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Most of the housing in this quarter of the square was built in the mid-late 1930s, and most is semi-detached, often extended now from 3 to 4 bedrooms. The original very durable concrete (with pebble-chip) road surface remains, patched occasionally. The original grey 1930s heavy paving slabs have been relaid after cable TV installed their pipes and other equipment. The pink ones are post-war replacements for cracked slabs. Parking restrictions and yellow lines appeared in the 1990s.
©Roger Kidd
Dist:0.2km<br/>Telford Road was developed in the late 1930s with a mixture of chalet and standard types of semi-detached houses, all with these castellated brick walls dividing the front gardens from each other, and the pavement. The road had narrow grass verges planted with cherry blossom trees (pink). The image has been scanned from a 35mm Ilford FP3 monochrome negative, date circa February or March 1964.
©Roger Kidd
Dist:0.2km<br/>The housing in this quarter of the square is almost exclusively semi-detached, built in the mid-late 1930s, with a lot of the chalet style buildings fashionable at the time. Some were sold in 1937 for £700 (2007 price un-extended, around £300,000) The road surface (apart from patches) is still the original hard concrete packed with tiny stones and pebbles. Many of these three bedroom semis have been extended.
©Roger Kidd
Dist:0.2km<br/>This quarter of the square is almost exclusively made up of 1930s semi-detached housing, around half of it in the fashionable (at the time) chalet style with downstairs toilet and bathroom. Since the 1970s many have been extended in a variety of ways. This image shows the original shape with original 1937 castellated front garden wall, and the next one which is now four bedroomed. The house by the telegraph pole still has the original 1937 castellated brick garden wall.
©Roger Kidd
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©Oast House Archive
Dist:0.3km<br/>The householder at 146 Imperial Way, New Eltham, Kent has wisely had solar panels installed on his roof: if recent energy price increases are considered, he could have made a very wise move. Meanwhile, a pensioner waits for a bus on Route 162.
©Dr Neil Clifton
Dist:0.3km<br/>At the Chislehurst end Kemnal Road starts off as a road with houses either side, but midway to the A20 it becomes more like a country lane and eventually is just a muddy path as seen here. The A20 is in the far distance.
©Ian Yarham
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©Malc McDonald
Dist:0.4km<br/>This footbridge provides a way for pedestrians to cross the busy A20 dual carriageway. Visible in the foreground are the traffic reduction measures which prevent traffic from the A20 (apart from bicycles) from entering Domonic Drive, which is a quiet residential road.
©Malc McDonald
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©Alan Barlow
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©Stacey Harris
Dist:0.5km<br/>On the bend on Bercta Road.
©David Anstiss
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©Alan Barlow
Dist:0.5km<br/>A sign at the end of Gravelwood Close (cul-de-sac) still points to St Aidan's church, but it was demolished a few years ago and replaced by these nondescript houses.
©Stephen Craven
Dist:0.6km<br/>As seen from [[2555279]]. This line leads from central London (via New Eltham) towards Sidcup and onwards to Dartford.
©David Anstiss

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