In trying to avoid the B'wall tunnel problems recently, one of my journeys took me along the A20 Lewisham Way towards New Cross & Goldsmiths College. Somewhere between Loampit Hill and the Lewisham Way junction with Florence Road I noticed a large junk type place on the right outside of which stood of all things what looked like a full size model of the Predator (as in the Arnie film) made out of wrought iron. I couldn't stop to investigate so has anyone else seen this apparition and if so do you know the name of the shop or the phone no. Saw one somewhere years ago soon after the film came out but it was extremely expensive, can't think a rusty one from New Cross could be that much. It would look good in the garden, next to the bird table perhaps. Thanks.
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The place is called Furniture Junktion.
Strange shop, been there forever, although I've never been in but have always wanted to...
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Or is it an old railway building, perhaps?
Yeah on the one way system with the big spiderman painting over the door..it may be my memory playing tricks but i'm sure it was called The Forbidden Planet?
Hi Alex, thanks for that ..... I've just spent 10 interesting minutes trawling through the website pictures.
So the junk shop is in fact the old Lewisham Road station building.
There was a similar station building junk shop at the old Brockley Lane station on the same railway branch line, but destroyed in a big fire in 2004.
The line was built by a rival company to the one that built the direct line between London Bridge and Greenwich - when the 2 companies declared a truce and merged in 1899, the branch line soon became unnecessary.
Part of the line still exists in use between Lewisham to Nunhead, but the rest was abandoned.
The new Ibis Hotel in Greenwich is built on the old Greenwich Park terminus station site.
Not much to do with trainspotting, but fascinating industrial archeology all the same.
Edit: I'll open this up, because I'm sure March 51 and others will be interested.
Oh, and LOL
Too late! I've already been there and bought it, Terry.
But pay me double what I paid and, as you're a friend, I'll let you have it.
;o)
Thats the one. Although it was called weird fantasy and it was the first proper comic book shop in london FACT. It was my grandads shop. Forbidden planet is in town and in brighton i think......
Yes i think you are right, I used to live in Brockley, ( Manor Avenue) when I was at art college and in the last year I worked at Marvel comics ( now a days they call it work experience) in London and sold some artwork to this shop. I used to 'ink in' the clothes that the Hulk was always tearing off the woman, and redoing the lettering in Rapidograph to take out the American words. The artwork came over on oversized A4 cream boards, and I left after 8 weeks to do a postgraduate teaching course. Marvel bounced the last cheque on me which I have somewhere in the attic, I think there London operations was called Transworld publishing. Being a hard up student, I was always selling/exchanging stuff. Probably worth a small fortune these days. I have quite a collection of illustrations ( original airbrush) including the illustrator of the current Christmas Radio Times Mick Brownfield .
RIP Mr March.
Might have imagined it but either way he was a proper funny poster.