Red Lion Lane, London SE18
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Red Lion Lane, London SE18
Image: © David Hallam-Jones Taken: 2 Jan 2013
With the Eagle pub at a top of a slight hill behind the photographer, this is a continuation of the gentle downward slope towards Woolwich Common. The traffic-calming devices are an attempt to slow vehicles down outside the entrance to Shooter's Hill Post-16 College (on the right, behind the waste bin). In a former life it was Shooter's Hill Grammar School. It amalgamated with Bloomfield Secondary Modern School in 1973 and became Eaglesfield Comprehensive School, closing in 2005. The comedian "Frankie" Howerd (1917-92), who lived in nearby Eltham, described himself as having been "lightly educated" here when it was a grammar school.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.474014
Longitude
0.061217