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I was born and lived in Walpole road New Cross from 1949 to 1971, my schools were Christopher Marlow as an infant school and Childeric school as a junior. I remember many childhood friends from the 1950’s through the next 20 years, where are you all? How many have survived until now 2021? To name a few from the local area Freddy Prince, Freddy Mason, David Jensen, Bobby Bird, Bob Mansfield, Custard Callaway, Johnny Brett, Peter Hillman, Bernard Gill, Alan Sargent, Jeff Kempster, Raymond Ward. Tony Stock. Polish Patrick who’s second name I can remember but cannot spell.
 
Longshanks said:
I was born and lived in Walpole road New Cross from 1949 to 1971, my schools were Christopher Marlow as an infant school and Childeric school as a junior. I remember many childhood friends from the 1950’s through the next 20 years, where are you all? How many have survived until now 2021? To name a few from the local area Freddy Prince, Freddy Mason, David Jensen, Bobby Bird, Bob Mansfield, Custard Callaway, Johnny Brett, Peter Hillman, Bernard Gill, Alan Sargent, Jeff Kempster, Raymond Ward. Tony Stock. Polish Patrick who’s second name I can remember but cannot spell.
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You should get in touch with DAGE - they are brilliant and theyve got their own building at 71 Deptford High Street,

DAGE homepage

www.dage.org.uk
Should be opening up again now post lockdown
Really lively community of people from around the area
A real chance you might cross paths with some extended friendship circle from your past
 
Longshanks said:
I was born and lived in Walpole road New Cross from 1949 to 1971, my schools were Christopher Marlow as an infant school and Childeric school as a junior. I remember many childhood friends from the 1950’s through the next 20 years, where are you all? How many have survived until now 2021? To name a few from the local area Freddy Prince, Freddy Mason, David Jensen, Bobby Bird, Bob Mansfield, Custard Callaway, Johnny Brett, Peter Hillman, Bernard Gill, Alan Sargent, Jeff Kempster, Raymond Ward. Tony Stock. Polish Patrick who’s second name I can remember but cannot spell.
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Did you used to go down the Den?
 
Back in them day's I remember well walking down to the Den with my Mate Gordon Edwards which was about a 10 min walk from our house, as we got closer to Cold blow lane the crowd of supporters got larger some carrying wooden football rattles which would be sounding off all along the route.
Paying about 9 old pennies I think and going through the boys turnstile. The crowd then were very well behaved and the ground nearly always full. During the games there was always shouts of encouragement and advice from the crowd towards the players, it was always good humoured fun. At half time the adult spectators would get cups of tea served in china mugs and there was tuppence refund back on the empty cups so us boys would collect as many cups as we could and take them back for the refund which we kept. Joe Broadfoot was a favourite player along with Bumpstead The Bradys and not forgetting Reg Davis the goal keeper. This was of course old forth division football nothing glamorous about clubs in them days. I can still remember the deafening roar whenever Millwall scored it was like thunder. At the end of the game the crowd on mass would exit the ground shoulder to shoulder that was quite frightening as it was just one big moving crush. The good thing about the home games was the tally up and boasting to our mates on how much money we made on the cup returns. A long while ago but fondly remembered.
 
Longshanks said:
Back in them day's I remember well walking down to the Den with my Mate Gordon Edwards which was about a 10 min walk from our house, as we got closer to Cold blow lane the crowd of supporters got larger some carrying wooden football rattles which would be sounding off all along the route.
Paying about 9 old pennies I think and going through the boys turnstile. The crowd then were very well behaved and the ground nearly always full. During the games there was always shouts of encouragement and advice from the crowd towards the players, it was always good humoured fun. At half time the adult spectators would get cups of tea served in china mugs and there was tuppence refund back on the empty cups so us boys would collect as many cups as we could and take them back for the refund which we kept. Joe Broadfoot was a favourite player along with Bumpstead The Bradys and not forgetting Reg Davis the goal keeper. This was of course old forth division football nothing glamorous about clubs in them days. I can still remember the deafening roar whenever Millwall scored it was like thunder. At the end of the game the crowd on mass would exit the ground shoulder to shoulder that was quite frightening as it was just one big moving crush. The good thing about the home games was the tally up and boasting to our mates on how much money we made on the cup returns. A long while ago but fondly remembered.
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Great stuff.
 
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