Voices of Kingstanding

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14 published memories in Streets & Places.

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Wally Beech · 1930s · Cooksey Lane and Esher Road

The night watchman’s fire, Cooksey Lane, 1938

I have very fond memories of Kingstanding, having moved there in 1938 from Vauxhall. I was 11yrs old. We lived on the corner of Esher Rd and we could look down Cooksey Lane from our window.

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Pauline Stacey · 1950s · Southgate Road

Our first house, £1900

My fiance, as he was then, and I bought our first house … on Southgate Road. We paid £1900 for it. and yes, access to rear of garden where we had a garage by the drive way.

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