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Deptford Quiz Walk - answers |
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1) According to the plaque
what date was the station opened?
8 February 1836
2) What shape are the
windows in the corner turret of Tomis Kitchen?
Circular
3) When was the RC Church
enlarged?
1859
4) What does the Douglas Way
mural depict?
Deptford Railway Yard & High Street c1840
5) Litter bins outside the
Albany have the Deptford coat of arms and what telephone number?
081 694 9333
6) Who uses the former
coroner's court premises now?
Midi Music Company
7) How many swings are there
in the playground of Margaret McMillan Park?
Four
8) When was the Arts &
Crafts style house next to New Testamnet Assembly built?
1898 (date on gable)
9) When was the New Cross
Building Society established?
1866 (see plaque)
10) What trees grow in front
of Addey & Stanhope School?
London Planes
11) What is sold in the shop
to the right of Witcombs?
Flowers
12) What large nautical
feature is located at the top of Deptford High Street?
An anchor & chain
13) The premises at numbers
8-12 were built for which trader?
Trickett & Co Ltd - Tea, Coffee & Colonial Merchants (in
1889)
14) What colour front door
does number 13 have?
Black
15) What would you buy at
number 49?
Eggs - its the Eggshop!
16) What was the school
building at number 77 called?
Caxton House
17) What job did W Cockle
hope to get?
Gravedigger at St Paul's Church (see printed bill in Kennedys)
18) How far away was the
Frankham Street air raid shelter?
50 yards
19) What is the mural at
Giffin Street titled?
His N Hers
20) What is the occupation
of Roger Searle?
Fashion Designer (at Giffin Studios)
21) When is the library open
on Monday?
10am - 5pm
Note: if you
have an earlier version of this quiz the library no longer opens
on Sunday (w.e.f. April 2006) - it wasn't intended to be a trick
question!
22) How many storeys high is
Browne House?
Five
23) How many arches are
there along Resolution Way?
30 (so only another 848 to go!)
24) Who was the architect of
the Salvation Army building?
W Allison ARIBA (see right hand side)
25) According to the
inscription over the entrance who consecrated St Paul's Church?
Edmund Lord Bishop of London (on 30 June 1730)
26) Whose property is the
vault near the mortuary building?
William Knott
27) The fire hydrant set
into the pavement at the end of Deptford Church Street has what
number on it?
49
28) Which two Albury Street
houses have figures of cherubs/putti?
Numbers 27 and 25
29) How many chimneys are
there between numbers 15 and 17 Albury Street?
Six
30) Number 181 Deptford High
Street is part of what Place?
Hamilton Place (plaque above entrance)
31) The restaurant/bar at
number 162 was formerly which pub?
The Royal Oak of 1682 (rebuilt 1846)
32) What does number 150
sell?
Building Supplies
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