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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 "Roman Hill" in Morden Park and The George, I married in St Lukes. Remember attending Saturday morning pictures at the Gaumont Rosehill which later became a Bingo Hall, and the Odeon cimema repleced by a Supermarket Remember Derb Day all the buses lined up outside the Morden Underground station to take us to Epsom" Posted: 19/06/2008 09:10 by Irene Mcfarlane |
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Year: 1955
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. Posted: 12/01/2008 17:24 by Donald Groves |
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 Morden, Abbotsbury Road c1955 (ref: M359019) |
Year: 1953
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. Posted: 03/01/2008 21:31 by Anne Jones |
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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. After that was the Fina petrol station. Across the road was St James' church and I used to enjoy looking out of my bedroom window at the wedding parties arriving. The main supermarket in Morden was Caters and there was an Express Dairy near the underground station that sold cakes with cream squished onto them from a machine, to order! As a child that used to fascinate me!! I went to Joseph Hood secondary school until we were moved 'en masse' to Willows at the start of the comprehensive system. Joseph Hood was split between the building in Whatley Avenue and the new building by Carters Bridge in Raynes Park, so it often involved a lunchtime walk from one to the other. Morden was quiet and a good place to live at that time. I have happy memories of it. Sue Sandy (nee Vowden) Last edited: 02/12/2007 19:58 by Sue Sandy |
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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 man called Albert lived in my road and he worked at International Model Aircraft in Merton and was very kind to encourage me in the hobby. He subsequently went to work for Wilmot Mansour who were making model kits of jet aircraft with the famous Jetex model engines. Posted: 27/07/2007 16:42 by John Murray |
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Year: 1952
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) Last edited: 23/10/2006 16:32 by Jean Philip |
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Year: 1950
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 to jump across it and hope that we would not fall in or we would be in trouble when we got home. I haven't been back to the park for many years maybe one day I will but I expect it has changed a lot. Last edited: 25/09/2006 21:12 by Linda Hoddinett |
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