Leonard Bentley
Dulwich Tollgate
This is an anonymously published postcard which has the typical German colourisation of an early divided back postcard. It was posted in December 1905 and shows the Dulwich Tollgate during winter after a heavy snowfall. I used College Road countless times during the 1970s and 1980s but as I rode a motorcycle I never paid the toll which I believe is now £1.20 for a car. The Toll gate has changed a bit since 1905, there is now a white toll booth in the centre of the road and payment is now accepted by swipe and pay, Apple pay and cash. It is the last remaining tollgate in London having been established in 1789, the road is private from the junction with the South Circular road in the north to the junction with Fountain Drive to the south. The view is looking north towards the South Circular and on the left through the trees are the Dulwich College buildings. The road to the right past the house now leads to a modern gated community which in the mid-1980s was the home of Mrs. Thatcher, the then Prime Minister.
Dulwich Tollgate
This is an anonymously published postcard which has the typical German colourisation of an early divided back postcard. It was posted in December 1905 and shows the Dulwich Tollgate during winter after a heavy snowfall. I used College Road countless times during the 1970s and 1980s but as I rode a motorcycle I never paid the toll which I believe is now £1.20 for a car. The Toll gate has changed a bit since 1905, there is now a white toll booth in the centre of the road and payment is now accepted by swipe and pay, Apple pay and cash. It is the last remaining tollgate in London having been established in 1789, the road is private from the junction with the South Circular road in the north to the junction with Fountain Drive to the south. The view is looking north towards the South Circular and on the left through the trees are the Dulwich College buildings. The road to the right past the house now leads to a modern gated community which in the mid-1980s was the home of Mrs. Thatcher, the then Prime Minister.