THE GRANVILLE PARKERS

Tales surrounding the block of flats in Granville Park SE London that was the home of my youth.

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THE GRANVILLE PARKERS - CLIFF- MOVE IT!

Recycled and Upcycled from my Blog in honour of Cliff's 80th Birthday 14th October 2020 62 years ago Cliff released his first hit single Move It!, on...
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THE GRANVILLE PARKERS - POST WAR SE LONDON

I was born in 1950, in Lewisham Hospital, London SE13. It had been a workhouse, then a military hospital for the returning wounded of WW1. Mum and...

THE GRANVILLE PARKERS - EPITAPH

Not long before Christmas 2021 I heard the sad news that my longest-standing friend, Roy South, had passed away on 29 th November 2021 having only...

THE GRANVILLE PARKERS - VICTORIANS TO WW2

After the war, many bombed-out families from SE London needed to be re-housed urgently. Like my family, originating from the Peckham/Bermondsey area...