Photos of Thamesmead
1960s-1980s
Gooch family, first family to move into Thamesmead, July 1968 (Bexley Local Studies & Archive)
Mother and children off to the shops, 1970 (Bexley Local Studies & Archive)
Thamesmead from Lesnes Abbey, 1972
Her Majesty the Queen at the Lakeside Health Centre, May 1980 (Bexley Local Studies & Archive)
Her Majesty the Queen at Tavy Bridge, May 1980 (Bexley Local Studies & Archive)
Aerial view of Thamesmead 1985, Keith Turnbull Photography
Mr Anthony Walton, winner of competition to name Thamesmead (Bexley Local Studies & Archive)
Southmere Lake (Bexley Local Studies & Archive)
1970s Postcards
A night view of Stage 1 flats on the Southern edge of Southmere
Birch Colonising old railway track on Twin Tump
Boating on Southmere Lake
Children's playground and paddling pool Stage 1
Common Reed and Reedmace
Daffodils in Lesnes Abbey Wood
Different varieties of duck on Southmere Lake
Pedestrian approach to local centre on Stage 1
Southmere with the healthcentre, tenants clubroom and flat
Stage 1Maisonettes on the Western edge of Southmere
Sunlight on Twin Tumps
Around Thamesmead - Tilfen Land
Gallions Hill
Gallions Hill West
Heron
West Thamesmead
Crossness Nature Reserve
Cuckoo
Fox
Incinerator at dawn
Reedbed and pond dip
Waderscrape
Early Construction of Thamesmead
General view of the site looking north east 1967. Copyright London Metroplitan Archive (Bexley Local Studies & Archive)
Linear housing being built using concrete untils 1967. Copyright London Metropolitan Archive (Bexley Local Studies & Archive)
Thamesmead under constructin 1970. Copyright London Metropolitan Archive (Bexley Local Studies & Archive)
Construction Harrow Manorway Flyover, 1975. Copyright London Metropolitan Archive (Bexley Local Studies & Archive)
Gallions Eco Park
Eco Park 1
Eco Park 2
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