Brixton, Wiltshire Road c.1950
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Memories of Brixton, Wiltshire Road c1950

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Brixton, Wiltshire Road c.1950

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I was born at 44 Wiltshire Road, in the basement flat in June 1955, and lived there until I was 6. I remember listening to gospel singing coming from St. Johns church and the colourful weddings that happened there. I remember a car accident outside our house and one car rolled over and over, and landed well into the front garden. My mum was called to court as a witness, and I tagged along, a nice policeman looked after ...see more
My dad Chic Upstone and relative Dick Rush climbed up the tower to correct the clock for the vicar in the 1950s