Swiss Cottage, Finchley Road c.1965

Photo ref: S650008

I lived in Belsize Road, Swiss Cottage end for many years from the 50s through the 60s till i got married, I remember lots of things, the buses getting stuck in the road going up to Swiss Cottage in the snow and ice and having to be pushed, wouldnt think of that now. Up and down the road on my sledge, oh what times. I had a friend called LaLa who i lost contact with who lived a couple of doors away. Also neighbours ...see more

I was born in 1942 and from then until the early 1960s I lived in Cottage Mews. The mews was situated off Belsize Road very near to the entrance to the Swiss Cottage tube station. There was a newspaper stand at the entrance to the station, then going down the hill was an Estate Agents, a Milk Bar and a music shop. The entrance to the mews was between the music shop and Cullen's grocery shop ,(If my ...see more

I remember very well the journey from our house in Eastcote to Granmas in Holders Green! We would get the Met from Eastcote Station to Fincley Road then catch the bus to Golders Green High Road. My brother and me would race all the way from the start of Leaside Cresent to number 63 my wonderful Grandparents. Ena and Charles Baker who had lived in the house since they were married in the ...see more

This was a Boys Grammar School. Their uniform was a cap and blazer with broad black and dark red stripes. During the war a number of the large houses in Frognal were evacuated by their wealthy owners, "For The Duration". Their overgrown gardens, though not easily accessible, became 'Adventure Playgrounds" and their fruit trees a source of 'scrumping', for local local children.