Brixton, Angell Town from the South c1965
Brixton, Angell Town from the South c1965 Ref: b666038
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Manor Farm Dairy - 12 Herne Hill Road SE24
My uncle George Bowen and his wife Rene ran the Manor Farm Dairy out of 12 Herne Hill Road. According to my mother who would visit them during the holidays - milk was delivered in those days in big churns pushed on a barrow.
The housewives would bring out their jugs and milk was ladled into the jug. There was only one kind of milk no choice with regard to skimmed or semi-skimmed. Butter came in big blocks and was put on marble slabs and weighed, it would be shaped and cut up on the marble slabs and shaped into rounds and stamped with a pattern of a cow.
There was a shop attached to the front of the house and Auntie Rene was in charge of that - she sold groceries and there were tables and chairs for refreshments. A favourite drink in the summer was ice-cold milk with a dash of soda water.
At the back of the shop was an office where the roundsmen used to come in when they had finished their rounds - they would 'do their books' as they called it and put in their orders for the next day.
I know this address is the correct one because I have old postcards with this address on which were sent to my mum by her mother when she was staying with her uncle and aunt.
If there is anyone out there that might remember any more about the business I would love to hear from you.
Shared on 20 July 2008
Clapham, Maritime House c1960
Ref: C327059
Happy Memories of Maritime House
Maritime House used to house the National Union of Seamen but I believe it is now occupied by the Railway Union. My grandfather Sir Thomas Yates was the General Secretary of the Seamen's Union until he retired around 1960. He had been a seaman himself for a number of years before becoming a Branch Secretary to the Union in a number of different locations and working his way up to become the General Secretary. He was knighted by the Queen some time in the mid 1950s for his service to both the Union and for his work as the Leader of the Trades Union Congress also.
My mother, my sister and myself worked in the offices there for some years and thoroughly enjoyed it and made many good friends there.
My father became the Caretaker there in 1948 and we as a family lived in an adjoining flat to the main building. We grew up and went to school in Clapham at Clapham Manor School, which used to be called Stonhouse Street School then.
My sister and her husband emigrated to Australia around 1962 and I emigrated with my daughter to join her in 1970. Both of my parents emigrated in 1971 also. My grandfather had retired in 1962/63 and some years later he also came out to Australia to live. He died here in 1978 at the age of 82. He was a good and fair man who had worked hard all his life to achieve what he did and we are very proud to be part of his family.
I had the good fortune to be able to go to London this year (2009) and visit Clapham and the surrounding areas. Maritime House is still there although it is looking rather shabby these days in comparison to how it used to look. I walked around Grafton Square where we used to play as children and even had a go on the swings. I took my son and his wife along with me. He and his wife have been living and working over there for a time although they don't live in Clapham. We took a walk across Clapham Common which is pretty much the same as it was when I left 39 years ago but brought back many childhood memories. The bandstand had been refurbished and looked great. When we were children they would often have a band playing there in the summer evenings and people would dance around the bandstand to the music. It was a great place for families to enjoy. Oh, how times have changed, I can't see that happening today.
Grafton Square has all been modernised and looks so much better now.
We used to shop at 'Wildey's' which was on the corner of the Polygon and opposite was 'Birt's paper shop', which was owned and run by my best friend Pamela's father. We regularly went to the Majestic Cinema and shopped along Clapham High Street. The shops are still in the same place but have changed hands and are run by different businesses now.
I doubt I shall ever get back to Clapham again but it was wonderful to be able to go back there and remember the fun times we had growing up there. I would love to hear from anyone else with memories of Grafton Square.
Shared on 19 September 2009
Clapham, High Street c1965
Ref: C327073
Looking for some help really. My grand mother lived in Clapham for most of my life until 1994. I was born 1964 at 78 North Side, Clapham. I used to take the family dog for a walk every day 3 times a day on the common and I used to go with her most times and when I was older I would take the dog some times. I need help because sadly she died last year at 91 years and left me a lovely picture she bought I believe from Edwards on the rise - it's a snowy depiction of the bandstand done in Feb 1979 by Noel Ellis. I would like to know more about the artist Noel Ellis - was he or she local to Clapham? I am pretty sure my grandmother is in the picture as she would have been there. Thanks.
Shared on 09 September 2009
Clapham, Childrens Playground, the Common c1965
Ref: C327071
I remember the playground - I went for a walk past it yesterday as it happens, although I felt it had changed. I remember the big slide (I thought I had just got bigger but no it was a huge one). My grandmother would take me there, she lived on the North Side at No 78 for 46 years, leaving to decamp to Croydon of all places in 1994. How I miss Clapham, oh what wonderful days.
Shared on 09 September 2009
My Nan and Granddad lived in Ducie Street for many years up until their deaths in the late 1960s and early 1970s. My Mum and Dad had two rooms at the top of the house when they married in 1960 and I came along in November 1961. My mum's grandparents lived around the corner in Plato Road.
We stayed living in Ducie Street until 1965 when my sister was born and we then moved across London to Fulham.
Shared on 07 August 2009
