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Airfix Kits at Woolworths
I remember as a child spending my Saturday pocket money buying Airfix kitsets at Woolworths. My last memories of England before emigrating to New Zealand in 1964 were of my childhood in New Malden and attending Scared Heart school in Burlington Road.
10 Grafton Road
My dad, Cecil Edwards, had a newsagents and tobacconists shop in Grafton Road. We lived behind and over the shop.
One of my abiding memories is going to Woolworths in the High Street to spend my saved pocket money on Christmas presents for the family. At that time Woolworths had gas lamps throughout the shop which had two chains hanging, one to turn up and one to put out. Also Tudor Williams had one of those change machines which whizzed round the shop.
As kids we would play Cops and Robbers and Cowboys and Indians in Grafton Road and in the winter would make an ice slide in the middle of the street! Not much traffic so no-one complained! There was a wonderful lamp post which we used to swing from outside number 1 Grafton.
The Miss Possetti's lived next door to the Art Marble - they were very refined ladies indeed and wore gloves when they went out.
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Memory Lane
In 1954 I was nine. I was born in New Malden in 1945, and went to school there. My family name is Arbuckle, and the New Malden police station had my great-grandfathers in their uniforms in pics on the wall, and I was on the film when they laid the stone foundations of the church on the corner of Westbury Road, because I remember seeing the film in New Malden library. My family have been in New Malden a long time. It was so nice to see the old pics as now I have come to Australia to live I can remember walking to school and getting the trams to the roundabout. If there is anyone who could tell me if I can get copies of the pics of my great grandfathers or of the film that would have been kept for the history of New Malden it would be great.
My name was Barbara Campbell Arbuckle, and is now Barbara Hudspeth. I live in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Growing up
I was 9 in 1959 when we moved to New Malden. Hence I spent almost my entire childhood and all my teenage years there and I know it well. My father was caretaker of the Methodist church on the corner of the High Street and Cambridge Road - opposite Tudor Williams. I went to school in New Malden, worked in New Malden, married there, and later, my son went to school there as well. Looking at the old photos on this website brings back many fond memories. After my parents died, all photos we ever had were lost, so it was wonderful to see these. I moved to Australia in 1983 and now understand that in those last 26 years New Malden has changed beyond belief. Perhaps memories are best kept as memories, but it is nice to reminisce sometimes. Does anybody remember the Guppy family from Cambridge Rd?
Ruth (novruf@hotmail.com)
99 Westbury Road, New Malden 1951
Hi,
I'm researching my family background, and it turns out that the Matthews (Dad's side) lived on this street.
Michael Matthews (Grandad), Monica (Gran) Eleanor (Aunty) and Thomas (Dad)
Do you know where I can get more information on the area?
Kind regards
Georgina
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