Main Street c1960, Brentford
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Memories of Main Street c1960, Brentford
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Brentford & local memories
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My School Days
I remember my early schooldays very well. I started at Bush Corner Open Air school in 1953. I was born in Ealing Road Brentford in 1947 and first went to school at Ealing Road school. When I was 6 I went to Bush Corner Open air school as I had suspected Polio and had a problem walking. My best memories of this school was the fact we started the day with breakfast ! we also had to have a sleep after lunch, camp beds would be put up in the 2 halls 1 for the boys 1 for the girls and we were supposed to go to sleep, this was sometimes quite easy other times impossible. The teachers would walk round keeping an eye on us and if we were asleep we were awarded a sugar lump !! which we collected from Miss Burridge the Headmistress. Imagine the state of our teeth, not good at all. Living in Ealing Road we all used to play at Karville Hall... Read more
St George's School
This is from my gran, Eunice Burridge, now Smallman.
" My main teacher was Mr Church at the school. I always remember walking across the iron bridge to reach Mr Allen, the headmasters, office. My first teacher was Mrs Forest. My last was Mr Church. I remember the toilet stood out on its own on the side of the building. I used to think it would drop off. My best friends were Barbara Hutchinson, Madelene Green, Anne Winkworth, Jean Bethel, Carol Thomas and Kay Murphy."
My gran is now 66 and she used to live at 9 Cressage Road. Three older brothers: Arthur, Ronnie, Ernie and three older sisters: Shirley, Eileen and Pat.
Shirley, Ronnie and Eileen have died since.
Childhood
I lived in Hamilton Road from 1940 until approx 1958. (my name then was Mortlock) I went to Ealing Road School and then Brentford Secondary Modern. I remember the air raid shelter at the top of Hamilton Road and hearing the sirens and seeing bomb sites etc.
The High Street was full of old fashioned shops, a bakers and a shop where we exchanged accumulators for the radio. Goddards the furniture shop and many others. I remember the gas works and the Fire Station at the top of Ferry Lane.
As children we all played in the street with seasonal toys, whip and tops, marbles, skipping etc. My friend was Wendy Biggs and others were David Martin, Georgina Keeping, Sandra Payne, Jean Jarvis and some I forget the names of.
In the summer holidays we went to Boston Manor Park with a bottle of water and some jam sandwiches, staying all day until our stomachs told us it was time for tea.
When I left school... Read more
Birthplace
I was born in 1937 at 73 Boston Gardens, Brentford, Middesex, near Boston Manor Station on the Picadilly Line. I left the area in 1954 to work on the south coast prior to emigrating to New Zealand in 1961. I remember the public baths (and the library!) where I learnt to swim at a young age and, of course, the domination of the Gas Works! I would dearly like to locate an old friend who lived next door to me, a Frances Atkins, at 71 Boston Gardens. There was a lovely park just at the bottom of our road where we climbed trees and caught tadpoles in the pond! I re-visited over 20 years ago and not a lot had changed!
Gwynne Tilly (nee McBride)
Harnage Road And Surrounding Area.
My mother Rose Rye was born at 24 Harnage Rd Brentford in 1908. She married my father Arthur Collins, from Strand on the Green, in the 1930s. They lived there all their married life until the houses were needed for development in the 1960s. My brother and I were born in the same house, Alan in 1944 and myself Ann in 1947. I have great memories from my childhood, mostly from school days and can remember the Maypole dancing each year.
My Mum was taught at St Georges School by Mr Allen and when I went to the same school he was the headmaster.
My mother worked for many years at the cinema, Queens Hall at the Halfacre and my father was a painter and decorator. My Mum sadly died at aged 59 after a long fight with cancer. I would be pleased to hear other peoples memories of around this time.
