December 4, 1982 - Sevenoaks Chronicle - Peter Davison makes another appearance at Chiesmans, signing autographs for the fans.
#PeterDavison #SevenoaksChronicle #autographsigning #Chiesmans #1980snostalgia #DoctorWho
#PeterDavison #SevenoaksChronicle #autographsigning #Chiesmans #1980snostalgia #DoctorWho
October 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
December 4, 1982 - Sevenoaks Chronicle - Peter Davison makes another appearance at Chiesmans, signing autographs for the fans.
#PeterDavison #SevenoaksChronicle #autographsigning #Chiesmans #1980snostalgia #DoctorWho
#PeterDavison #SevenoaksChronicle #autographsigning #Chiesmans #1980snostalgia #DoctorWho
Lovely photo of the "Obelisk" junction in the early 20th century, showing the water fountain and toilets, the Quaggy, Chiesmans and the Clock Tower.
December 5, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Lovely photo of the "Obelisk" junction in the early 20th century, showing the water fountain and toilets, the Quaggy, Chiesmans and the Clock Tower.
A #Lewisham advert - no 17:
"I've been to visit Father Christmas at Chiesmans" - a lovely badge from a (former) High Street institution.
"I've been to visit Father Christmas at Chiesmans" - a lovely badge from a (former) High Street institution.
December 17, 2024 at 2:40 PM
A #Lewisham advert - no 17:
"I've been to visit Father Christmas at Chiesmans" - a lovely badge from a (former) High Street institution.
"I've been to visit Father Christmas at Chiesmans" - a lovely badge from a (former) High Street institution.
Magenta Chiesmans
August 28, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Magenta Chiesmans
The main roll lists 143 men who had worked at Chiesmans and served in various capacities in the war, mainly in the army. Photos of 11 men who died are also displayed.
November 9, 2024 at 9:03 AM
The main roll lists 143 men who had worked at Chiesmans and served in various capacities in the war, mainly in the army. Photos of 11 men who died are also displayed.
Puce Chiesmans
August 29, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Puce Chiesmans
I used to get my school uniform in Chiesmans!
August 29, 2026 at 2:45 PM
I used to get my school uniform in Chiesmans!
Taupe Chiesmans, attorney at law and quite possibly either a director or actor forced to work with Stephen Toast
August 28, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Taupe Chiesmans, attorney at law and quite possibly either a director or actor forced to work with Stephen Toast
Commemoration during and after WW1 took many forms. Many companies had rolls of honour marking the service and sacrifice of former employees.
Here are the stories of the men of Chiesmans in Lewisham.
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Here are the stories of the men of Chiesmans in Lewisham.
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Chiesman Brothers’ WW1 Roll of Honour
Somewhere in Lewisham Heritage’s storage is a wooden frame containing yellowed paper with a long list of names. Across the top are the words “Paris House Roll of Honour”. During the First World War…
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November 10, 2024 at 10:11 AM
Commemoration during and after WW1 took many forms. Many companies had rolls of honour marking the service and sacrifice of former employees.
Here are the stories of the men of Chiesmans in Lewisham.
longlazylewisham.wordpress.com/2024/11/09/c...
Here are the stories of the men of Chiesmans in Lewisham.
longlazylewisham.wordpress.com/2024/11/09/c...
