Mitcham, The Majestic Cinema 1959

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I am trying to trace my Dads family who lived in Mitcham. They were Ronald and Charles Elliott two brothers who I think ran a garage in Mitcham in the 1960s and 1970s. The last address I have is for Charles Elliott living in Manor Road Mitcham in 1985. Any help with tracing this family please e mail me blanchie at btinternet.com Regards David Blanchard

I was born in Mitcham in 1929 and lived as a baby in Queens Road aka "rocky" or "Rocks Terrace" my Grandfather was called Truelove and had a shop in Queens Road. Hard to belive now but a horse and cart owner would stop outside his tiny terraced house, unhitch the horse, and walk it through the house out into the back garden. Later I lived with my Grandparents at 20 Mount Road. She taught piano and I think ...see more

The Abc; I was a monitor had to keep the kids in check - ahh yes, so many memories. The flats seen at the back, I used to live at No.39 Penfolfd Court (4th floor), and I loved roaming Mitcham. It was always a mystery; the trolley buses, the fish n' chip shop where Huttons used to have live eels in the big sink at the back of the shop ready for the discerning customer and the teddy boys hanging round on the corner. ...see more

My sister Joyce (who is 13 years older than me) was a Mario Lanza fan. When the film The Student Prince was showing at The Majestic (she was 22) and took me along each day to see it so that the boys wouldn't chat her up or pester her.