World War Two Homefront

I did a walking tour on Saturday about the home life of Londoners during World War Two. It was in Lambeth-south London- though of course could have taken place anywhere.

A primary school built in the 1800s- still in use as a school
The inside of an Anderson shelter- the bomb shelters in people's garden

The Duchy Arms pub-so named because it's on land owned by the Duchy of Cornwall-ie Prince Charles is your landlord

Some of the public housing owned by the Duchy-pretty high end for social housing

An old Victorian school- during the war, it was used as a training centre for female engineers

A park built on a bomb site

A bit hard to see- but a stall full of guinea pigs!! They live at Vauxhall City Farm- I didn't use my flash because I didn't want to scare them.

A rather large bunny

Some alpacas that live on the farm

Forest Hill

On Sunday, I made a rare foray south of the river when I did a tour of Forest Hill. Forest Hill is indeed on a hill and was a very popular and posh district in the late Victorian era, it was where most of the wealthy tea merchants had their homes- it was close to the docks. Today, it is still pretty popular with families as it is slightly good value for London and is pretty nice and safe. It is one of the few areas, I would consider moving to south of the river!! (bit of a north London snob!!)

Clock tower of the Horniman Museum- founded by a tea merchant who was famous for his collection- quite a hodge podge of different things- typical Victorian interests
Glass conservatory of the Horniman Museum

A landscaped gardens in Horniman Gardens-a 20 acre public park, you can see Central London from part of it.

Victorian bandstand

A cottage for sale- yours for 500,000-a pretty good price considering it's only a few minutes from the station

Another Victorian home