1. Saturday girl in Penistans Deptford
2. Saturday girl in Chiesmans Lewisham
3. Line checker
4. Claims line checker
5. Insurance account handler
6. Welfare assistant
7.clerical assistant
8. Local government officer
2. Saturday girl in Chiesmans Lewisham
3. Line checker
4. Claims line checker
5. Insurance account handler
6. Welfare assistant
7.clerical assistant
8. Local government officer
November 17, 2024 at 6:26 PM
1. Saturday girl in Penistans Deptford
2. Saturday girl in Chiesmans Lewisham
3. Line checker
4. Claims line checker
5. Insurance account handler
6. Welfare assistant
7.clerical assistant
8. Local government officer
2. Saturday girl in Chiesmans Lewisham
3. Line checker
4. Claims line checker
5. Insurance account handler
6. Welfare assistant
7.clerical assistant
8. Local government officer
Advert Lucky Dip: May 1979: Sinclair Cambridge Programmable Calculator ad from DG Leisure Centres (more at @OldUKPrintAds.bsky.social) #zxspectrum #retrogaming
(+FUJICA ST605 Camera; Canon AE1 Camera; Canon AT1 Camera; Pentax K2 f/1.7; Pentax ME f/1.7; Pentax MX f/1.7, and more)
(+FUJICA ST605 Camera; Canon AE1 Camera; Canon AT1 Camera; Pentax K2 f/1.7; Pentax ME f/1.7; Pentax MX f/1.7, and more)
December 23, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Advert Lucky Dip: May 1979: Sinclair Cambridge Programmable Calculator ad from DG Leisure Centres (more at @OldUKPrintAds.bsky.social) #zxspectrum #retrogaming
(+FUJICA ST605 Camera; Canon AE1 Camera; Canon AT1 Camera; Pentax K2 f/1.7; Pentax ME f/1.7; Pentax MX f/1.7, and more)
(+FUJICA ST605 Camera; Canon AE1 Camera; Canon AT1 Camera; Pentax K2 f/1.7; Pentax ME f/1.7; Pentax MX f/1.7, and more)
The article has Chiesmans in Lewisham. Youngs in Sevenoaks (definitely had vacuum tubes), Medhursts in Bromley, Allders and Grants in Croydon. And I was just in time for the final years of Eaden Lilley in Cambridge (when the John Lewis was still Robert Sayle). Ah....
December 27, 2024 at 5:06 PM
The article has Chiesmans in Lewisham. Youngs in Sevenoaks (definitely had vacuum tubes), Medhursts in Bromley, Allders and Grants in Croydon. And I was just in time for the final years of Eaden Lilley in Cambridge (when the John Lewis was still Robert Sayle). Ah....
Reading this made me think of all those department stores I visited as a kid - and some as an adult - that are now gone: Chiesmans in Lewisham, Swan & Edgar in Piccadilly, Medhursts in Bromley, Army & Navy in Victoria…
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Rosemary Hill · At the Musée des Arts Décoratifs: Death of the Department Store
The department store is dying. It’s not the only building type to find itself marooned by social and economic change,...
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September 25, 2024 at 7:45 AM
Reading this made me think of all those department stores I visited as a kid - and some as an adult - that are now gone: Chiesmans in Lewisham, Swan & Edgar in Piccadilly, Medhursts in Bromley, Army & Navy in Victoria…
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Advert Lucky Dip: May 1979: FUJICA ST605 Camera ad from DG Leisure Centres (more at @OldUKPrintAds.bsky.social) #zxspectrum #retrogaming
(+Canon AE1 Camera; Canon AT1 Camera; Pentax K2 f/1.7; Pentax ME f/1.7; Pentax MX f/1.7; Mamiya NC 1000S f/1.7; Lloytron V174 Stereo Radio/Cassette, and more)
(+Canon AE1 Camera; Canon AT1 Camera; Pentax K2 f/1.7; Pentax ME f/1.7; Pentax MX f/1.7; Mamiya NC 1000S f/1.7; Lloytron V174 Stereo Radio/Cassette, and more)
May 13, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Advert Lucky Dip: May 1979: FUJICA ST605 Camera ad from DG Leisure Centres (more at @OldUKPrintAds.bsky.social) #zxspectrum #retrogaming
(+Canon AE1 Camera; Canon AT1 Camera; Pentax K2 f/1.7; Pentax ME f/1.7; Pentax MX f/1.7; Mamiya NC 1000S f/1.7; Lloytron V174 Stereo Radio/Cassette, and more)
(+Canon AE1 Camera; Canon AT1 Camera; Pentax K2 f/1.7; Pentax ME f/1.7; Pentax MX f/1.7; Mamiya NC 1000S f/1.7; Lloytron V174 Stereo Radio/Cassette, and more)
Colin Cowdrey was married to the daughter of one of the Chiesman cousins who ran the firm at this point and was being set up as a future director in his post-cricket career. In the end the family sold up before he retired from international cricket.
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High Pavement pt 2 – Chiesmans and since
Long and Lazy Lewisham – part 6: 47-63 High Street Lewisham was once host to a range of fashionable shops with Stroud’s near the clock tower, Dubois at the end of Lewis Grove, Collingwoo…
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December 6, 2024 at 4:24 PM
Colin Cowdrey was married to the daughter of one of the Chiesman cousins who ran the firm at this point and was being set up as a future director in his post-cricket career. In the end the family sold up before he retired from international cricket.
