Richard Wall · 1940s · Peckham Road School
‘Pipe down!’ – Peckham Road seniors, 1948
I went to Peckham Rd seniors from 1948/50. I was in Mr Bonsor’s class.
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Alan Hitchman · 1940s · Atlantic Road
Licking pennies on the window
Myself and two sisters lived in Atlantic road Kingstanding, it ran between Dyas road and Old Oscott lane, the house had two small living rooms downstairs and a very small kitchen, there were big…
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Just one fire, in the lounge
I was born at Halsbury Grove, Kingstanding, in 1942.I had a very hard life like so many others.going to school in shorts no matter how cold ….I had to go to fetch coal for my dad from the coal…
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Digging pits on the Pimple
I was born in Hurlingham road in 1936. went to Cranbourne Road school and Dulwich Road.(cira 1948-51) then Handsworth Tech.
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The static water tank and the Bon Bon
My most lasting memory of the Hawthorn Rd shopping area is of the Static Water Tank that stood on the corner Kingstanding / Dyas Rd it must have been about 6/7 feet high and probably 10 yds…
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Fish and chips for the Yanks
I remember going into the H/H climbing over the fence on to that shed and scrumping apples.I also recall during the war the american soldiers ( the Yanks ) sitting all along the wall outside the…
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Twopence on every empty
I remember the Hare and Hounds pub quite well, it was next to the old kingstanding post office and paper shop owned by old Miss Ryan.
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‘Got any gum, chum?’
I remember the US military at the Pheasey Estate very well. The entrance in to the camp was on the right side of The Trees pub.
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A sailing boat on the Finchley Road pool
My earliest memories of Finchley Rd park were when my mother would take me there about 1939 to 41.
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A penny banger in the Finchley Road tunnel
Do any of you remember the brook that ran from the pond, which incidentally was fed from springs that issued from the grassy hill up towards the Kings road entrance.
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The land mine on Hurlingham Road
I 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.
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Calling the milkman’s horse
As a kid during the war years I remember there were three milk suppliers.
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