Tattenham Corner memories
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A Childhood
I was born in The Spinney in 1961 and lived there until I let there at 19. I remember it all with rose tinted spectacles, the community, the shops: Waldens the butchers, Doreens the newsagents, or Hodges across the road, the hardware store, the small library, the Co-op and the Wavy Line Stores, the race meetings and especially Derby Day. I went to Merland Rise school and remember the two headmistresses, Mrs Bingham in the infants and Miss Wilson in the Juniors. An abiding memory is of the snow in the 1960s and 70s and trudging to school as a child of five or six to find the school closed but a small group of teachers running a class which I was put into, until my mum came to fetch me.
Tattenham Grove, Tattenham Corner
I was born at number 42 Tattenham Grove in 1939 and lived there with my mother and grandparents until 1944 when my dad came home from the war. My grandfather worked on the railways, and used to come off shift at the station, one of my favourite places. The weighing machine and the machine where you could print your name on a piece of metal, and later the machine that sold chocolate after rationing ended. I remember when visiting as I grew up and being sent to the newsagents for ice cream, trying to get it home before it melted! My grandparents grew lovely roses in their front garden and had a great veg garden at the back. I havent been back since the late 1950s, both my grandparents being gone since 1961. One of these days I would love to visit again to see the changes, I am sure there must be many. I remember the fair during the Derby days each summer, it was very exciting... Read more
The Clarks Shoe Shop
i can remember the kind manager of this shoe shop, i was only 7 and i was impressed with the wooden foot measurer, i also wemt to the coop with my mother, i wonder if the shops are still there,
in 1977 was the queens silver jubilee, and children from the local merland rise waved union jacks on derby day 1977, all i saw was a pink glove.
happy new year ro you all
ivan
Memories of Surrey
The Galleon Swimming Pool
The Galleon swimming pool was all blue with a marvellous fountain at the far, shallow end. Above to the left was a sun balcony and a little counter where you could buy soft drinks and sweets. There was a wavey slide on the left side middle and a spring board at the deep end. Everywhere was painted summer blue. Oh the fun we had as kids and the place was always crowded on sunny days. I still have a photo of me in one of those dreadful rouched swim costumes which were fashionable after the war, sitting on the edge of the pool.
Dancing Round The Maypole
I can remember dancing round the maypole by the conker trees just down from the pond on May 1st with the Burgh Heath Methodist School, Head teacher Miss Mary Fletcher - and buying sherbert in the little shop nearby which was weighed out on an old set of scales - sherbert and humbugs kept in little glass jars on the shelf - can't remeber the name of the lady that owned the shop but knew her daughter Mrs Freida Day - anyone else remember any of this or what this lady's name was? Also remember hearing stories of the horse and cart that went down the well in the pond - wonder whether that was true -Miss Marshall who lived by the pond (school secretary) told us this story - gosh so many memories flooding back :)
Memory of The Galleon
I remember gooing swimming and getting my elbow stuck in the bar that went round the edge of the pool
Swimming Lessons
I remember swimming lessons at the Galleon, laying in a 'cradle' that was held by a long pole that the teacher let go of when she thought you wouldn't sink !!! I also remember how freezing cold the water was, the fountain at the end of the pool that we used to play in, AND I remember my sister Frances getting her elbow stuck in the side of the pool !
Methodist School
I was at Burgh Heath Methodist School from about 1953 to 1956. My mother was Mrs Coleman, who taught reception. Mrs Parrot was headmistress, Mrs Westwater taught the second class. Miss Marshall was at that time the milk lady and lived with her mother in a little cottage at the end of a cobbled path, opposite the school, by the pond. They had gas lighting downstairs and a candle was used upstairs. They had a garden that went down to the pond and always flooded in the winter. My father was a photographer in his spare time and took photos of the years that I was there, which I still have. We lived at Belmont and my mum cycled along the Brighton Road to school every day, with me on the back! We had nature walks around the pond and I remember being warned of the dangers of thin ice in the winter, as a boy, Alan someone I think, drowned when he fell through the ice a few winters previously. Miss Fletcher took... Read more
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