What I would like to have is a photograph of #12 Penton Place, Walworth - the home of a 3Xgreat Uncle in 1848.
I did an interesting walk around the area in June last year but the photos that I took then did not turn out at all.
My faint hope is that someone might live near there and be able to send me a digital photo or similar.
Margaret, try the John Harvard Library at the Borough, they had photos of where my mum was born. I dont know if they routinely photographed places about to be demolished for clearance etc.,
Dear Jan,
Many thanks for your response. No, I am not in London - I am in Perth, Western Australia - so visiting the Borough library will be difficult. Do you have an address for it that I can write to?
is number 12 still standing? I dont have a digital camera, but in a few weeks will be down that way and could take an ordinary common old photo if that would help?
Not sure this is what you want, as it is not old enough. The alternative option is on the other side of the road and is walk-up flats. Photo is here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/loafer123/13951518/
This is 12 Pullens Buildings, Penton Place. 9 and 12 are in the same block.
Higher numbers (from 60ish upwards) in Penton Place are still standing, and are Victorian bay fronted houses.
Regards,
Loafer
Edited 2 times. Last edit at 15 May 2005 12.41pm by loafer.
Dear Loafer,
Thankyou for those photos - I think the Pullens buildings are probably what I am after. Do you think that they are as old as 1840s?
You call them walk up flats. Would they have been two bedrooms, family room and kitchen do you think - or smaller than that?
GGGUncle was compositor/ printer. Would he have worked from there or had premises elswhere?
Regards
Margaret.
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