Putney, High Street c.1955
Photo ref: P332011
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Photo ref: P332011
Photo of Putney, High Street c.1955

A Selection of Memories from Putney

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Putney

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Was the year my family moved from Acton to Earldom Road, Putney, where we lived at number 10 (cost £5500 in 1963!). I have so many memories that I really don't know where to begin! The rag and bone man and his ancient horse trundling up our street, the shops in Lacy Road-especially the wonderfully ornate tiled facia of the fragrant fishmonger where I was sent on Saturdays to buy fish for our cat, the strange junk shop with its ...see more
Whenever I look at old pictures of this junction, I think of a very modern-looking 1960s shop which had its address as its name: 'No. 1 Putney Hill'. Its (future) location is on the left of the picture ahead of the bus. I saw it every day when I got off the 37 to walk up Putney Hill to my school. I remember it as being a bit like a mini Habitat, selling gifts and items for the home, but I could be wrong. In any ...see more
I am trying to find aveue that was probably in South or South East London from 1928 onwards called "Woodcocks". It is mentioned in a diary I am researching and almost every day of the week some young people 'Went to Woodcocks'. The Diary writer has links with West/East Ham, Puntey/Fulham and all parts of London but I can not find this ...see more
I remember Zeeta's coffee shop and the Rotary Club just round the corner. The Pontiac was a great club, Chris Farlowe and the Thunderbirds were the resident band there and we used to be there almost every week!