Lewisham has changed a lot over the years. We all remember how it used to be some years ago, but how did our borough look like 300 years ago? That’s not an easy question, but there is a website where you can get old pictures of our area that might help you have an idea of how it looked like. This website is called Borough Photos (http://boroughphotos.org/lewisham/).

Borough Photos allows you to browse a unique collection of images from across London’s Borough Archives. You can search pictures by theme, key word and even postcode. The boroughs that participate in this project are Lewisham, Bromley, Greenwich, Bexley, Barking and Dagenham, Wandsworth, Waltham Forest and Barnet.

This website also contains a map with all the available pictures of the different places. Would you like to know how your nearest High Street looked like 100 years ago? This map offers you an easy way to find it out.

And if you find a picture that you really like, you can purchase a high quality print. Every print you order is printed on-demand and you can select the size that suits your particular requirements. Don’t you think that a print that shows a friend’s street would make a perfect gift?