1960s

A Memory of Hounslow.

I lived in Connaught Avenue, and went to Grove Road school (up to 1963).
I had 3 local friends. One lived on Hounslow Heath in a prefab (now Frampton Road). We weren't allowed to go to the fairs there. I did see grass snakes though!
Near there on Staines Road, opposite the Hussar pub, was a dairy and also a haberdashers in the same parade of shops.
On Staines Road on the other Munster Avenue junction was another parade of shops.
Another friend's family had a butcher's shop. Their name was Powell.
In the same parade was a newsagents run by the Cooper family (yes we met Henry and his twin George).
Another claim to fame was knowing the Wild brothers who lived in Munster Avenue near us. Arthur was in my class and Jack in the class below me.
Mum used to use local shops, such as the greengrocer in Martindale Road, and the other butcher was in Barrack Road.
Sometimes we'd get shrimps from a tradesman in Tivoli Road as a treat at weekends.
Many memories and more when I was a Saturday girl later in Woolworths.
(maiden name: Underhill)