Dulwich Wood Avenue 1898, Upper Norwood
Dulwich Wood Avenue 1898, Upper Norwood Ref: 42650
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Memories of Dulwich Wood Avenue 1898, Upper Norwood
Dulwich Wood Avenue
This is now the Gipsy Hill roundabout at the end of Croxted Road at the junction of Aleyn Road, Gipsy Road and Dulwich Wood Avenue (formerly named The Avenue). This photograph is looking along the length of Dulwich Wood Avenue with Crystal Palace clearly in the background. A magnificent photo and very rare to find a photo of Dulwich Wood Avenue and the former triangular shrubbed triangle which is now an ugly big roundabout! The triangle remained until after the Second World War but as traffic and congestion increased dramatically with more cars on the road the triangle was replaced in around 1960.
Aurelia Road
We moved to 161 Aurelia Road from 6 Brampton Road, Addiscombe, I lived there for 24 years with my mother and father Margaret and Harry Spencer. My father was a plumbing and heating engineer and taught plumbing at Vauxhall College. Our neighbours were lovely Mr & Mrs Isaacs lived at 163, and 159 Mr & Mrs Lucas and my best friend Joyce, across the road upstairs lived Mr & Mrs Finlay and sons Jimmy, downstairs lived Mr & Mrs Tanner and Linda, next door was Mr & Mrs Mitchell son Jimmy and Beryl, then elderly couple next door.Mr & Mrs Cocklyn, Michael Robert and little Mary. On the corner was I went to West Thronton School my mum used to take me on the back of her bike in little black seat, which was fun, then went to Lanfranc. My dad had garage for his car down Aurelia Road, which he let me drive when I was 9 I used to sit on his lap and steer the... Read more
Upper Norwood & local memories
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Upper Norwood
I grew up in Palace Road and I remember going to the Granada Cinema as a child and opposite was a shop that had a train set in the window and if you put an old penny in the slot it would go round. This would have been approx. 1965.
