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Bali-Hi
I remember going drinking at the Bali-Hi night club, made many good friends. Can anyone please tell me if the club was above a dance hall, and is it now an Ice rink. I moved away from Stockwell in 1969 and now live in East Sussex...I do miss the old days, we had such good fun. Cheers Tony Smith
Bali-Hi
Can anyone tell me where the Bali-Hi night club was, I thought it was above a dance hall which is now a Ice Rink in Streatham High Road, I use to enjoy going there in the 1960s, great fun.
Streatham Ice Rink
With my future wife and two friends we often went skating at Streatham. We weren't very good skaters and had no skates of our own. In those days the skating boots that you hired at the Rink were not always in good condition and were "baggy" around the ankles, so that no matter how tightly you tied the laces, your ankles were not well supported. By 9 pm there would be plenty of puddles in the corners of the rink, so much so that if you slipped over (which I often did) you ended up sitting in a puddle! Good days, nonetheless. Ken Cook
Dancing, Ice Skating, Having Fun!!!
Streatham was THE place to be. I lived at Crown Point for many years in my teens, and went ice skating three times a week, I remember the hourly speed sessions there, I got very good and fast. I used to go there with my regular girlfriend Sheila Barnett, Pat Waldock and my pals Dougie Hayes and Steve Snell. Where are they now? The Locarno had all the top groups too. Went twice a week there, many live bands. Saw P J Proby, The Byrds, Dave Dee and the Bostons, Applejacks, Honeycombs, Migil 5, The Yardbirds, The Shadows. It had a revolving stage, I remember. I was drinking in a pub on Streatham High Road when news of President Kennedy's assassination came through. I remember being terrified of an imminent nuclear attack so we all got very drunk! The Rumbling Tum coffee bar near the station was the 'in place' to be seen in our Beatle jackets. Girlfriends then included Penny Kearney, Leslie van Doorne,Paula Sharpe, all distant but fond memories... Read more
St Helen's School, Streatham Common
My sister, Adele, and I went to St Helen's School on the corner of Valley Road opposite Streatham Common. I remember Sheila Tittenshaw and another girl called Eleanor amongst others. I learnt to read there. The headmistress was Miss Tarry. We then went on to Fidelis Convent in Upper Norwood. Marianne nee Pentony
Childhood Memories
I have fond memories of growing up in Leverson St, not far from Mitcham Lane where our local shops were. I went to Eardley Rd School & then on to Dunraven Secondary School. Spent a lot of my teenage yrs at the Locarno, Bowling Alley & Streatham Ice Rink.
One of my favourite places has always been The Rookery on Streatham Common, I spent a lot of time there as a child. Another favourite place was Tooting Bec Common, where myself & my two sisters used to go to the outdoor Swimming Pool.
At the top of Leverson St was a sweet shop called Pitts, everyone growing up there would remember that! There was also a "bomb site" us kids would play on. Of course it has now been built on. It hasn't changed that much, all the old houses are still there, although I haven't visited for about three yrs!
Most of my family lived nearby then. My sister & I would go to visit our Nan &... Read more
School
I went to school at St. Helen's School which was situated on the corner of North Side and Valley Road between 1955 - 1961. I actually lived in NORBURY and have some memories of Norbury when you open up a site for it. I hope you do.
Growing up it Streatham
I moved to Streatham from Clapham in 1956. I have an early memory of sitting in a taxi with Mum and my Nan while Dad went into the Estate Agents for the keys! I lived there from the age of 22, when we moved to Northamptonshire, but Mum & Dad were still there until they died in 2006, so I was often back there. I too remember St Helens School at the corner of Valley Road. I lived on the other side of the Common, and remember always wanting to go there, and standing outside with my Mum looking at the Girls coming out in their uniforms! The school was later demolished and was replaced by a block of flats which I think are still there. I went to Emanuel Church Primary School, the old building, which now houses Sainsbury's. I can still remember my first day there, walking past South London Motors, Streatham Modern School, and the Pied Bull (where my Nan was the Cook). There was also the... Read more
