Stories

Some of these stories are still being edited - if you see any mistakes I would be grateful if you could email me and let me know.

I would like to see your story in print, would you also?
It doesn't matter how long or short it is, how sad or funny, or whether
you're an amateur writer or a graduate from an online university,
whatever you can recall about those days would be great. I'd love you to
include any photos, if possible.

I will compose your recollections into a story, if you want, so just put them down, along with any date(s) and place names if you can recall them or just put “I think it was ...” if you are not sure.

(Please include your telephone number, if available)

Email me at: ceedub@plumstead-stories.com

or write to:

“ My Story”
P.O. Box 15-324
Wellington 6004
New Zealand

Some stories from my first combined book 'Common Folk,' vol 1 & vol 2.

(My third book, 'More Common Folk' has many, many more stories that tell about those earlier days of yesteryear.)

- 8 -

• 8th Woolwich (St. Margaret's) Scout Group - Christopher Martyn

- A -

• A Boy's Excitement During The War - Denns Allen
• A Child's Chore - Mike Lucas
• A Child's Day Out - Colin Weightman
• A Delivery Boy Remembers - Dave Carpenter
• A Good Cheap Day Out On The Ferry - Colin Weightman.
• A Liturgy for the Integrity Of Creation - Frances Hiller
• A Rolling Tyre Gathers Much Mischief - Colin Weightman
• A Short History Of The Royal Arsenal at Woolwich
• A South East Londoner's Story - Chapter 1 - Henry R.J. Pilott
• A Wing and Some Prayers - Brian Batley
• A Young Boy Remembers the War Years In Plumstead - Chris Kitchenham
• A Young Girls War Time Memories - Miriam Bastable (nee Crooks)
• Aeroplane Crash Over Plumstead - Colin Weightman
• Alan Gibbs Rembers
• Alfred John Boon - A family history 1910-1998
• An Arsenal Lad - Jack Vaughan
• An SE18 Child of Days Gone By - Colin Weightman
• Ann's Story - Ann Warner (nee Weightman)
• Anne Clarke Remembers - Anne Reen (nee Clarke)
• At Plumstead - Poem by Roger Taylor

- B -

• Babette Meader (nee Saunders) Remembers
• Baked Spuds & Tea Leaves - Colin Weightman
• Barbara Sullivan (nee Chappell) Remembers
• Beasley's Brewery ... An Ale Tale - Roger Jewiss
• Blitz Over Plumstead And Districts - WWII letter by Iris Gildon (nee Hannaford)
• Bombed Out Twice - Joan Moakes (nee Graves)
• Boyhood Memories of 26 Brookhill Road, Woolwich - Don Wilkinson
• Brian Rake (Rakey) remembers...

- C -

• Case 942 , Case 1180 , Case 224 - other examples of poverty
• Civilian Causalities - author unknown
• Clean Lake, Dirty lake, Our Lake Districts - Colin Weightman
• Colin Beckford Remembers
• Collins Family in Plumstead
• Contented Memories Of AYoung Boy - Colin Weightman
• Conway School Remembered - Colin Weightman

- D -

• Death Of AZeppelin, 1916 from www.eyewitnesstohistory.com
• Dogfight Over Blackfen - September 1940 - Eric

- E -

• Early Observations Of Plumstead 1900
• Early Observations Of The Woolwich Market 1899 (Beresford Square) on a Saturday Night Eith Some Prices Of Produce etc.'
• Eglinton Road 1st November 1944 - Lorna Chudasama
• Evacuated From South London To Kent - Daphne Roma Thompson (nee Crawford)
• Extracts From The Diary Of Bill Emerson

- F-

• Frills, Furbiloes, Veils And Handkerchiefs - Sheila Lee (nee Jordan)
• From A Child's Perspective - Chris Kitchenham
• From Country Boy To Town Boy - John Miles

- G-

• Gardens And Their Secrets - Colin Weightman
• Growing Up In Plumstead In The War Years - Jennifer Mellor (nee Batcock)
• Growing Up In The Prefab Village On Winn's Common - Barbara Rosam (nee Biddle)

- H -

• Harry's Nine Lives - Wartime memories - Harry Goldstein
• Heads Greengrocers Ancestry - Mark Head
• History Of The Woolwich Free Ferry - D.J.Payne, C.ENG. F.I.E.E. F.C.I.B.S. M.B.I.M.
• Hopping On A Horse Tram - E.R. Oakley

- I-

• In The Begining... PLUMSTEAD - Roger Jaques
• Invitation To Buckingham Palace - The Ernest Kelly Story.

- J -

• Janet Fagg's (nee Beal) Memories of Plumstead
• Joan Doling Reminiscences - Joan Smith (nee Doling)
• Joyce Foster Remembers - Now Joyce Hyne

- K -

• Keith Littlewood's Remininscences
• Ken Costin's Blast From The Past!

