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I would like to thank those who have responded to this and I have equally replied. Sutton has fond memories. The girl I married is still my partner and we often speak fondly of Sutton and what it used to be like. We are very interested in hearing the stories of what it is like now. Is the tree still outside what used to be called 'Trueforms shoe shop'? Do they still have the little market in West Street? Can you drive up the High Street any more? If not, where do you go? Is the old cinema still there towards Carshalton? So much we would like to know.
St Barnabas Youth Club
I went to Sutton East Secondary Modern School, Throwley Road, and spent some happy years there and made many friends. I am trying to locate any of them, and anyone who went to the youth club. I have so many fond memories of school days and Sutton, we had moved around a lot, and I would love anyone to contact me. I remember visits to the two cinemas, shopping in Ghinns, and working at Dolton, Bourne & Dolton, the builders merchants, working with Norah, so many happy memories. Please contact me if you are one of my school friends or went to the youth club.
Elm Grove
So many good memories of Elm Grove. My paternal grandmother was Lillian Chard and lived at number 39 Elm Grove. As a family we also lived in Elm Grove when my parents were first married. Although I was born in St. Heliers, my sister, Rosalind was born at home. I remember Mr. and Mrs. Whiffen but also in Elm Grove was Charlie and Rennie Clark, Mrs. Egg (Egleton?) next door to my grandmother. I remember playing on the waste ground opposite - the "rec". I certainly remember the large number of nettles and being stung - often, my sister especially. Also playing with a black labrador called Tina.
A two up two down terraced house with the scullery attached to the rear. Outside toilet - no bathroom. Memories of my grandmother using the slipper baths at the Sutton public swimming baths in Throwley Way (?). There are pictures of me as a baby at the house we had in Elm... Read more
Elm Grove
My grandparents lived at 42 Elm Grove from the 1920s until the late 1970s, Mr & Mrs Whiffen. My father was brought up there, only leaving when the Second World War broke out. My paternal great grandmother also lived close by, Mrs Beauchamp. I lived in Catford but often visited and stayed on my own with my grandparents. I remember the corner sweetshop/general store run by Mrs Trevener. The fish shop was always a great excitement: peering in at the side door where they gutted and prepared the fish. Round the corner on the main road was a greengrocer where I was allowed to go on my own (aged 5 or so) and buy a single banana for my tea. I remember the bomb site opposite the front of Elm Grove where a gang of us would play! And I still have the scars from falling over on the tar and gravel surface of the street.
Childhood in Sutton
My memories of Manor Park were that on a Saturday morning we used to go to the Granada cinema for Saturday morning pictures. The cinema was right next to the park and we used to go in the park on our way home. I lived in Carshalton Road. My grandfather's name is on the war memorial in the park and also my uncle's name is on there, they both died in the First World War. I have wonderful memories of the years that I lived in Sutton. I went to school at Newtown School and then we moved to a different part of Sutton and I went to school at Sutton West Girls school. I sometimes go to Sutton to shop and OH how much it has changed, and not always for the better, but there are still some old places that were there when I was a girl. My grandfather used to run a public house in Sutton, it was called The Cross Keys, the building is still there... Read more
This is The Church I Was Christened in
This is the church that I was christened in and my older sister was married in, it was just down the road from where I lived in Carshalton Road. I also went to Sunday School there. It was a beautiful old church. Sadly I have not been there for a long time, but now I have seen the photo I will make an effort to visit.
Elm Grove
As a footnote to my previous memory of Elm Grove, could I have your wife's maiden name as I know many of the girls that would have gone to Sutton West Girls' School including my own sister Linda, do you think you might know her? I might even know your wife.
Manor Park
I was born in Cedar Road maternity annexe in Sutton in 1956 and lived in Eaton Road for my first 10 years of life. One of my biggest joys was visiting the library that was situated in Manor Park in a house that I think may still be there, it was only small but was a wonderful old place. The War Memorial in Manor Park has my grandmother's brother named on it, not sure of his Christian name but his surname is Hill. My grandmother was Florence Hills who married Angus Weller, they had 7 children, my mother was Joan. My father used to take me to Sutton swimming baths on a Sunday morning and we would walk home through the park to have a hot cooked breakfast on route, Dad buying his Sunday paper and buying me National Geographic magazine because I loved all the colour pictures of the animals. We used to have the Corona man that came to the door once a week, where you could purchase... Read more
