Cornbury Road was a street of mice-ridden houses scarred by Luftwaffe bombing when Freddie Alliston was born there in 1950, but those bomb sites (dumps) that surrounded his house were Fred’s playground – and all part of an enjoyable childhood. Fred was born into a typical Bermondsey household; his dad was a dockworker all his … Continue reading Freddie Alliston’s playground – growing up in post-war Bermondsey and Rotherhithe