"Wot Cher! Knocked 'em in the Old Kent Road" is a British music hall comedy song written in 1891 by the actor and singer Albert Chevalier. The score was by his brother and manager Charles Ingle. Cheva
Wot cher!, or, Knock'd 'em deadin the old Kent Road
A London alley contemporary with the song - Boundary Street 1890
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Old Kent Road is a major thoroughfare in South East London, England, passing through the London Borough of Southwark. It was originally part of an ancient trackway that was paved by the Romans and use
Wot Cher! Knocked 'em in the Old Kent Road
…story of Bill and his wife who, with a lodger, live down an alleyway off the street (which were usually passages lined with crowded tenements), near the Old Kent Road, one of the poorest districts in London. They are visited by a toff, a well-dressed man, who must have been a gentleman because he took his topper (top…
Looking south along Old Kent Road from the Bricklayers Arms
The Thomas A'Becket pub was an important landmark on Old Kent Road. The building became the Nolias Gallery in 2005-2009 and now (2022) houses a Vietnamese restaurant.
A Southwark street commemorating Michael Searles in its name
Panoramic view of Old Kent Road at Dunton Road; from far left to far right: the 'Thomas a Becket', the old Fire Station, a range of ribbon properties dating from 1784, the old Green Man and the Old Dun Cow