Voices of Kingstanding
Kingstanding resident · 9 memories in the archive
Richard Wall · 1940s · Kingstanding
In 1939 I was with my parents on holiday,staying with my uncle and aunt in Liverpool.I remember waving to my father as the train pulled out of the station.
Read the full memory: Guarding the telephone box, September 1939Richard Wall · 1940s · Kingstanding Circle
I lived in Hurlingham Rd so my approach to “The Circle” was along Kingstanding Rd from Haringey Rd, past a small school/Nursery, then the Birmingham Municipal Bank, past a high wooden fence, half…
Read the full memory: Walking round the Circle, about 1940Richard Wall · 1940s · Peckham Road School
I went to Peckham Rd seniors from 1948/50. I was in Mr Bonsor’s class.
Read the full memory: ‘Pipe down!’ – Peckham Road seniors, 1948Richard Wall · 1940s · Hawthorn Road shops
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…
Read the full memory: The static water tank and the Bon BonRichard Wall · 1940s · Finchley Road park
My earliest memories of Finchley Rd park were when my mother would take me there about 1939 to 41.
Read the full memory: A sailing boat on the Finchley Road poolRichard Wall · 1940s · Hurlingham Road
As a kid during the war years I remember there were three milk suppliers.
Read the full memory: Calling the milkman’s horseRichard Wall · 1940s · Cranbourne Road School
I first went to Cranbourne Rd schools in September 1941, progressing from Infants to Juniors, Miss Pool was the Head of the Infants.
Read the full memory: Felt initials on white T-shirts: the first school teamRichard Wall · 1940s · Cranbourne Road Infants School
I first went to Cranbourne Rd Infants School in 1942, my mother took me, as my father was in the army in the Far East, I did not see him until I was eight years old, when he came home at the end…
Read the full memory: Marche Militaire and the big bass drum
Richard Wall · 1940s · The Odeon
Attended the matinees in 1944, singing along to lyrics projected with a bouncing ball, children tipping up the seats during the action scenes.
Read the full memory: Singing along with the bouncing ball, 1944