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Historic maps of North Cheam and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all North Cheam maps
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Memories of North Cheam
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Ridge Road School
Although I lived in Worcester Park, we were bussed to Ridge Road school in a private coach laid on by the council. This was 1943-1945, and it saved us using two buses for the journey (213 and 93). Miss King was one teacher, and although seeming strict we probably learnt more under her rule (occasinally on edge as I recall). I gave up using the coach in 1945, or it had stopped running. I was all of nine years by then, and had found new friends at the end of Trafalgar Avenue in Charminster Road. I remember Barbara's parents house had an unusual black wooden barn on stilts in the back garden, and wonder if it is still there behind No. 10 Jumping off the top of the front gate post was not for the faint hearted. My way home was, a walk along a track between the sewage works and Merton Cemetery, then left on the undeveloped grass Green Lane, leading to the... Read more
Worcester Park
I grew up in Worcester Park but during rationing mum was registered at Sainsburys at North Cheam so we often used to walk there. I rode my tricycle in and out of the elm trees along the way. I only remember being in the Queen Vic once. It was New Years Eve 1971 and the place was so crowded you could barely move so we left and went to the pub at the top of Lindsay Road in Worcester Park. I went to school at Nonsuch County and rode my bike up that long hill or if I rode the bus waited at the stop in front of the old house in Cheam village. I have lived in the US for over thirty years but still have very fond memories of "home".
Queen Vic North Cheam
Surfing the net I came across this photo of the Queen Vic and the memories came flooding back. I lived in Morden and every Sunday evening I along with friends went to the Jazz club there. Mostly the music was provided by Mike Daniels but also Chris Barber played there. The club room was crowded with both us young revivalists jiving around and sitting in the front were some old timers who had seen trad jazz first time around. I remember the club was run by a couple who had, I think, a pub/hotel at Berrylands (Berrylands Hotel ) and I remember our crowd going over for a drink on more than one occasion. I met my wife at the Cheam Village Hall dance and took her on many occasions to the Jazz Club. I am 70 now and I doubt if the Jazz Club is still running at the Queen Vic which I believe was demolished and replaced by a not as good looking establishment. I would love... Read more
Nothe Cheam in The Thirties
My parents moved to North Cheam from Balham in, I think. 1936. My father lived there until his death in 1970. After I left school in 1949, I used to travel up to London, via Morden underground station which was a twopenny-halfpenny bus ride on a 156 or 93 bus from the top of Staines Avenue. I have no fond memories of that journey - particularly the part from Morden station to Waterloo. Coming home was even worse. My father used to call in at the Victoria ('the Vic') for a pint on Sundays although his preferred pub during the war years was the Lord Nelson, a little futher down the London Road towards Morden. As a youngster, I attended the Saturday morning pictures at the Granada and this was also a favourite family venue on Thursday evenings when my mother and I would meet my father on his way from work, outside the cinema. It didn't seem to matter what time the programme started. We just went in in the middle... Read more
1946 to 1952 on London Road
I lived on London Road near Lloyd Road from about 1946 to 1948 and then on Hemingford Road until 1952. Walked along London Road to Ridge Road School (Mrs. Clarke was my favorite teacher) and went to the Granada on Saturday mornings for sixpence or less. Tracy's Newspapers was a great place to buy sweets and there was a fish and chip shop on the other side of Lloyd Road. There was a stream at the bottom of Lloyd Road where I played being a pirate. Mother and Dad enjoyed the Queen Vic on weekends! It looks like the lumber yard next to Tracy's where my Dad and I shopped for supplies is now a McDonald's. Glad Dad doesn't know that! Later on I went to Cheam Secondary before moving to the US. Special friends were Barbara who went to St Cecelia's RC School and Cliff Feather from Cheam. I really enjoyed walking down Wordsworth Drive and around to Nonsuch Park for picnics and finding conkers. Somewhere off Malden Road... Read more
Greater London memories
Cheam, And The Gander Inn
I was born at The Gander Inn in 1954 and I lived there with my mum and dad and older brother William. My dad's name was Aubrey Lund and my mum's was June. We lived there until 1960 when we sadly had to leave as my dad died very suddenly of a heart attack. I have very fond memories of the Gander (it was great fun to live in a pub when you were little!). My brother and I played in the function room upstairs, he would also sometimes put me in the dumb waiter and send me up and down! I also remember playing on the beer crates in the back yard and I had a small swing that was attached to the door frame of what was I think the bottle shed. I remember the rag and bone man who used to come with his horse, and the shellfish stall that used to set up outside the gates. I have memories of going down some very steep steps... Read more
Cheam Halls
My father had an accordion band and would play at dances at the CHEAM HALLS in the years leading up to the start of WW2.
They were called The Ron Young Accordion Band and I am desperate to hear if anyone can recall such a band.
I now live in the Northeast of England.
I expect the 'Halls' are now a supermarket?
