Comments on: My Penge: Martin Spence http://pengetouristboard.co.uk/penge-martin-spence/ Penge Tourist Board Wed, 18 Jun 2025 12:46:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 By: Martin Spence http://pengetouristboard.co.uk/penge-martin-spence/#comment-13008 Fri, 21 Dec 2018 16:28:23 +0000 http://pengetouristboard.co.uk/?p=712#comment-13008 Charles,
It sounds as if you need someone who knows about tracing family histories. That’s not me I’m afraid. I suggest you make contact with the West Kent Family History Society – they may have someone who can help.

Martin Spence

]]> By: Charles James http://pengetouristboard.co.uk/penge-martin-spence/#comment-13005 Mon, 10 Dec 2018 17:21:47 +0000 http://pengetouristboard.co.uk/?p=712#comment-13005 I would like to contact a Penge local historian. Tracing my family tree I have a Thomas James born 1801 whose father was “John James of Peng”. John’s wife may have been called Avis. Family tradition is that the family were originally market gardeners near Beckenham. Looking for information.
Charles James chasjames19@yahoo.com

]]> By: sally http://pengetouristboard.co.uk/penge-martin-spence/#comment-1709 Mon, 20 Jun 2016 16:23:29 +0000 http://pengetouristboard.co.uk/?p=712#comment-1709 dear Martin,
I was sorry to have had to leave your tour early yesterday. we had surprise visitors who just happened to locate us as we going up Anerly hill.
will I have to wait until the Penge festival 2017 to complete the beating of the bounds?
thanks again for the tour, for your talk at the crooked billet and for your book which I am gripped by.
Best wishes
Sally
(The woman with the key to the allotments)

]]> By: Martin Spence http://pengetouristboard.co.uk/penge-martin-spence/#comment-1706 Sun, 19 Jun 2016 15:52:15 +0000 http://pengetouristboard.co.uk/?p=712#comment-1706 Richard,
Thanks for your comments. Like you I hope the new Trust will work well for the Park.
As for the Odeon Cinema – were you at the programme of archive films screened last Thursday at the Bridge House as part of the Penge Festival? There were some fine shots of the Odeon. A handsome building.
I’m glad you liked my book, but I’m afraid I have no plans to produce a sequel. Too busy with other projects right now.
Best wishes,
Martin

]]> By: Richard Carabine http://pengetouristboard.co.uk/penge-martin-spence/#comment-1704 Sun, 19 Jun 2016 08:43:44 +0000 http://pengetouristboard.co.uk/?p=712#comment-1704 I agree with you Martin that Penge is a hidden treasure. The transport links are good; there’s lots of green space; it’s easy to get out into the countryside; it’s got a great history & culture.
I’m old enough to remember the Penge Odeon which was where the Moon and Stars is now. There was a theatre too.
I’m sad that Crystal Palace Park has been so badly treated over the years especially when other large parks such as Battersea & Greenwich have had so much money spent on them. I’m hoping the new trust can bring the park back to its former glory.
I read your book and thoroughly enjoyed it. It was so interesting finding out about the birth of modern Penge: the canal, railway and the Crystal Palace. How about a sequel bringing the story of Penge up to the present day?

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