Nostalgic memories of Mitcham's local history

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Born 1952. Parents William Robert Arthur (Bob) Rogers/ Doreen(nee) Witherden. Grandmother, May Harris sister of Charles Harris. O.K. that's me. Know any of these names? My question! Bill Otway (one lung) Brilliant science teacher 1940 ish- 1960 ish Western Road school. Anybody remember him?
I lived in Mitcham from 1930 (when I was born) until 1948 when I went to Germany to work with the Salvation Army. In all that time I never knew that there was a fire station, let alone know where it was.
I was evacuated to Fenny Stratford, Bletchley, Buckinghamshire to be with my aunt. Whilst there I sat an exam called "the 11 plus" which I passed and on the basis of which I was awarded a scholarship to Mitcham County Grammar School for Boys. But in 1941 that school was evacuated to Weston-super-Mare so I spent my first secondary school year at Wallington County Grammar School for Boys. I can see a road running ...see more
I think that this view looks back towards the Mitcham Fair Green. If I am right, on the left would be the Swimming baths where I used to go now and again with friends. I seem to remember that it was very basic, with changing cubicles opening directly onto the pool.
It was at the Mitcham Town Hall that we would pay our rent if, for any reason, the rent man did not call. We lived in a council property on Meopham Road, Mitcham, a fairly modern development, and I can remember going there with my parents to collect wallpaper etc because at that time the council paid for interior redecorations. Perhaps (I am almost certain) that the building this side of the Town Hall is the ...see more
It seems that the trolley bus overhead cables are still there in 1955, at least in the Croydon direction. I can see none in the other direction.
My mother took me to the Majestic on a number of occasions. We were not cinema buffs and apart from one occasion, I seem to remember that I only went with her. Some of the films mentioned could have been shown in the early 1940s. I remember "The Chocolate Soldier", "The Wizard of Oz", "The Purple Heart", I think was the title of an American film about American airmen shot down by the Japanese and then shot. This ...see more
These routes passed along the road which comes down to the right hand corner to Croydon following that road or to Hammersmith etc. passing round the Majestic to London.
The road on the right of the picture, which runs obliquely in front of the Majestic cinema, was a route used by trolleybuses (I believe the routes were 630 and 612). In the right middle edge of the photo, the trolleybuses ran to Croydon (certainly the 630 did but I am not so sure of the 612) and both routes passed the cinema on their way into west London (such as Shepherds Bush and Hammersmith). It looks as though ...see more
I was at Mitcham County Grammar School, Commonside East, during the years 1942 to 1946 and saw this views on most school days. The line of stakes in the foreground marked off that part of the pond in which horses could drink and very often I saw horses doing just that.