Nostalgic memories of Sutton's local history
Share your own memories of Sutton and read what others have said
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.
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Displaying Memories 11 - 20 of 42 in total
I well remember the Whiffens from my childhood there house was at the end terrace opposite the " the bomb builings" we spent hours & hours over there in the early fifties.We did not have much contact with the Whiffins though I do remember we used to stick chicken claws through the letter box and pulling the sinues to make the claws move.Of course the highlight outside there house was bonfire night on the bomb ...see more
My Father Frank Adey (now 93) ran the Baseball at Rosehill Rec Sutton...I remember many days walking from our home in Benhill Avenue, to the games with the Sutton Beavers. I have fond memories of the Old Granada Cinema, having worked there at 19. Such a great theatre. Dad Frank also started and founded Little league Football at Morden. My Dad and Mum Rene, lived in Benhill. for over 30 years, to retire to Norfolk. (My ...see more
I was born in the maternity home in Cheam, we lived at 18 Brunswick Road, now demolished. I think it was build in or near the period of this photo. I remember Sutton quite well and it's such a shame all those old houses were replaced. I would love to find some photos of that house, or even the other houses on the road, as they were probably built around the same time. I'd appreciate any information! Thanks.
I remember the footbridge, in the late 50s my friends and I, all girls from the Holy Family school in Rose Hill would go down under the bridge and have secret times and meetings. We were the "goofy gang". We didn't get up to much but it was very exciting meeting under the bridge because we weren't allowed to be there, it was off a busy road.
Does anyone recognise what hole this at Banstead Downs GC
I was born at St. Helier hospital and lived in Stayton Road until I married in 1974. Our house backed on to the Pylbrook and the Oldfields Trading Estate, owned by the Wheeler family. One of the older boys kept a puma in a flat there and would take it for walks, on a lead, past our house. Families in Stayton Road were: Hardy; Dowse; Summerton (us);Gregory; Belt; Pooley; Fisher;Rollason; Stammers; Watson; ...see more
Where the pushbike is, The Toast Rack cafe was, a favourite place for us 'rockers' to meet for coffee and a smoke (back in the days when we all did). This was the meeting place on a Sunday morning to ride to Box Hill and Brighton....yes we did do the 'ton'. The roads then were mostly car less,exept for bank holidays when they were out in mass, jammed into their sardines cans.....nose to tail....mile after mile ...see more
Hi, I'm Tony Rivers. I was born 1943 at St Heliers hospital to the sound of bombs falling around me ( I wasn't aware of it at the time of course). I used to live in Muchelney Road and my family did most of their shopping in Rose Hill. I used to spend a lot of time at the athletics track which was in front on the hospital and between the prefabs. I remember they were lovely little prefabs all with nice gardens and ...see more
Yes, Sutton had it all it was a great place; parks and ponds to skate on in winter.
Six of us lived in a 2 up 2 down property in Sutton until I was 18. No bathroom, and a toilet in the garden which backed onto an alleyway that ran the length of the Trolley bus garage. Imagine, when I reached 10, mum allowed my younger brother and I to walk to Sutton public baths and pay for a proper bath.
