Stoke Park Road

A Memory of Bishopstoke.

I lived here when we moved from "Asfordby", which was a big house converted into flats in Church Road. I would walk up and down this road when I got old enough to go to school at the infants (my parents didn't have a car). I would come home for lunch too. We lived nearer the top of Stoke Park Road, between Drake Road and Rogers Road, although at first Rogers Road was not built.

Looking at the houses on the left, I remember a girl called Mary Gribble lived in one of those. Just a bit further on from there, towards Church Road, lived the vicar, Rev Rose. He had two children, Michael and Caroline. I used to go to Sunday School at St Mary's. I had a friend in St Mary's Road, called Janice Hillier.

Someone on the right hand side of the road, nearer Church Road, had a "Monkey Puzzle" tree, which used to fascinate me. I think it's still there.

If anyone would like to message me about the old days, please do; it would be great to hear from you.
I lived in Bishopstoke from 1951 until 1965.