Pauline Hawtin · 1950s · Dulwich Road School
The first pre-nursing course at Dulwich Road
My name was Pauline Timson, I went to Dulwich road school, from 1947-1952.
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Gordon Bennett · 1940s · Kingstanding Settlement
I took that photograph
Imagine my surprise when confronted with the photographs of the Kingstanding Settlement boxing team, this photograph was taken by me in 1946 or 1947 not quite sure which, I also photographed the…
Read the full memory: I took that photographStephen Morton · 1960s · Kingstanding Circle
Eccles cakes from Bains on a Friday
After school (King’s Rise) I worked at Lennons with Mr Lennon and his son Eric Lennon, they had a warehouse in Streetly by chicken sheds, I saved up my wages and bought a Raleigh push bike from…
Read the full memory: Eccles cakes from Bains on a FridayBrian Rumbold · 1950s · Kingstanding Circle
Butcher’s boy at Austin’s, 1958
I lived on the Kingstanding Road almost opposite the police station next to doctor Trimble our house backed on to the gullies that ran along Hines Transport yard And came out into winterton road…
Read the full memory: Butcher’s boy at Austin’s, 1958Veronica Marshall · 1950s · Kingstanding Circle
Broken biscuits at John Favours
I had a black metal money box, with a gilt handle from the Municipal Bank where I saved some of my pocket money in the 1950’s. It had to be taken to the bank to be opened and the money deposited.
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Five shillings left in the Municipal Bank
I remember the Municipal Bank on Kingstanding Rd. In 1945 to 1948 I was in the RAF. I used to have part of my pay sent home to my mother who would deposit it in the Municipal Bank.
Read the full memory: Five shillings left in the Municipal BankMarshall Hailing · 1960s · Co-op milk round
Bacon sarnies on the milk round
I too ‘worked’ for Tommy Stroyd (the correct spelling) the co-op milkman about 1968-70’s time.
Read the full memory: Bacon sarnies on the milk roundKeith Moore · 1960s · Hawthorn Road
Most progressive young butcher of the year
I left school in 1962 to work at W.T. Baker on Hawthorn Road.
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A barrow of nutty slack
On many occasions at the age of 10 or 11 I called into the coal yard you mention, to pick up a barrow load of nutty slack to add to the coal fire to make it last longer, things were hard for Mom &…
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Shovelling coal at Chas. H Davis’s
People lined up with their various conveyances to cart it away the favourite one being an old (sometimes not so old) babies pram.
Read the full memory: Shovelling coal at Chas. H Davis’sAlan Hitchman · 1940s · Dulwich Road School
Happy Harry, Old Vic and the potato picking
After leaving Cranborne road primary school I went to Dulwich road Secondary Modern School until I left to start work as an apprentice Electrician with the MEB about 1950.
Read the full memory: Happy Harry, Old Vic and the potato pickingVeronica Marshall · 1930s · Harringay Road
From Lozells to Harringay Road, 1931
When my parents were young they lived in the Inner City, my father lived at Berners Street, Lozells, and he met my mother when her family also moved to Berners Street.
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