Voices of Kingstanding
Kingstanding resident · 3 memories in the archive
Charles Southam · 1950s · London
I was on the coronation parade so I didn’t get to watch it (on television). I was on that marching round. It was a horrible day. It rained all the way round the 13 ½ route.
Read the full memory: Marching in the rain for the Coronation, 1953Charles Southam · 1940s · Mayfair cinema, College Road
We used to go to the Mayfair on Saturday afternoon. The ‘tupenny crush’ thing. All the kids in there would throw bits of paper at each other. Good fun!
Read the full memory: The tuppenny crush at the MayfairCharles Southam · 1940s · Kingstanding Baths
If you hadn’t got a swimming costume you could hire what they called slips. They were almost like ‘V’ shaped pieces of material, front and back. You could tie them at the sides.
Read the full memory: Hired slips and woollen trunks