Comments on: The case of the disappearing pond… http://blackheathbugle.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/the-case-of-the-disappearing-pond/ A blog about Blackheath, London, SE3, UK Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:12:40 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Bob Land http://blackheathbugle.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/the-case-of-the-disappearing-pond/#comment-1484 Bob Land Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:03:47 +0000 http://blackheathbugle.wordpress.com/?p=16#comment-1484 I remember the Pond being there, after the war and in the earl fifties, but it seemed if my memory is correct, to be a rather marshy area, it smelt very marshy. On the other side of the road opposite the Pond site, this was all woodland area right up to Paragon Place. I believe that this was all destroyed to make way for a housing estate in the fifties Bob Land I remember the Pond being there, after the war and in the earl fifties, but it seemed if my memory is correct, to be a rather marshy area, it smelt very marshy.

On the other side of the road opposite the Pond site, this was all woodland area right up to Paragon Place.

I believe that this was all destroyed to make way for a housing estate in the fifties

Bob Land

]]> By: Memories around the Mysterious Pond « The Blackheath Bugle http://blackheathbugle.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/the-case-of-the-disappearing-pond/#comment-1482 Memories around the Mysterious Pond « The Blackheath Bugle Sun, 21 Jun 2009 05:43:15 +0000 http://blackheathbugle.wordpress.com/?p=16#comment-1482 [...] saw your comment about the Mysterious Pond – apologies if you know all this already, but if not I might be able to shed some light on [...] [...] saw your comment about the Mysterious Pond – apologies if you know all this already, but if not I might be able to shed some light on [...]

]]> By: Sarah Crofts http://blackheathbugle.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/the-case-of-the-disappearing-pond/#comment-1480 Sarah Crofts Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:21:59 +0000 http://blackheathbugle.wordpress.com/?p=16#comment-1480 My friend Paul Gross (b. Greenwich 1937) remembers the pond when he was a schoolboy, so that would be about 1947-8, he tells me that he and his friends used to muck about in and around it on the way to school - I expect it was filled in when the nearby council housing was built. My friend Paul Gross (b. Greenwich 1937) remembers the pond when he was a schoolboy, so that would be about 1947-8, he tells me that he and his friends used to muck about in and around it on the way to school – I expect it was filled in when the nearby council housing was built.

]]> By: Blackheath Pamphlet « The Blackheath Bugle http://blackheathbugle.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/the-case-of-the-disappearing-pond/#comment-1438 Blackheath Pamphlet « The Blackheath Bugle Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:32:24 +0000 http://blackheathbugle.wordpress.com/?p=16#comment-1438 [...] in the middle by G.W.Bacon and Co Ltd, 127 Strand, London, and you’ll be happy to see that The Mysterious Pond is still present at this time (see image above, or page 14 of the PDF [...] [...] in the middle by G.W.Bacon and Co Ltd, 127 Strand, London, and you’ll be happy to see that The Mysterious Pond is still present at this time (see image above, or page 14 of the PDF [...]

]]> By: Bob Land http://blackheathbugle.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/the-case-of-the-disappearing-pond/#comment-1006 Bob Land Wed, 21 Jan 2009 13:29:41 +0000 http://blackheathbugle.wordpress.com/?p=16#comment-1006 This area next to Pond Road , used to be marshland in the 1950's, and the area between Paragon Place and Pond Road was woodland. This area next to Pond Road , used to be marshland in the 1950’s, and the area between Paragon Place and Pond Road was woodland.

]]> By: Old Maps of Blackheath « The Blackheath Bugle http://blackheathbugle.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/the-case-of-the-disappearing-pond/#comment-494 Old Maps of Blackheath « The Blackheath Bugle Sun, 03 Aug 2008 23:06:56 +0000 http://blackheathbugle.wordpress.com/?p=16#comment-494 [...] do like a vintage map or two, as you may remember. I’ve just found two amazing sites full of lovely antique London maps… You can almost [...] [...] do like a vintage map or two, as you may remember. I’ve just found two amazing sites full of lovely antique London maps… You can almost [...]

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