Shops.
My sister Christine lived in North Road from babes till 18-19 years old. I can remember the parade of shops, the chemist, Clair's hairdressers, Combes the bakers, Pickerings hardware store. There was a shop where we bought our shoes and I'm sure our school uniform. I remember Grants fish and chip shop, the bank, first supermarket, Budgens, Pollard the greengrocer, the launderette where Ruth Collis and my foster mother Margaret Ellis used to work and last Gerrards the greengrocer where I worked, this was the late 1950s well into the 1960s. We both went to Bedfont infants and junior and then on to Longford school. I can remember having to wear a blazer in the infants. What great times were had, we went to the 'rec every day in the summer hols, lunch sixpence and drink, had to be home at five, the paddling pools were great.
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RE: RE: Shops.
I lived in Bedfont from1943 to 1966, the outfitters was Matthews, shop stood back from Staines Road. Does anyone recall the coach garage near the old post office, I think it was called Feltham Coaches, very old vehicles even then only went to Southend as far as I remember. Any pictures of this establishment?
Comment from Gordon Piper on Saturday, 29th October 2011.