Morden

Morden

I lived in Morden after my parents moved there after the war until 1961 first St Helier Ave then Easby Cres, where my 93 yr old parents still live, and went to Canterbury Primary then Willow High School from 1954,I used to attend the jazz club at the Crown as a young teen, worked for a while at Disc Records and watched the old Crown demolished, then in 1965 before emigrating at worked Hudson Brothers in the new office block Crown House
I remember visiting Santa at the Morden Co-op, Morden Park had small childrens pool and Morden Hall Park as a child fishing for tiddlers and the fetes we had there with local film stars attending, remember ...read more here
Contributed by Irene McFarlane

Morden Park

I lived near the Woodstock Public house between 1954 and 1965. Morden Park used to be a golf course before the second world war and the large house was the Club House, I used to go to the bandstand on a Sunday and once an American Air Force band played there. Musicals popular tunes and then in the second half, jazz. Everybody was dancing, a great Sunday out.
Contributed by Donald Groves

1953 - 1974

I was born in our house in Martin Way and lived there until 1974. My grandparents moved into the house in the 1930's, just after it was built, and it was ours for around 40 years!
I remember Morden before Crown House existed, when the old Crown pub was on the corner instead. I used to play in Mostyn Gardens and John Innes park, near Rutlish school. Hillcross was my school, with the field, willow tree and old bomb shelter. I used to walk there with my brothers and sister, down Westcroft Gardens. Martin Way had a small parade of shops - the fish shop, Levers hardware store, a barbers/hairdressers, grocers, greengrocers, launderette and Platt's the newsagents and sweet shop. ...read more here
Contributed by Sue Sandy

Morden Park

I lived in Morden from the age of 3 to the age of 16. What I really remember is that I made model aircraft of many different kinds which I used to fly in Morden Park. I used to cycle to "Normans Model Aircraft" shop in Kingston Road, Wimbledon to buy my supplies and spend many, many happy hours building the aircraft. I used to fly them until it was too dark to see them and return home happy - even if they had crashed, as the challenge of repairing them for use another day was most pleasurable. That hobby made me so many friends and even today at the age of 74, I retain an interest in the hobby. A ...read more here
Contributed by John Murray

The Willows

I lived in Morden somewhere around 1952, but don't remember much about it. I went to a school called The Willows. My only memory is walking down London Road, (?) crossing a footbridge and getting to the area of the school, full of beautiful Willow Trees.
Jean Philip (Kushner)
Contributed by Jean Philip

childhood days

I lived in morden from 1948-1965 and I have wonderful memories of Morden Park and the bandstand that always had a band paying on Sundays and teas in the big house, not sure what it was called or what it was used for. My mother always insisted I wore white gloves and my best dress and as it was Sunday I was never allowed out to play so going to the bandstand was such a treat. (How times have changed.) Also I remember a paddling pool around the side of the house, I wonder if that is still there or if anyone remembers it? There was a stream that ran through the bottom of the park and I remember we used ...read more here
Contributed by linda hoddinett

Childhood

This photo brings back a lot memories. The photographer must be standing by the launderette in Abbotsbury Road, this was owned by my grandparents John 'Paddy' and Doreen 'Dorrie' Jones. I used to play on this street and in the alley way at the back with my sister Nicola and friends, Colin, Caroline and Jacquline.

My sister and our mother moved from Morden to Sussex in 1959. We had lived in one of the flats in Abbotsbury Road.
Contributed by Anne Jones