> > >> If I remember right, Deptford Dean in the early 1950's was a children's >> play park. >> Deptford Terrace and Deptford Terrace School ran along one side >> of 'the dean' as it was locally known. >> > The book 'Pallion and Deptford' has a photograph of the 'Dene Swifts' football team, in the early 1930s, which played in the dene (sic). at Deptford. The 1919-1926 map on http://www.tomorrows-history.com/ shows the recreation ground as Lilian describes. Regards Stan Mapstone