.

I didn't have that exact photo but Rich has taken my husband and myself on a vitual journey back to the present day Peabody though his skill and kindness. We've also received photographs of 'how it was' in our neighbourhood which are also treasured.

For those of us living abroad these glimpses of our old homes are invaluable and words can't express our gratitude to Rich and his wife for making such a contribution to local history.

A picture is worth a thousand words. If anyone deserves an O.B.E. then surely Rich Wale should head the list.

The estate appears in the foreground of this image from 1960:

http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=474b2a8fa1b5b437

(you can click the image to see a much larger version)