Station Road c1955, Belmont
Station Road c1955, Belmont Ref: B910001
Memories of Station Road c1955, Belmont
Very Fond Memories
I was born in Ewell in 1945 and lived with my family at 156 Banstead Road South from 1950 to 1966. My first school was Miss Attrel's at the top of Station Road opposite the garage. I used to walk from home and back although a bit later I caught the 213 bus from the station to the top of Downs Road. We used to go to Belmont every Saturday in my grandfather's 1936 Hillman Minx for my dad to go to some of the shops. I remember the butcher's shop with its sickly smell, sawdust-sprinkled floor, and the butcher himself who was very loud, particularly when he shouted meat names and prices to a lady who seemed imprisoned in a box with a window in the front. At about that time I discovered the wonders of Brown's sweet shop - amazing what you could buy for 1d. As I grew up I came to know most of the shops in Station Road including the barber at the back of... Read more
Belmont & local memories
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1950s Belmont
I was born in Epsom and lived in Belmont all my childhood. I attended Cotswold Road Primary School and also the Sunday School that was there on a Sunday. The building was knocked down in the 1980s, it was opened in the 1890s and I can remember we celebrated its 60th anniversary in the 1950s dressing up as Victorian children! We played and cycled all over the downs particularly the chalk hills on both sides of the railway line. Coming out of school we would have a couple of pennies to spend on sweets which would be spent at either Rex's shop or Diprose shop in Downs Road. In summer we would buy ice creams or lollies at the cafe where the buses turn round. On Bank Holidays I remember lots of people from south London would come on the 88 bus for the day with their families when the weather was good. I can remember the field where the Royal Marsden Hospital now stands as a barley field and we would... Read more
Early Years
I was born in Carshalton and lived at 5 Pelton Avenue for the first 10 years of my life. A Mr Ely lived at No 1, Mr and Mrs Townsend with their 2 children Catherine and Michael, at no 3, us, then known as Barbara Coleman at no 5, Mr & Mrs Newman, John amd Michael at no7 and my cousins David and Josephine Harmsworth and their mum and dad at no 9. Over the road was a Mrs Savage, a welsh woman and Peter Beavis and his mum and dad.
I vaguely remember a nursery school called ,I think, Green Gables, Rex's the sweet shop,the Californian pub, the n0 80 and the 81 bus to sutton and the little 213 that went down the switchback. There used to be fires on the Downs quite often then, and the fire engines were cheered madly!
I went to the League of Health and Beauty on a Saturday afternoon at a hall in the village,not for long!
My mum was in the... Read more
Belmont Preparatory School
I was a boarder here in the late 1940s. The Principal was Miss Attrill and Miss Doris, who was described as being her niece. They were Scots, and I believe that Miss Doris was a keen golfer. I am not sure whether Miss Attrill was or had been a golfer, as well. They used to walk with walking sticks, which I think were more of an accessory, than a walking aid. They both wore kllts ornamented with grouse claws. Does anyone know of them, please? I would love to know what became of them. I remember the walks to the Downs in 'crocodile' formation. I returned there in ther early 1990s upon my return from America, and found that the the buildings had been demolished to make way for a parking lot at the back. There were only two boys at the school, and we used to play Cowboys and Indians. I was always the one who ended up being tied to a tree. The... Read more
