Oct 18, 2018 · Millions of young men died on the battlefields of the First World War. Four hundred of them came from Penge. The streets where they lived, in many cases the houses where they lived, are still here. They were snatched from suburbia to face horror and death.

Penge (/ p ɛ n dʒ /) is a suburb of South East London, England, now in the London Borough of Bromley, 3.5 miles (5.6 km) west of Bromley, 3.7 miles (6.0 km) north east of Croydon and 7.1 miles (11.4 km) south east of Charing Cross.

Penge is one of the few places in London with an original celtic name. The settlement developed initially in the Green Lane area and, over the centuries, spread outwards. There is a Welsh and Cornish element in the word Penge which means ‘top or edge of the wood’, the wood being the Great North Wood.

Feb 5, 2015 · Penge Forum is the Residents’ Association for those who live in or care about Penge and Anerley. The Forum is not affiliated to any political party but we will campaign on local issues. Penge Forum holds four open meetings a year where you can hear from and question the people who make a difference to our lives.

Jan 28, 2025 · Penge has poetry in its pavements, and to prove it, I'm taking you on a tour of its highlights. These are the places where I find great poetical ideas flowing into me.

Jun 3, 2018 · Today there are two allotment-sites within the old Penge boundary, at Upper Chesham, and Lower Chesham. Penge Green Gym’s impressive online history suggests that the modern Upper Chesham Allotments are on the site of the old Chesham Park,

The history of Penge dates back to beyond the Domesday Book. It is recorded in a document of 957 AD by King Eadwig, a Saxon king. The word Penceat has Celtic/Welsh origins and means 'top of the wood'.

Collecting Penge Corali Houlton: Snapshots of a London Suburb. This book is dedicated to the best pengeite of them all. This book is the result of a years worth of wanderings through Penge, my adopted hometown in South East London, taking pictures, attending community events and meeting old residents.

As quickly becomes apparent from the sardonic observations of Penge Man, an unemployed schoolteacher keeping house while his wife goes out to work, Penge is as much a state of mind as a place. Penge people, with their phobias, their …

Nov 26, 2024 · Penge was not a place on most people’s bucket list when they visit London, but I had a family connection and wanted to visit the place where my great-grandmother spent the first twenty years of her life.