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Lee is a suburban district in SE12 within both the London Boroughs of Lewisham and Greenwich. It’s original name was 'Lee Green', but it isn’t anywhere near as green as it once used to be.
In 1866, Lee train station was opened, which facilitated the central London commute for a wider range of people.
The Old English word for Leah (spelt L-e-a-h) means ‘clearing in the wood’.
The Old Tiger's Head and the New Tiger's Head pubs are defining landmark features at these crossroads routing to the different districts. The Tigers head had its heyday in 1815 when troops moving between Dover and the Battle of Waterloo used it as a resting place to watch boxing matches and horse and foot races.
The original Tiger's Head was actually built in the place where the New Tiger's Head is now in The Royal Borough of Greenwich before it was rebuilt in the London Borough of Lewisham, over the road.
I’m guessing the new Old Tiger’s Head will soon be renamed the New Tiger’s Head since the closed New Tiger’s Head is now the old one!
Manor House gardens is one of the few green spaces left of what was termed 'Lee Green'. The gardens suffered through the Great Storm of 1987 with toppled trees and all-round decline. The locals formed various societies and groups to campaign for funding to see the house and gardens finally restored in 2000.
You can now see a variety of trees from the oak, horse chestnut, weeping willow and the London plane tree. The gardens hold a popular farmers' market at least one Saturday a month.
The Leegate Shopping Centre was once honoured with the title of Britain's worst shopping centre. The owners submitted a planning application for a 40 million regeneration to include an Asda store. Asda have since pulled out. The once-popular Leegate Centre was built in the 60's but today, after 50 years, it just lies mostly unloved and abandoned with half of its 20 units now vacant. The remaining units struggle to keep the spirit alive all the same, and a new unit has popped up despite it being viewed by many of the locals as a blackhole.
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