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Catford Centre
Many of the shops that occupied Rushey Green at the heart of Catford, have now gone and the relatively modern Catford Shopping Centre, which was intended to be Catford’s retail quarter, has also undergone change as many of the smaller shops and businesses have been replaced with larger supermarkets and chains.
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Photo courtesy of Lewisham Archive
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Photo courtesy of Lewisham Archive
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Photo courtesy of Lewisham Archive
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Photo courtesy of Lewisham Archive
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Photo courtesy of Lewisham Archive
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1920s-1960s Rushey Green and Central Catford
Oral history of Peggy Fitzsimmons and Tessa Pearce
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In the centre of Rushey Green stood the The Savoy Ballrooms, a popular hang out for South Londoners. On the 8th March 1966, a grewsome gangland killing happened here. Two notorious London gangs – The Krays and the Richardsons came to blows in the early hours over gaming machines and Richard Hart lost his life. Later in the 70’s it re opened as Mr Smiths nightclub and is now an Italian bed shop.
1966 The Krays and Richardsons' Shoot Out
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Photo courtesy of Architecture of Doom
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Photo courtesy of British Brutalism
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Photo by Kevin Ireland
1970s Brutalism in Catford
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1971 The opening of the Catford Centre and Tescos
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Video courtesy of ProdeeTV
2011 London Riots
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Photo by Warren King
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Photo by Warren King
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Photo by Kevin Ireland
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Photo by Kevin Ireland
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Photo by Kevin Ireland
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2015 Catford Tales: Staging the London Riots
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Photo by Kevin Ireland
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Photo by Warren King
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Photo by Warren King
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Photo by Warren King
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Photo by Kevin Ireland
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Photo by Kevin Ireland
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Photo by Kevin Ireland
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2015 Catford Tales: Shopping, selling and cat-esque creations
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