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Black and White photo of the children and a pianist at the street party for VE or VJ day, 1945

Black and White photo of a street party to celebrate VE or VJ day, 1945

Black and White photo taken from a window of a street party to celebrate VE or VJ day, 1945

Control Room staff at theTechnical Institute Civil Defence.

Black and White Photograph of testing street lighting in Brockley Four children in civilian wear testing street lighting in Malpas Road during World War Two.

The Chichester, Deptford 21 Jan 1943

The Chichester, Deptford 21 Jan 1943

The Chichester, Deptford 21 Jan 1943

The Elms was built as a farmhouse, probably in the 1780s, after the partial demolition of the Tudor mansion known as Place House, where the farmer had lived until then. The bay windows were added c.1870. The gradual break-up of the old Place House farm after 1850 made much of western Catford available for building.

Much of the early suburban development of Hither Green in the years around 1800 was made possible by the piecemeal enclosure of wasteland bordering Hither Green Lane. In 1788 Lord Dartmouth leased the site on which two semi-detached houses, later called the Elms and the Chesnuts, were built. The early tenants included shopkeepers from Leadenhall Street and The Strand, and a Bermondsey vinegar manufacturer. The Elms later became the St. Mary's Mission House It was demolished around 1891 to provide part of the site for St. Swithun's Church. The other house, known as the Chestnuts, became the vicarage in 1886 and is now the oldest building in Hither Green.

Black and White photo of the entrance gate to Down Drive Farm, 1953

Black and White photo of the pig sty and shed, 17/1/1964