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Lived in swan Lane Estate for many years. The only block I didn't was sandwich house but had many friends who did the good old days

Dreadful caption spelling!

so good to see our house (the old rectory ) as it was. thank you

I met my wife in southwark Park at the fair 53 years ago I took her to the ship pub on our first date saloon bar very posh then all my mates were in the public bar thinking I was a snob in them days we are still together to this day and live down in dymchurch

Spent my childhood in Rotherhithe and Bermondsey nan and grandad aunts and uncle all born their dockers and road workers

Great video 👍👍👍👍

I worked in the mixing room of peak Freans in the late 70s doing the night shift. It paid well at the time £110 per week. I was on a working holiday at the time.

I was a van boy in 1965/68 and also helped organise the cricket at their fabulous club and ground at Sidcup Bypass. I also remember playing table tennis in the clubhouse over the Vita-wheat building?

Was a van boy there in 1965, also helped organised the cricket team at PF ground on the Sidcup bypass. Great memories.

i agree best manager ive ever worked with thank you for the experience :)

Superb well documented and presented history, I'm a suburban Londoner, but my late wife was from Docklands Savage Gardens and when drove thru Docklands before the new buildings rose up she say that was a yard, I used play there on barges, that were Dad worked she had such strong memories of the area, and worked in Shipping and Import and Export most of her life, she was proud of her Docks based East End Background, woe betide any idiot who commented badly on it without understanding it. There is still so much hidden history of the world most famous and important Port City Financial City and Capital City, so much was entwined in Trade Export Import Finance InsuranceTrading.. Just reading the history of the port of London by Peter Stone a vast emporium of all nations.. Plus other on the this **City of Cities..**

Thank You Thank You That brings back memories when I used to ride around there delivering telegrams to the Docks I remember delivering to the Ships themselves.

Loved all these films of 🎉Rotherhithe left at 15 was an amazing place to grow up I lived at Surrey docks , the ships were plenty with New Year’s Eve the skys alight from the ship’s fireworks , very happy days , thanks for wonderful memories

Memories xxx

Great work, terrific subject.....you're a natch!

Nicely done M.🎨

The Peeks! From nr Loddiswell in South Devon. Hazelwood House a wonderful old Victorian country house. A hotel until recently now private again. The architecture all carrying the strangely noticeable quirk of having a round window in every gable. I used to stay at the old farm nearby and the converted barn had that round window. I often fancied it might be a nod to the humble Biscuit on which a lot of The Peeks fortunes were based upon. The first Peek also from humble origins became a Lord Mayor of London. Of The Freans I apologise, I know not a lot apart from the wonderful baked produce. Fascinating histories. ~Thanks for posting this video.:)

Great

My family lived for generations in Rotherhithe in Ainsty St where my dad was born in 1919. My greatgrandfather and grandfather were dock workers, Rotherhithe was very much a working class area in those days. One of my family members fell into the river by Sy Mary's Church and drowned leaving a young widow and children. I loved seeing the church knowing that generations of my family were there at one time. Thank you for sharing this video.

Good video but would be better if it had a voice over, for those who struggle to read.

As a boy of 10 years I lived in Clements Road directly opposite Peek Freans during the war years of 1943-45. The main entrance to the factory was then sited at the end of Keeton's Road. On Monday evenings we were allowed to a 2 hour Scout/Cub meeting in a workers gymnasium sited at the top of one of the tall factory blocks. Our house faced two of Peeks factory blocks and during the V1 (Doodlebug) raids my father and I sat on our front window ledge during the raids. WE watched for the V1 and if they approached in the gap between the factory blocks it was to the shelter outside the gap we watched them fly by and listened for their engine shut down and the bang. Another fact never mentioned is that Peeks kept pigs during the war which were housed in a compound in Clements road. They woke me up regularly each morning with their squeals at feeding time. What memories !!! Peeks P

Amazing that of all the pubs featured on parts one and two of this series only two remain in Rotherhithe St!!. They are The Mayflower and The Blacksmiths Arms!!. As mentioned on here there were 57 pubs in Rotherhithe Street in around the 1920s!.Now that is a really sad fact that this is no longer the case.

Great stuff,i am a Bermondsey Boy,born and bred so i just loved this. But so much has changed.Mainly how the area has become desirable for wealthy outsiders!!.It is a very sad fact but true. And The Neptune was the first pub i ever drank in and where i met my wife in 1980. It was a fantastic pub in all respects.Unfortunately, as you saw,the pub has gone like many others in the area.

