Kings Road at The Corner of Sydney Street 2003, Chelsea
Kings Road at The Corner of Sydney Street 2003, Chelsea Ref: C540701
Memories of Kings Road at The Corner of Sydney Street 2003, Chelsea
As it Used to be
This shot of Kings Road at the corner of Sydney St. is where the Chelsea Palace Music Hall used to be. I particularly remember the old building when used by ITV to transmit shows like Spot The Tune in the mid to late fifties. I don't know when it was demolished to have this carbuncle built.
The Chelsea Palace
I remember the Chelsea Palace with great memories. My dad, used to work the spotlight on the stars - like Max Miller, Max Wall and Ann Shelton. I was so proud to think that it was my dad shining the light on the star of the show - great times!
Chelsea & local memories
Read and share memories of Chelsea and Greater London inspired by Frith photos.
Visiting my Inlaws
In 1953 I used to visit my in-laws who lived at 19 Rumbold Road, Fulham. I remember when we walked along Kings Road towards the football ground there was an antique shop that had an unusual armchair in the window. It was carved in the form of an old lady. Her arms were the arms of the chair and the front legs were the front legs of the chair. So if someone sat on it they were sitting on her lap. My relatives' home was very poor, with only a tap coming out of the wall and an enamel bowl under on a stand to catch the water. The toilet (which was considered 'modern') was a wooden slat from wall to wall and the plaster was falling off the wall, showing daylight through. There were 'Baths' nearby where people had to visit for a bath as no one had bathrooms. A market nearby sold most beautiful fruit! Large juicy oranges etc. My husband's grandfather had a Bakery shop in Fulham Road during the... Read more
Living in Chelsea After The War.
Hi all. We first moved to Chelsea in 1945 and took up residence at 58, Elm Park Gardens. I first attended Park Walk School then went on to the Cooks Ground School in Old Church Street (later changed to Kingsley School). I did a paper round every morning 7 days a week from Bloomfield's paper shop in Gloucester Road, Kensington, and helped the local milkman from Bunces Dairy in Old Church Street in Chelsea every Saturday morning, then I would queue up outside the Co-op in the Kings Road (World's End) with the children's pram, shopping list and ration book in hand, waiting my turn to move up and purchase the week's groceries with the money I earned from my paper round, which was a pound a week (giving my mother 15 shillings of it), a lot of money in those days. My mother had seven of us to feed in those days and every penny counted. During the summer holidays I would learn to swim in the Serpentine in Hyde... Read more
Custom Cars And Mrs. Beeton!
I lived in Chelsea when Mr. Beeton was still alive and running his bakery on the King's Road. I worked there for a while after leaving college and I feel very privileged to have done so. He dressed like a Victorian gentleman and hand-iced all the important cakes himself. The shop was a delight, unchanged for many years, and it was a tragedy when the business closed down. The old wooden racks, counters and floors were a step back in time, and the baked goods simply divine..... I've never tasted better bread, and the franzipan cakes were sublime. I served many famous faces, particularly on Saturdays, and I still have a couple of autographs written on the white paper bags we used to put the cakes into! I lived in Ixworth Place, in a lovely airy flat on the Sutton Estate and was very happy there. Further along towards Hyde Park Corner was St. George's Hospital - now the ridiculously expensive Lanesborough Hotel - and in 1964 I was lucky... Read more
