Hurlingham Road
1930 (from the catalogue description) · Hurlingham Road
An estate report in the 1930's described Hurlingham Road as: "The greatest achievement of the Public Works Department".
Local memories
What people who knew this place have said about it, in their own words. These are memories, not checked facts.
“yes my father helped rebuild the new houses after the bombings”
“My parents lived next door to each other in the row of houses that got bombed. The Bolton family, the Sabin family and another family in the end house. My great grandmother Mrs Robinson perished in the bombing that night.”
“I can remember us sledging down there on the curved side piece of an Anderson air raid shelter. There was a cycle speedway on the top for a time where all the local kids raced.”
“Think you might be reffering to what we called the “Gully”It lay behind Hurlingham Rd.Sidcup Rd.Danesbury Cres.and Ellerton Rd. … It was only an unofficial dump.Was great for sledging when we had snow.”
“I was born in Hurlingham road 1945 and my two brothers and two sisters many happy years with great people and lots of playing in the street not many cars then .”
“She was the first occupant and was there to the mid 70s.”
“I was born in Hurlingham Road in 1948 & regularly played there up until I left the area in 1963.”
Additional historical information courtesy of Chris Hillcox and Voices of Kingstanding.
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