Really enjoyed that. Thank you.

Great video. Thank you. Whenever a black cab driver heard I wanted to go to Rotherhithe Street, he'd invariably say, "Did you know...?" Yes, I know it's the longest street in London. :-) Really enjoyed living there in the '90s, when it was still being developed. It could sometimes be scary at night with a bit of a them and us attitude from the estates, but I never came to any harm.

A truly fascinating video. I've never been in Rotherhithe but this place has a lot of history. Thanks for sharing. 🥇🏆

Used to love shopping down the blue as a kid Nan lived in silwood street my mum worked at shutleworths chocolate factory loved those times

Michael Hi, Very well done i must say, My father, worked in the area the Company name was H.J. Enthoven i think that's how it as spelled a Lead business he worked after WW11 till 1969 as Transport manager. In 1958 one of the driver's names was Alec not sure of the surname but we traveled to Preston I was told. Any information would be of great help to me thanking you. Bill Hollis.

so very informative parts one and two..a very professional presentation...A.1

Used to live near enough opposite the farm

Great video used to live in rotherhithe street and stave yard road

Been a few years since this video was first made I lived near to rotherhithe and drank in the Ship and mayflower pubs for a few years, some good memories, thanks

Missed very much old Bermondsey and Rotherhithe. Thank you for posting.

Thank you for these very important posts. Very very much appreciated.

All ways thought of as a ruff area certainly deprived. I only had to listen to my Father. I found nothing but kindness when I worked there from the old residents that had gone through the war when the Docks were ablaze. Just full of history not only local but also world changing. Blessed is our inheritance. Thank you for posting. My Uncle John Facey (decoratedWW2) worked on the River. I remember him telling me about the spread eagle and crown and a few other river side pubs, all the way to the estuary. When bodies were found in the river where they were kept until the coroner were in formed. The rights of access to the river, of Daniel de Foe, of Dickens, pilgrims, the May Fower, and the splendid early mornings and sun sets on the river.

Thank you for posting. Just brilliant this Real History.

My Grandmother came from Cherry Garden Pier my father would often visit. Knowing Rotherhithe very well how it has changed. Thank you for posting. My Grandmothers name was Pritchard. she and my Aunt Edwina were killed in 1944 by a V2 rocket.

Remember going over there for my mum buying a box of broken biscuits

You show the South portal of the Rotherhithe Tunnel, but not the two air shaft buildings on the Rotherhithe side of the river, no’s 1 and 2. The two shafts on the river banks, no’s 2 and 3 were originally pedestrian access points to the tunnel, and still contain ornate iron staircases for this purpose, though they are long closed. I hope to walk through the unelected soon to see what is still visible. I recently walked along the riverbank from Rotherhithe station to see the surface building for shaft 2, the old red lifting bridge and next to it the large lock which I assume was an entrance to the Surrey Commercial Docks. In the river, just a few metres out from the bank and close to shaft 2 there is a cylindrical metal object sticking up out of the water, maybe a couple of metres across. It’s position relative to the shaft puts it almost exactly on the line of the Tunnel; do you have any idea what it is? Thank you for uploading these videos.

many thanks! saw a picture of my house in there!

This is brilliant! Thanks

Hi, As a kid in the 1960.s i used to walk from Alscot Road, Bermondsey with my Mother to the Amos Estate, Rotherhithe to see My grandparents who were born in the area in the 1880's! I have a number of stories told about the area and from the Blitz when My mother was a teen. when docks were redeveloped My aunt still lived in one of the new estates i think behind Albion docks If i am write that be where the wood sheds were. Behind and over from Amos Estate. when I got to Gas works as a kid I always new I not far then left to walk! Great to see some old landmarks still remain. Enjoyed watching Thanks.

Lovely job. This is my home area now. Inspired me to explore.

It’s years since I had a pint in the Neptune, rupack street

Great footage !

Remember the smell? Beautiful!

Drummond road , brings back memories!

I enjoyed this

Good show but try to avoid the mind numbingly stupid choice of "music" next time. Also the title could do with editing.

My grandad worked on the docks my other grandparents lived in silwood street I went to ilderton road school in the fifties often would go off exploring the streets of deptford and rotherhithe lovely watching these videos.