I've just joined the website today so my reply to the donkey mystery is a little delayed.
My elder sister tells me that the donkeys were owned by "Donkey" Smith. A gentleman who lived in the end house on the east side of Beaconsfield Road. The pictures were probably taken before the start of the war. I don't remember the donkeys but do remember Mr Smith living there.

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Looks like you all had a great time, wish I could have been with you. Some names of those on the photos would be handy as I haven't seen most of you for something close to 60 yrs. Make you think won.t it!! Stay well all of you until the next meeting. Regards Steve Parker.

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From about 1956 to 1963 I lived at 4 Dartford Road, almost opposite Baldwyns Park. (I want to call it Baldwyns Park Road, but Google maps says otherwise). There were three or four shops opposite - are these the ones in the photos called 'the dip'. The wall looks like the one that I walked by every day up to the Maypole school.

The main shop that I recall was 'Mr Hendersons' shop. I believe that it was a general purpose newsagents. My main memory is that every November Mr. Henderson would take coupons for anything in exchange for fireworks for kids. I believe that there was also a co-op, where would tell our 'divi' number every time that we shopped.

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Hi all, i have been carefully looking at the photo on the homepage of this website with the title "Looking towards Hospital Gates c1910. Denton Terrace visible but school not yet built" if you carefully look at the photo you can see a white mound infront of where the school was built and just to the left of the first houses in the photo. My question is : is this and ancient barrow/tumulus???? it certainly looks like one!

Maypole man you have an old map on the site and just at the point where this alleged Barrow/tumulus is sited there is some of your copyright logos obsucuring from view what could be the marking of an old barrow. Could we look at this map again and see if infact this was a Barrow/Tumulus is marked . It would be very exciting if it was.

I invite any information on bronze age or neolitic activity or remains in this area. Any ideas or answers anyone. Am i seeing things?? look very carefully and you will see a white mound exactly the size and proportions of an ancient bronze age Barrow. I am a reasearcher into these ancient sites and it looks like it is from the photo. Can we confirm it?

best wishes

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If you look on Wikipedia it will tell you that medicine balls are used in sports medicine for rehabilitation & strength training & that similar objects were used by the Persians 3000 years ago. Modern athletes use them for strengthening & conditioning.

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Yes very interested. Have you told my brother, Owen, about this??

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I would like to be able to communicate with Yvonne Kerrisk. Until now I have been able to log onto website but hooray here we are. I do find that I enjoy reading the Maypole site but unfortunately do not always have a lot of time. On the page about drama productions and list of people involved is it possible to make both my parent's surname "LL" not Gemmel, please. Unfortunately my Father passed away in 1990 and my Mother in 2002. I am sure they would have been very interested in this site especially reference to Baldwyns Park and the Pavilion. I am interested in the possible Spring renunion one afternoon walking around the "old" stomping ground and meeting up with lost friends.

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The teacher was one Dixie Dean. it came to me later today.

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I learned ballroom dancimg at Baldwyns Park Pavilion in the 40s with perhaps a generally rather older group. The teacher whose name now escapes me suggested i might move on to a higher level and I went to a class in Sidcup, where I met many good friends and acquired a medal or two. i was really sad when my parents announced we were moving to Watfors and though I joined another class there, it just wasn't the same. Never again did I have a regular partner - I swear all my boyfriends and certainly my husband appeared to have three legs where dancing was concerned, so I took up cycling instead - but I still miss being able to dance properly.

Audrey (Jackson as was)

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Hi,
Does anybody else remember 2 very old trees that stood just at the entrance, as you went in to Bexley Hospital. According to my mother who worked as a secratary at the hospital, these trees are mentioned in the Doomsday book. I have since been back to the hospital, after its development to looked for these trees, i was interested in there fate.

As a child we would play in the hospital grounds and i remember seeing patients standing next to theses massive and ancient trees smoking ciggies. i would just ride past on my bike on the way to Joydons Wood. I think they are sweet chestuts.

When entering the hopital after the development, i was at first disorinetated as the new entrance is different, however i kept exploring the new estate and found that the two trees had been left and included in a lawn out the front of some new house. Go in the Hospital and go left if you want to see them.

i went over to them, remembering these old trees are included in the Doomsday book. A very angry resident game out shouting" get off my land" i just laughed in the knowledge of what history these trees have and the angry resident seemed completely oblivious to the fact that this is where mental pateints would hang out.

This trees should have a plaque next to them, they are a very important part of the history of the Mapole estate. Can anyone post a photo, i wish i had one to share with you. ill get one next time i go back.

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