- L -

• Life In The 1920's, 30's And 40's - Iris Gildon (nee Hannaford).
• Life history of Brend May Surridge - Michael L Hume
• London During The Blitz And My Evacuation - Alec george Turner
• Lorna Chudasama (nee Riches) Remembers

- M-

• Mark Remembers - Mark Weightman
• Memories Of A Childhood Stay In Plumstead - Valerie Cunningham
• Memories Of A Young Girl Growing Up In Plumstead - Lynda Stevens (now French)
• Memories Of A Young Plumstead Girl - Jacqueline Alcorn (now Willmott)
• Memories Of Being Evacuated In 1939 - Anne Openage
• Memories Of Childhood - Alan West
• Memories Of Evacuation - Kitty Liddle
• Memories Of Eglinton Road School 1943-1949 - Roy Earnshaw
• Memories Of Plumstead Common And King's Warren School - Sheila Andrews
• Memories Of When We Were Young - Roger Herbert (now Harry Lane)
• Messerschmitt Bf 109E Crash, Plumstead - Ken Costin
• Michael Hume's Family Story
• More Tales from Yesteryear - John Miles
• My Common - Christopher Martin
• My Experiences As A Child In WW2 - Diane Francesca Smith (nee Jones)
• My Memories - David Butler
• My Riley Family History in Plumstead - Peter Riley-Jordan
• My Uncle - Derek Crompton
• Myrtle Waylett (nee Bradford) Story

- O-

• Our Old Dog, Tony - Colin Weightman

- P -

• Pig Bin Days - Colin Weightman
• Plumstead Common Reminiscence - Douglas Johnson
• Plumstead in Days Gone By - Henry G Hiseman
• Plumstead In The 1940s - Bill Emerson
• Plumstead Baths And A Tragic Birthday - Ellen Searle
• Post-war Memories Of Plumstead And Woolwich - Jennifer Mallor (nee Batcock)
• Poverty In Our Area - example case histories
• Prison Hulks At Woolwich - The terrible fate that many of the prisoners suffered whilst confined in the stinking prison hulks.

- R -

• Recollections Of Plumstead & Woolwich, Early 1930's-1950's - Gordon Cotton
• Reminiscences - (of the Globe Theatre, 1940 and M McCarthy) Phyllis Townshend
• Reminiscences Of Winn's Common And Plumstead Common - Frances Hillier
• Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society - Adam Matthew Publications

- S-

• Saturday Morning Flicks At The Century - Colin Weightman
• Sid Blanche's Story
• Smells And Noise - Sheila Lee (nee Jordan)
• Some Teachers - Dave Carpenter
• Stephen John Head Killed By WWI Zeppelin - from Head family history
• Stubborn Horses - Bob Kentsley
• Surviving The 'Doodlebugs' - Len Holiday

- T -

• That Soccer Game - Mark Weightman
• The Blitz Kid That Stayed Behind - Derek Boswell
• The Boy & The Country Tramp - Colin Weightman
• The Fire Watch - James Liddle
• The Five Idlers of Plumstead Common - Poem
• The Flash Flood of 1955 - Graham Day (Hopper)
• The Gosling Family, Plumstead - Bev Connolly (nee Gosling)
• The Great Adventure lands Around Our Commons - Colin Weightman
• The Hospital Grounds - Colin Weightman
• The Local Corner Shop - Colin Weightman
• The Neve, Picton & Rogers families - Freda Gibson (nee Rogers)
• The Other Barrow Boys - Colin Weightman
• The Pie 'n Mash Song - by Tom Cooper
• The Plumstead Common Riots, 1876 - by Barbara Ludlow
• The Royal Arsenal And The Light Resque Squad Volunteers - Len Thynne
• The Real Value Of Horses - Colin Weightman
• The Unseen Raider - Morris Freedman (the first use of the Zeppelin in war)
• The Woodman Pub And Bus Terminal - Colin Weightman
• The Woolwich Empire Remembered - Colin Weightman
• The Woolwich Poem - Roger Jewiss
• Those Happiest Of Days! about Foxhill School by Kentish Independent 1974
• Those Old School Days about Timbercroft School - John Thompson
• Those Were The Days - Candinna (Candy) Tracey McFarlane (nee Smith)
• Two Drunken Tea Leaves - Colin Weightman
• Two Reminiscences - Kes Grant & Fred Strong

- V-

• VE Day - Thelma Barnett

- W-

• We was brought up proper (poem) - Tom Cooper
• Winnie's Jim Crows - Peter Walder
• Woolwich Arsenal Days and Bullets - Colin Weightman
• Woolwich Barracks - Bob Kentsley
• Woolwich Childhood - Wynne Hadley (nee English)
• Woolwich Free Ferry
• Woolwich In The War - Alan Robinson
• Woolwich Royal Arsenal

- Y -

• Young Charlie Reed's Accident - Colin Weightman

Beware Of The Ghost Of The Christmas Blast! By Albert Hooper.
A comical yet poignant story that recounts the young Bert's Christmas memories of his childhood home life.

The Bowman's Hollow Killer by Albert Hooper.
How a dramatic accidental event literally changed a young boy's perception on life and his faith.

The Plumstead Common Grand Prix by Albert Hooper.
The charming story of a young child's adventures of driving his No. 6 Red Racer.

The Slade Swings by Albert Hooper.
A nostalgic look back to when life was so much simpler to enjoy simple childhood pleasures.