We are staying at Abbey Wood in what Denise calls 'our caravanette'. Yesterday we helped her and Kay clear out some of Wallie's things from the 14th floor flat in Rotherhithe. He died in February and we will be back for the funeral in a few weeks.
Whilst waiting for the appointment time we took a look at Camberwell Grove because we had watched a very interesting series called The Secret History of Our Streets (there is also a book). Chris had seen a house in Camberwell Grove advertised at £2.3 million (pictured below).
And then one notices between such superior town houses blocks of flats. It looks a bit like in-fill builds on bomb sites, which are of course common in London.
There is no architectural consistency along Camberwell Grove, but there are some very fine houses. The curiosity is that there are also on this street houses and flats built by either LCC/GLC or the appropriate London Borough. I'm being vague because it will depend on when and by which authority the closure and demolition of these fine old houses was done. Walking along Camberwell Grove it's fairly clear that some of that council housing is still in social renting. The BBC programme is about how and why some of the houses on Camberwell Grove were closed and demolished despite strong local opposition.
Nearby stalks Wilson the Wolf, just in front of the Salvation Army barracks on Champion road that leads onto Denmark Hill.
And there is the meat Wilson seeks. The Ram guards the Sheep and the Lamb, between them and the Wolf is a road.
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