IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Lucknow Street, LONDON, SE18 2SN
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Lucknow Street, SE18 2SN by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
- Clicking on the map will re-center to the selected point.
- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (52 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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Alabama Street, Plumstead
Alabama Street has, like much of this part of Plumstead, Victorian houses on either side of the street except for a gap between Lucknow Street and Pegwell Street. On either side of Alabama Street there are terraces of modern houses.
The reason is that at 20.00 hours on 20th March 1941, a high explosive land mine came down here, killing a total of 27 people. Two gravestones to some of them can be seen at https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6466124 and https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6493852
Image: © Marathon
Taken: 15 Feb 2021
0.05 miles
2
Entrance to Plumstead Common Working Men's Club & Institute
Plumstead Common Working Men's Club & Institute is where local lad Steve Davis learned to play snooker. His Wikipedia entry says:
"Steve Davis, OBE (born 22 August 1957) is a retired English professional snooker player from Plumstead, London. He dominated the sport during the 1980s, when he reached eight World Snooker Championship finals in nine years, won six world titles, held the world number one ranking for seven consecutive seasons, and became the first snooker player to earn over £1 million in prize money. His encounter with Dennis Taylor in the 1985 World Championship final is widely noted as one of the most famous matches in snooker history. Decided on the final black, it set a record post-midnight UK television audience of 18.5 million viewers. The BBC named Davis its Sports Personality of the Year in 1988, and he remains the only snooker player ever to win the award."
The whole facade can be seen at https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6732019
Image: © Marathon
Taken: 17 Jan 2021
0.11 miles
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The Who'd 'a' Thought It Public house, Plumstead
On Timbercroft Lane.
Image: © David Anstiss
Taken: 21 Aug 2011
0.11 miles
5
A flying pig
The pub is called 'The Who'd 'a' Thought It' so a flying pig on the sign seems right. This is on Timbercroft Lane near Plumstead Common.
Image: © Marathon
Taken: 15 Feb 2021
0.12 miles
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Plumstead: detail of a Type E postbox
This very rare oval postbox is one of only a couple of dozen 'Type E' postboxes which survive on the street. The posting slot is on the other end of the box, while this side has a (now disused) stamp vending machine, which we see here.
See Image for the front view of the box.
Image: © Chris Downer
Taken: 1 Apr 2018
0.12 miles
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Plumstead: postbox № SE18 73, Flaxton Road
A very rare 'Type E' postbox, of which only a couple of dozen survive in use today. The posting slot is at one end of the oval rather than along a side as might be expected... that's because there is a (now disused) stamp vending machine on the other side.
See Image for detail of the stamp machine.
Image: © Chris Downer
Taken: 1 Apr 2018
0.12 miles