Shirley Avenue
I lived as a child in Croydon. My memories were the shops, tea at Alders, a special treat of milk shake at Macdonalds (there was only one at that time and it tasted better!). There was a sweet shop at the bottom of Shirley Avenue where I would stop to buy sweets on my way back from school. My mum would ask me go to the Butchers shop on lower Addiscombe which I did not mind since they were ever so nice. Ashburton Park was great especially when the fair or the circus came. The library was great. I had such great memories of Croydon and hope to be able to return and show off the sites one day to my family. A special hello to my piano teacher, Mrs. Goslett ... Wherever she is.
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RE: RE: Shirley Avenue
Have just discovered this site. I visited Croydon Uni Hospital last Friday to see my father. I drove through Addiscombe and was shocked at the changes, especially Ashburton School with the monstrosity of the new library in Shirley Rd, I remember fondly the old library in Ashburton Park.
Comment from June Strachan on Monday, 20th February 2012.