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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.
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Rye Lane Portfolio

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Page 1: Rye Lane Portfolio

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.

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Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell, 1914

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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”

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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.

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Jones and Higgins Department Store, Rye Lane circa 1963“the superior service that we associate only with Knightsbridge today...”

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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.

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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

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Ethnic Minorities

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Ethnic Minorities as % of total pop’n, 2001 census

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% 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

DOCUMENT NUMBER D8506938INPUT DATE 85/10/02SUBJECT HEADING Public orderABSTRACT Reports on last night's disturbances in Toxteth and Peckham.ADDED TERMS police, Liverpool, London, riotSOURCE Guardian 85/10/02 p1,30; Times p1; Telegraph p1

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New social housing and business enterprise on Rye Lane, 2008

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Jones and Higgins/Aylesham Shopping Centre M. Manze Eel and Pie House

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Peckham Liibrary

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Holdrons vs Sky Shopping City and new social housing, Rye Lane, 2008

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Peckham Rye Station, 2008

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