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Re: Lesly street London N 7
« Reply #9 on: Tuesday 29 January 13 16:03 GMT (UK) »
Thanks Barry, great memories, may sound a strange request, but do you have any recollections of an elderly gentleman who lived on the odd numbers side possibly 13 or 15, who had a taxidermy exhibit in his basement window, think they were hummingbirds, quite a large display item?
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Re: Lesly street London N 7
« Reply #10 on: Saturday 02 February 13 06:52 GMT (UK) »
It first appears, as Lesly St, on the 1878 Stanford map, just above the K-shaped Pentonville Prison on the right of http://london1878.com/stanford10.htm It may be there, unnamed, on the 1868 map on the same site.

Looking at London atlasses for several later dates I can't see any evidence of a renaming in 1912. The Tribune archive site that I think Monica got that from seems to be down at present.
Researching Penge, Anerley, (including the Crystal Palace) and neighbouring parts of Beckenham, currently in London (Bromley), formerly Surrey and/or Kent.

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Re: Lesly street London N 7
« Reply #11 on: Saturday 02 February 13 14:40 GMT (UK) »
Thanks Chris
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Re: Lesly street London N 7
« Reply #12 on: Monday 24 June 13 03:29 BST (UK) »
Quote from: BarnsburyBoy on Monday 28 January 13 18:41 GMT (UK)
I lived there from 1946 until 1968.
We had the Coronation Street Party in 1953.

Barry,
How far is this from Thornhill Square off Caledonian Road? 
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Re: Lesly street London N 7
« Reply #13 on: Monday 24 June 13 10:22 BST (UK) »
Hi
as far as I am aware, Thornhill square was around half a mile from Lesly street, you had to walk up Roman Way toward the back of Pentonville prison, then turn right towards Caledonian road,
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« Reply #14 on: Monday 24 June 13 17:43 BST (UK) »
Thank you for responding!
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Re: Lesly street London N 7
« Reply #15 on: Sunday 09 August 15 14:23 BST (UK) »
Hi
Does anyone have any pictures of lesly street. i was born there and i wonder does anyone remember mrs goldsmith the lady who made the toffee apples in westbourne rd

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Re: Lesly street London N 7
« Reply #16 on: Sunday 09 August 15 21:00 BST (UK) »
Hi Winn
Could you tell me what years you lived there?
I used to live there in the 60s/70s and am finding out any info on the old area
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Re: Lesly street London N 7
« Reply #17 on: Sunday 09 August 15 23:46 BST (UK) »
Hi Jack
i was born there in 1952 i think we moved out in 1958 however i do remember the pub that was on the corner and the food shop that was on the other corner.i am the youngest of six children that were born in lesly street. Sadly all our boys have died my sister would have better memories of the street then me .if the is anything specific you would like to know i could ask her.i also have memories of the rag and bone man who used to call to the street.also i have remembered a big family that lived there called the flanagans. the smiths and the gibbs family who have already been mentioned in the forum.
Back in them days people were very poor but in general the women help each other and would feed other children in the street if they could.
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