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My orange fixation >>>
Seeing this badge on FB brought me right back to us planning our honeymoon in Lewisham's Chiesmans Travel Agents in mid-84.
In late Sep 84, we popped back into their massive department store to purchase this Le Creuset Volcanic Orange Vintage Cast Iron 5 saucepan set & stand.
Seeing this badge on FB brought me right back to us planning our honeymoon in Lewisham's Chiesmans Travel Agents in mid-84.
In late Sep 84, we popped back into their massive department store to purchase this Le Creuset Volcanic Orange Vintage Cast Iron 5 saucepan set & stand.
December 8, 2024 at 2:40 PM
My orange fixation >>>
Seeing this badge on FB brought me right back to us planning our honeymoon in Lewisham's Chiesmans Travel Agents in mid-84.
In late Sep 84, we popped back into their massive department store to purchase this Le Creuset Volcanic Orange Vintage Cast Iron 5 saucepan set & stand.
Seeing this badge on FB brought me right back to us planning our honeymoon in Lewisham's Chiesmans Travel Agents in mid-84.
In late Sep 84, we popped back into their massive department store to purchase this Le Creuset Volcanic Orange Vintage Cast Iron 5 saucepan set & stand.
Yeah, clothes look 1910s. Can't remember whether the refurb of Chiesmans to look like this was pre or post WW1 (complete rebuild was late 1920s)
December 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Yeah, clothes look 1910s. Can't remember whether the refurb of Chiesmans to look like this was pre or post WW1 (complete rebuild was late 1920s)
You can read more about them and him in my blog post on the 1915 recruiting efforts: longlazylewisham.wordpress.com/2023/04/28/r...
Recruiting on the Quaggy, part 1: the London Regiment, March-May 1915
Long and Lazy Lewisham – part 4A: outside 45 High Street by the Quaggy At the end of March 1915, a new building appeared on Lewisham High Street, outside Chiesmans department store. Just visib…
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September 26, 2025 at 8:47 AM
You can read more about them and him in my blog post on the 1915 recruiting efforts: longlazylewisham.wordpress.com/2023/04/28/r...
A #Lewisham advent - no 18:
Santa's express train journey around Lewisham, 1960. Riding on the "Kursaal Flyer", Santa arrived at Chiesmans and toured the hospitals of the borough.
Santa's express train journey around Lewisham, 1960. Riding on the "Kursaal Flyer", Santa arrived at Chiesmans and toured the hospitals of the borough.
December 18, 2024 at 5:02 PM
A #Lewisham advent - no 18:
Santa's express train journey around Lewisham, 1960. Riding on the "Kursaal Flyer", Santa arrived at Chiesmans and toured the hospitals of the borough.
Santa's express train journey around Lewisham, 1960. Riding on the "Kursaal Flyer", Santa arrived at Chiesmans and toured the hospitals of the borough.
A #Lewisham advent - no 13:
Another Chiesmans Christmas today - and it's the "Woggle Wonderland" in 1953, part of their wider Christmas 'Toyland'.
And no, I don't know what a 'woggle wonderland' is either, but Santa seems to have been involved.
Another Chiesmans Christmas today - and it's the "Woggle Wonderland" in 1953, part of their wider Christmas 'Toyland'.
And no, I don't know what a 'woggle wonderland' is either, but Santa seems to have been involved.
December 13, 2024 at 1:47 PM
A #Lewisham advent - no 13:
Another Chiesmans Christmas today - and it's the "Woggle Wonderland" in 1953, part of their wider Christmas 'Toyland'.
And no, I don't know what a 'woggle wonderland' is either, but Santa seems to have been involved.
Another Chiesmans Christmas today - and it's the "Woggle Wonderland" in 1953, part of their wider Christmas 'Toyland'.
And no, I don't know what a 'woggle wonderland' is either, but Santa seems to have been involved.
The article goes on to describe Christmas arrangements at the shops from Chiesmans and Strouds in the north to Allder's and the Catford Cycle and Athletic Stores in the south.
December 7, 2024 at 5:12 PM
The article goes on to describe Christmas arrangements at the shops from Chiesmans and Strouds in the north to Allder's and the Catford Cycle and Athletic Stores in the south.
