Deptford High Street

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The Deptford High Street is a street in the London district of Deptford in the district of Lewisham . It begins in the south on New Cross Road and ends in the north on Evelyn Street (A200). In the vicinity of its "geographical center" (more in the northern area), Deptford High Street is interrupted by the railway lines of the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) and the Southeastern .

history

The previous Butt Lane received its current name in 1825.

When the social researcher Charles Booth visited the street in July 1899, it was considered the " Oxford Street of the Southeast of London". However, this comparison was more appropriate with the street section south of the railroad tracks, in which there are various shops and restaurants and where a flea market takes place three times a week, than the quieter northern section. Until the 1960s, the area was mainly inhabited by the white working class.

At the end of the 19th / beginning of the 20th century, Deptford High Street was also dominated by German business people for decades. Booth identified at least eight German- run businesses, including a bakery , butcher, and candy store . With the outbreak of the First World War , an anti-German mood made itself felt in England , which also affected Deptford High Street. In October 1914, several German shops were attacked, looted and set on fire and their owners were driven away. In the case of the baker Goebel, not only was the bakery on the ground floor looted, but also his apartment above. An anti-German mob penetrated there and threw everything that fell into their hands out of the window onto the street; including a piano, bed, bedding, tables, chairs, china and clocks.

Towards the end of the 20th century, the street changed once again as a result of migration , which can be seen, among other things, from the fact that there are now only two pubs on Deptford High Street , whereas there were previously twelve. In two former pubs there are now African restaurants, one pub has been converted into a nail salon and another now looks after problem young people.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Barker's chapel, Butt Lane, Deptford (March 26, 2009 article)
  2. ↑ Joseph Bullman, Neil Hegarty, Brian Hill: The Secret History of Our Streets - A Story of London , BBC Books, London, 2013, p 75ff. ISBN 978-1-84990-451-3
  3. ↑ Joseph Bullman, Neil Hegarty, Brian Hill: The Secret History of Our Streets - A Story of London , p 115f
  4. ↑ Joseph Bullman, Neil Hegarty, Brian Hill: The Secret History of Our Streets - A Story of London , p 135

Coordinates: 51 ° 28 ′ 42.8 "  N , 0 ° 1 ′ 33.7"  W.