VE Day street party in Twickenham Road, 1945
1945 · Twickenham Road
VE Day party in Twickenham Road 1945. Copyright Frances Fletcher.
Frances Fletcher shared this photo with her memories on the Voices of Kingstanding page about Twickenham Road: “My lovely dad was a milkman and he had a horse and cart, he was up at 4 in the morning everyday to do his milk round … Every week we had a rag and bone man who used to collect any old rubbish you had and he used to give us a balloon.”
John Prime recalls on the same page that Twickenham Road “was completely tree lined right up to these celebrations when most were then cut down to feed the bonfires”.
Notes
Alan White’s comment does not say which of the page’s VE Day photos he means; he describes the left-hand side of “the VE day picture”, which matches this one.
About this place: Twickenham Road School
Local memories
What people who knew this place have said about it, in their own words. These are memories, not checked facts.
“I was the little boy on the left hand side of the VE day picture holding my aunty’s hand, I [was] about fifteen months old.”
“Would love to hear more about that VE party photo seeing as I was there and was half in love with a Co-op milk lad with a horse & cart 1947/8.”
“Have great memories of Finchley Road park and the park keeper “Moses” … Twickenham Road used to be tree lined until just prior to the first of the Victory Celebrations but the reckless youth cut them down for the bonfires. In my early youth I helped deliver bread of a Saturday helping the Rolands Bakery roundsman, we covered most of the addresses from College Road up to Kings Road.”
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