Short Video - In and around Tanner Street - 1989

This short video may be of interest to anyone interested in the Bermondsey Street area. Shot back in 1989 before redevelopment of the area got under way.

https://www.facebook.com/BermondseyStreet/posts/425835710815488

Tanner Street park was managed by a park keeper who also looked after the one in Guy Street. Anyone remember his name?

Very interesting - thanks for posting

fascinating - I remember the Sarsons factory from journeys on the train into London Bridge: after the lovely smell of baking from the Peak Freans factory it was quite a contrast!

It's like a world that you almost recognise, it's so familiar, but then you see the sarsons factory and wonder what you are looking at!

I particularly like the woman at the start who gingerly walks through the scaffolding, I can see why she was a bit worried, it didn't seem that well put up.

It's amazing that it's so quiet you can hear the birds tweeting!

I'm nigh on sure that the bank was Lloyds & not Midlands. I knew a fella who broke into it way back when & all he got were a couple of big bags of coppers.
Anyway he'd set off the silent alarms & the police surrounded the place while he was stuck up on the roof so he pelted them with the coins he'd nicked.
Fighting fire with fire ;)
Local kids were scurrying about grabbing them up & created havoc.
Great footage by the way. Any more of the area?

Definitely the Midland. My account was there until it closed. Interestingly, I just found this link to an old cheque for £25 from 1957 for sale... The bank address is 106 Bermondsey Street. £25 was probably quite a lot back then...I wonder how much it would be the equivalent to nowadays?

http://www.cheque-collector.co.uk/product.php?xProd=1053

Sidney wrote:

I'm nigh on sure that the bank was Lloyds & not Midlands. I knew a fella who broke into it way back when & all he got were a couple of big bags of coppers.
Anyway he'd set off the silent alarms & the police surrounded the place while he was stuck up on the roof so he pelted them with the coins he'd nicked.
Fighting fire with fire ;)
Local kids were scurrying about grabbing them up & created havoc.
Great footage by the way. Any more of the area?

Definitely the Midland. My account was there until it closed. Interestingly, I just found this link to an old cheque for £25 from 1957 for sale... The bank address is 106 Bermondsey Street. £25 was probably quite a lot back then...I wonder how much it would be the equivalent to nowadays?

http://www.cheque-collector.co.uk/product.php?xProd=1053