View of 240-250 Borough High Street, Southwark. This part of the street was known as Blackman Street until 1889. A four-storey terrace with shop fronts on the ground floor. Number 250 has a shop sign for A. H. UPPINGTON RUBBER STAMPS STENCILS AND INK. On the upper floors are signs for AHU 'PIONEER' TRADE MARK. In 1911 Augustus Henry Uppington lived in Catford with his wife, three children and a servant. Number 248 has a shop sign for FEEDWELL DINING ROOMS with a blackboard propped outside with the menu and price list. In 1921 these dining rooms had been owned by the Walton Brothers. Number 246 is Ashford's Laundry, which had been on this site since at least 1921. Outside is an old perambulator. A narrow passageway between numbers 246 and 244 was the entrance to Nelson Place cul-de-sac . In Charles Booth's Poverty Map of 1902 this is marked as: Poor, 18s. to 21s. a week family income. Number 244 appears mainly derelict with a shop sign for MURPHY WHOLESALE CONFECTIONER. In 1921 this had been J. S. Smith India Rubber Manufacturers, and on the upper floors are signs for WATER BEDS LENT or HIRE, GARDEN HOSE RUBBER BOOTS, ENDLESS WIRE RINGS FOR SOLID AND PNEUMATIC TYRES, RUBBER SURGICAL HOSPITAL GOODS, WATERPROOF COATS, CAPES AND DRIVING APRONS & LEGGINGS, CARRIAGE MATS MDE TO ORDER. Number 242 is a bakers advertising HOVIS. In 1921 it had been Edward Tew and Son Bakers. A pram with a sun shade is outside. Number 240 is derelict with an old advertisement on the ground floor for Batey's Lemonade, Ginger Beer Soda Water and Kola. In 1921 the shop was occupied by Mrs Annie Minsky, Milliner. These buildings, badly damaged by bombing during World War II, were demolished and the site is now an open green space in front of Redman House tower block.