Lonesome
Hello, what a remarkable site. I came across it by accident while looking for something else. I was facinated by the reference to Lonesome .
I also went to Lonesome School from around 1951 to 1961 followed by my 3 younger sisters. Our maiden name was Clare and we lived in Oakleigh Way.
I well remember sites like Figs Marsh, Three Kings Pond, Mitcham Commom, The Majestic Cinema etc.
At one point in our lives I and 2 of my younger sisters worked at Pye Records in Western Road, also the Gas Board which was opposite Pye. There was a great fish and chip shop on the corner called Huttons, also a lovely little wool shop about half way along and a great bakers which did the most fantastic fruit buns. I also worked for a while at a Bed Company called Multi Spring at Figs Marsh.
I used to take my sisters to play at the park in Abercairn Road, also the park at Ravensbury and the park just off Meopham Road where my fathers family lived
I and my sisters went on to Pollards Secondary Modern School, as it was then know.
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I didn't go to Lonesome School, but I did work at Pye Records on two occasions, the first about 1964 / 66 I worked with a lady called Chris and another called Miriam in the packing dept, then again in 1972/1974 in the music testing dept with Emmie and Gladys. I went to St Mark's School and then onto Western Road Girls School. I lived in Mitcham from 1947 (Mitcham Junction until 1954) until 1981 with a few years missing in between. The lady that worked in the wool shop was called Doll, short for Dorothy. When we first moved to the village in 1954 we moved into a newly built estate called Laburnham Estate, we lived in Beaumont Court, every thing was brand new and the roads were not finished, we had to walk across boards to cross the road. I remember Huttons fsh shop with the live eels at the front of the shop.
Comment from Isabella Jarrett on Friday, 29th October 2010.