Mimi And Grandad's Sweet Shop
My grandparents owned the sweet shop at the end of this parade. They were Harry and Gladys Godwin. My mother grew up there, as did my Uncle Paul. My brother and I have hundreds of fantastic memories from the 1970s. I now live in Highgate, North London. Last year I was driving past the shop and decided to go in, it seemed tiny now and I couldn’t work out if it had been altered in any way, I remember it being quite a big shop with the fag counter up one side and sweets on the other. It also had a post office at the end of the shop which was run by Roy Firbanks.
Memories Links
Other memories of Upminster Road c1960
Add a Memory for another place
Tips & Ideas
How has this scene changed?
Do you know who lived or worked here?
Why is this photo significant to you?
Particular points of interest - transport, architecture, fashions etc.
Comments
1 comment has been shared so far in response to the memory "Mimi And Grandad's Sweet Shop".
Why not get involved and post your comments using the comment form below.
Comments
RE: RE: Mimi And Grandad's Sweet Shop
I remember the sweet shop very well, just as you discribed it. The couple that owned the shop in the 1950s and 1960s when I was there were always very smartly dressed, I remember. About that time there was a very attractive blonde girl and a younger dark haired boy, perhaps brother and sister. As a school boy I worked in Castle Sports shop at the other end of that parade of shops and spent all my money on fags and sweets in the shop. I lived in Sunningdale Avenue so this was my favourite local shop. Great memories of growing up in Rainham. Dennis Nurden.
Comment from Dennis Nurden on Wednesday, 30th March 2011.