Mount Nelson

A Memory of Surbiton.

I'm interested in King Charles Road because my grandparents lived there in a house named 'Mount Nelson' (is it still there I wonder?). My mother was born there in 1904 and then the family moved to a new house( around 1935 I believe) in Woodlands Rd, Surbiton. During the lst World War I stayed for 4 years with my grandparents as it was safer than being in London where my parents were. Actually Surbiton wasn't all that safe and I can remember the doodle-bugs crashing around almost every day during 1944. My friend lived in South Bank and I used to cycle over almost every day in the school holidays to see her. It was quite a way from Woodlands Rd, but nobody seemed to worry - how unlike these days!