John Evelyn Primary School

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New message from Shelley Birch February 2012

Our Secret Streets

Our Secret Streets is a six part series for BBC2 exploring the history of London over the last 120 years since the social researcher Charles Booth visited every street in London for his ambitious survey: Life and Labour in London. It took him 17 years to complete his incredible study and we are now updating the survey by focusing on six London streets and areas, including Deptford High St and the residential streets connected to the streets.

We are now well underway with filming the series but would still love to hear from people who have any old photographs or film footage of this area, especially if this shows Deptford before or during the clearances in the 1950s - 1970s, which saw many streets reduced to rubble. Similarly, if you lived in Deptford at the time, and had to leave your home because of the demolition taking place, it would be great to have a chat with you. We are particularly interested in speaking to people who lived in the streets directly connected to the High St, where these clearances took place, especially Reginald Road, Albury Street and Giffin Street.

If anyone is interested in participating in this programme or has some information then please go to OurSecretStreets to get in touch.

As a former Pupil of this school in the late 1970's I was very saddened to hear of its demise. When I went to the school it was a busy, vibrant and joyous place. The head mistress of the time, Mrs Broad, was well known in Deptford and Greenwich for her generosity and kindness, she campaigned hard to try to save the school from demolition in the 1990's but to no avail. Today only half a dozen town houses stand in its place, a very unfitting end to a school which lasted for generations.

I am particularly interesting in preserving its memory but need help to do so from former Pupils and Teachers. I would like pictures and memories, teacher names and generally anything related to this school. All E-mails will be answered and hopefully we can compile a comprehensive site to this fine school.

Send anything you have using the form below, especially pictures. Alternatively email me directly at . All will be appreciated.

NB. Email addresses will be kept private and won't be disclosed to anyone unless you specify you would like it included as contact information. This will be shown as a picture under your name and not as a direct link to avoid spammers automatically gaining access to you. Your email addresses will also be used to send a short message as acknowledgement of your contribution or to notify you when the website gets updated.