Skip to contentSearch
Search Kingstanding.org
28 results for “Hurlingham Road”
Voices of Kingstanding (8)
- The land mine on Hurlingham RoadI also remember the bomb in Hurlingham Rd. Actually it was a 500 lb land mine and it landed in the middle of the street destroying 3 houses on each side. Only the chimney…
- A barrage balloon on Dulwich Road… German plane that dropped its bomb on a house in Hurlingham Road, hiding under stairs at school as the planes went over it, causing the building to shake with flying ove…
- A sailing boat on the Finchley Road pool… about 1939 to 41. We would walk from our home in Hurlingham Rd to Perry Common Public Library, Kingstanding didn’t have a library then, on our way we would call first at…
- Vegetables on the roof…the 21st February 1941, and lived on Kingstanding Road. We had an Anderson shelter at the bottom of the garden next to a large oak tree. My father grew all our vegetables…
- Digging pits on the PimpleI was born in Hurlingham road in 1936. went to Cranbourne Road school and Dulwich Road.(cira 1948-51) then Handsworth Tech. Had part time jobs with co-op butcher on the c…
- Under the streets to Witton Lakes… well remember the brook. One spur ran from Kings Road, Binstead road, along the back gardens of Hurlingham and Cranbourne road. It then looped under Danesbury Crescent, …
- Calling the milkman’s horse…e Queslett Rd end, but not sure. Where I lived in Hurlingham Rd the houses did not have front gardens but lay behind hedges, the milkie would load up his carriers and dis…
- A humongous bag of Sunday papersThe shops on Warren Farm road, next to baths was a chip shop later it was a milk bar with a juke box. Next to that was Hilton’s grocery shop, further round was the Home a…
Landmarks & places (4)
- The Co-op Dairy, Kingstanding Road… milk depot beside the drill hall on Kingstanding Road: Clydesdales and sleighs in the war, electric floats and teenage “jockeys” in the 1960s. In 1940 a boy called Berni…
- Kings Road Methodist ChurchThe Methodist church on Kings Road, begun as a “House of Friendship” in 1934: home of the 29th Boys’ Brigade, a wartime library and a borrowed school. Peter Noden grew up…
- The Mayfair CinemaThe Mayfair on College Road, 1931–1964: Saturday matinées, orange peel from the circle, a doorman children took for a general, and an Aldi car park today. On 14 September…
- Kingstanding Police StationThe police station by the Circle on Kingstanding Road: an air-raid siren on the roof, a hospital “danger list” outside, lost dogs and kit bags within. When Walter Beech w…
Useful local contacts & services (6)
- Report a pothole or road/pavement problemPotholes, uneven pavements, trip hazards, broken kerbs, loose manhole covers
- Report a damaged road sign or traffic lightTraffic lights not working, knocked-down or damaged road signs, crossing faults
- Report a road or pavement obstructionOverhanging hedges and trees, skips, building materials or advertising boards blocking the pavement
- Major roadworks and eventsChecking road closures and roadworks before travelling.
- Report a water leakWater leaking in the road or pavement, leaking stop tap, running water that won't stop.
- Perry Common LibraryBorrowing books, using computers, printing help, children's activities
