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I've organised the page in the form of a timeline, covering the entire street, with an ambitious plan to delve into a more detailed historical examination of each property. In section 1.5, titled "Former Residents by Individual Property," I've currently only linked to my childhood home, No...

Recently, I stumbled upon an intriguing concept known as One-Place-Studies (OPS), which opened up online avenues for sharing my insights into places with which I hold a special connection. Previously, I've shared personal anecdotes about my childhood home in Charleville Circus on this forum, hoping ...

Your conclusion is pretty much spot on, although Poles might have been anywhere in Europe when they were discharged from duty. Currently, I'm piecing together my father's journey, who, at 18, was forcibly conscripted into the Wehrmacht. When the Allies landed at Normandy, he was in France and was ei...

Absolutely, Stuart. I'll continue to share my memories. This platform serves my needs perfectly as a space to reminisce about the joyful moments spent in Sydenham. I remain optimistic that a past or present resident will eventually come forward with a historical treasure trove of information or perh...

My father embodied gentleness, his voice never raised in anger, a true gentleman. In my ongoing exploration of our family history, the reason behind my parents' relocation to Sydenham remains elusive. They tied the knot in 1957 in Islington and initially resided in lodgings in Stoke Newington. Perha...

Charleville Circus now has its own page on WikiTree - a free open source global family tree:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Cha ... lace_Study

The idea is to connect the place with people of the past with future study of census data.

I had hoped to spark conversations among past and present residents of Charleville Circus when I joined the Sydenham town forum last June. However, it seems that this platform, once vibrant with community engagement, has experienced a decline in active participation. It appears that diverging opinio...

Charleville Circus History Part 2 1891 Census Most (not all) properties listed on census. Some residents in Charleville Circus during this period were affluent enough to employ a servant whose name would also be on the census. 1901 Census Most properties listed on census but some errors with house ...

Charleville Circus History Part 1 1854 Crystal Palace opens in Sydenham after the structure has been transported from Hyde Park and reassembled. Extract from 'A Brief History of Lawrie Park' Sydenham & Forest Hill Local History George Wythes of Bickley Hall bought the site enclosed by Crystal P...

Pathé Newsreel

Steam Roller crashes into a Milk Shop in Sydenham (1935). Does anyone know precisely where this happened?

https://cutt.ly/awL05mcl

I have a couple of photographs of my birthday party in October 1964, aged six (confirmed by the number of candles on the cake), taken at home in Charleville Circus, Sydenham. I tried to work out which room of the house this photo was taken – my best guess is it's on the lower ground floor at the fro...

The festival featured on this British Pathe newsreel

Link to video:
https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/87730

Link to advertising leaflet:

https://boroughphotos.org/lambeth/inter ... e-leaflet/

International Sports Festival Crystal Palace, London. 11th-21st August 1965. Admission 6 shillings (30p), Schoolchildren 3 shillings (15p). Advertised as... This summer at the Crystal Palace something new is being presented! A gay, colourful presentation of modern sport. Weekdays 10am-8pm. It's rare...

Compared to young children today, we had more freedom at the age of five or six to venture unsupervised slightly beyond the sanctuary of home. In our case this was the eastern segment of Charleville Circus. I grew up very familiar with the entrance roads from Westwood Hill and Crystal Palace Park Ro...

Aerial views of Charleville Circus from Historic England Archive Links of views you can zoom-in to see some incredible detail. RAF vertical photo plane shot in 1946 including large proportions of Wells Park & Crystal Palace Park with Charleville Circus in the centre https://historicengland.org....

An extremely clear aerial photo taken with onscreen zoom to view Amberley Road and other local details. Historic England Aerofilms Collection Crystal Palace Park looking towards Upper Sydenham, Penge, from the south-west, 1964 https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/archive/collections/aerial-ph...

I'm attaching another photo taken from the garden of 15 Charleville Circus – that's me in the foreground when I could move quick enough to create a blur for the camera. There is a small structure, not unlike a glass house on the roof at the building at the back. When compared with a previous photo I...

Our Sydenham telephone numbe r In the olden days when telephones were attached to the wall with a short cord, there was a peculiar but very easy method to verbally relay a telephone number. Inner city areas, towns and villages had a three digit prefix created from the place name. So SYDenham was SY...

I noticed something about the last photo that I posted. There is a small structure, not unlike a glass house on the roof at the building at the back. When compared with a previous photo I posted on this page and at: https://sydenham.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?p=195782#p195782 the same structure had ...