Cowper Gardens

A Memory of Wallington.

I was born in Cowper Gardens in 1946, my nan's, house No.11, where she lived until her death in 1979. My cousin was also born there and lived with her mum, Betty. I moved away in 1949 and lived in Peckham but used to spend school holidays with nan, and remember her neighbours at No.13, the Tiramanis, a lovely Italian family of 11 boys and 1 girl. The other side were the Hill family, the mum's name was Joan and they had 3 sons, John, David and Geoff. When we were old enough, my cousin Christine and I used to go to the library on our own - a big thing then, and wander down the high street to look round Woolworths; it had wonderful wooden floors that used to 'clunk' when you walked on it. I remember Sainsburys by the Odeon, my nan always bought pork and egg pie there - nothing tastes as good. Also in Stafford Rd there was a cobblers ran by a sweet old man. So many memories, sadly Foresters Park isn't there.

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