The Rye Lane Portfolio :A study of demographic changes in the cultural geography of Rye lane and the lane ward in peckham Between 1900 and the present time. by H. B. Adediran Olaiya, D.M.S.
The Rye Lane Portfolio:A study of demographic changes in
the cultural geography of Rye lane and the lane ward in peckham
Between 1900 and the present time.
by H. B. Adediran Olaiya, D.M.S.
Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell, 1914
Peckham Rye Railway Station, Rye Lane opened in 1865
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Thomas Tilling’s omnibus, Rye Lane circa 1900
Rye Lane circa 1905 in its heyday as South London’s “Golden Mile”
Rye Lane circa 1925, “... a fairyland of wonderful shops ...”
Note the sanitised streets, appearance of automobile and cinema (of which there were five in Rye lane) and well dressed clientele.
Jones and Higgins Department Store, Rye Lane circa 1963“the superior service that we associate only with Knightsbridge today...”
Employees of Peckham bus garage on a staff social event circa 1957-1960, including black employees possibly recruited by London transport directly from the West Indies.
change in proportion of 'colonial' settlers 51-71
0.00 5.00 10.00 15.00 20.00 25.00 30.00 35.00
WICK
DALSTON
CANNING TOWN AND GRANGE
SPITALFIELDS
CLERKENWELL
LONDON/GLC
THORNHILL
HOLLOWAY
HILLRISE
JUNCTION
GOSPEL OAK
GRAFTON
THE LANE
1951 boro1971
Ethnic Minorities
Ethnic Minorities as % of total pop’n, 2001 census
% african minority in Southwark 2001I
In the 2001 census Africans were the largest ethnic minority in Southwark although not the largest ethnic minority in The Lane Ward.
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DOCUMENT NUMBER D8508359INPUT DATE 85/10/17SUBJECT HEADING Public order LondonABSTRACT Andrew Tyler and Paul Charman investigate the mood and potential for riots on the North Peckham and Chalkhill Estates.ADDED TERMS police, Brixton, Broadwater Farm, HaringeySOURCE Time Out 85/10/17 p9,11
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Peckham Rye Station, 2008