JavaScript please! Morgans tall chimney in the distance. Worked at Meux's brewery in nine elms in the 50s Iwas born in 1946 lived in Brynmear rd till I was 3 then moved to Tweed st.&lived next door to my mums parents ellen &charlie Ashman also my aunty Flo, who lived in Ceylon st.the people I remember are brenda may, the Sharmans in Tweed st Pattie Knotley the Toomey family Linda Vincent in Cherwell st in the prefabs as did I with my parents Connie &Ted Dean my mum was previously an Ashman my uncles were Charlie, George, Alfie my aunts were Maisie &Flo, my brothers are Ted & Gary Dean , just remembered my brothers mates were Patsy Sharman , Charlie Taylor this was in the 50s we all went to sleaford st. School .My aunty Flo worked in Farmiloes Paints we used to go to their fabulous christmas parties in a large hall in Clapham, we spent most of our childhood in Battersea Park in the days when kids could play in the street all day in holidays all the mums watched out for us, the girls would have a great big rope across the road for skipping , the boys would make go carts out of old pram wheels &wood not so many cars about then except the lorries that collected the bones etc.from the butchers daily and delivered them to the fat yard which we lived next door to oh! A Memory of Battersea. The new development is not special. The restoration of the power station has come at a cost. By clicking Sign up you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use, Cookie policy and Privacy notice. Today it is known as the Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord (LDN)[i]. It threatens to cage the beast that is Gilbert Scotts masterpiece, as might the array of retail logos inside. Were looking approximately East, towards Albert Bridge Road. Festival Gardens Pier in the background. SSO is not enabled for this domain. The building as icon is the backdrop to fond childhood/young adult memories of strolls along the Thames and crossing Chelsea Bridge to Battersea Park. Battersea Born And Bred - a nostalgic memory of Battersea - Francis Frith Today, the park website tells us The North Rhine-Westphalian state government in the late 1980s had been looking for new approaches to structural change in the northern Ruhr District and projects were sought to strengthen a region perceived as weak. Emma Anthony, archivist, Wandsworth Heritage Service. Participants worked in groups to make memory boxes and collages to record responses or to reflect their unique memories of Battersea. Alas, bad development does not proffer a selfless, deflected glow to the better building. When old and new work together and achieving that is an art the rhythms between the two are considered but not forced. Those who have agency and money remain in thrall to new, big and shiny; it helps tell a simple story of progress and confers no judgement on the urge, which we can all suffer from, to reject the difficult or complex. Battersea, St John's Hill, the Granada Cinema c1955. The family lived in Battersea from 1948 to 1961. . 1627 The St. John family become Lords of the Manor. If only some of the thoughtfulness applied to old buildings could be applied to the planning of new ones, we might be getting somewhere. A stray dog sits in an enclosure at Battersea Dogs Home as part of a pre-Christmas appeal to find owners for hundreds of strays.