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Old 03-22-22 | 12:57 PM
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botty kayer
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Originally Posted by gthomson
Love this, the old homes, the tree and the classic steel bike. How old are those homes? Wish i was walking down that street right now.
South London suburbs, I don't know exactly the date but guess its late 1800's to early 1900's, It's in Streatham, very near an old haunt of English author Samuel Johnson, commonly known as Dr Johnson. (there is a Dr Johnson Drive nearby) Famous for, amongst other things, compiling a dictionary of the English language, which he started in 1746 and it took him 8 years (he initially thought he'd do it in 3).

The old house he lived in is no longer there, but until very recently there was an old mulberry tree known as Dr Johnson's mulberry which was reportedly there in Johnson's time that he used to gaze out on. Sadly this great old mulberry was itself a victim of storms and was fatally damaged and had to be felled in 2017.
https://www.moruslondinium.org/map/colson-way
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