Nostalgic memories of Welling's local history

Share your own memories of Welling 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.

Why not add your memory today and become part of our Memories Community to help others in the future delve back into their past.

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  • How the location features in your personal history?
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  • People who were particularly kind or influenced your time in the community.
  • Has it changed over the years?
  • How does it feel, seeing these places again, as they used to look?

This week's Places

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In the Fifties my family used to live in Gipsy Road. Once a month, or so, I was taken to visit friends of my stepmother, Uncle Andy and Auntie Kit, who lived at the Bexleyheath end of Long Lane. This involved a long walk to get there but along the way there was a handy short cut path between Brampton Road and Long Lane. There were no houses lining this pathway but on one side was a sprawling tomato nursery where ...see more
I grew up in Welling in a house on Ridley Road. My mother lived in that house for over 60 years until she died this past January. I have 3 sisters - that was a tiny house with 1 bathroom, at times we seemed to really fill the place - felt more like a zoo with a dog 2 cats a rabbit, hamster and a gerbil . We knew everyone on that street - the guy who would never give back any of the balls that went over his fence, to the girls I ...see more
Welling in the Fifties had never been short of colourful characters plying their trade in and around the suburban Streets. I can fondly recall three from my childhood, the most memorable being the old rag and bone man who sat perched on his big wooden cart drawn along by his equally old nag of a horse. He always cried out his arrival with words no one understood, inviting residents to offload their unwanted junk which he ...see more
Light-years before the introduction of the mobile phone, Welling in the 1950's had mobile networks of its own. These were weekly delivery services to households in and around local streets. As a young child I was always excited by the Saturday arrival of the R. White soft drinks lorry and our usual order of lemonade, cream soda and Tizer. I remember well the familiar clinking of glass bottles in wooden ...see more
Ice cream was a special treat in our house back in the 1950's. The brand we had was always Lyons Maid, vanilla or strawberry, considered superior to Walls. But for those special occasions, especially during summer, we would enjoy a ball-size scoop of vanilla ice cream, dipped in molten chocolate like ganache, at the Silver Lounge in Bexleyheath Broadway, or real Italian ice cream - the very best - at ...see more
When very young I used to go with my father to the huge allotments opposite the parade of shops in Wrotham Road. It was always on a Sunday when the hut shop was open for the sale of seed, fertiliser and garden accessories, and it was where he bought seed potatoes and Growmore for his vegetable bed. Then one weekend we discovered chains on the main gate and the allotments no longer open. Not long after ...see more
i worked as a tv engineer at eric spencers about 1960
I have lived in Welling most of my life. I lived in Selwyn Crescent with my parents until 1975. I then moved to a flat in Welling, in fact the one in the picture above Stylo Shoe shop. I moved to Crayford where we bought a house. Stayed there for a few years and then moved back to Welling in 1981 and bought a house in Lancelot Road, where I am still living today. It has changed quite a bit over the years, but I have always been really happy here.
I was born at number 4 john Newton court in 1954. Although it was a small flat which I shared with brother Terry we were lucky to have wonderful parents ( Joan & Binty ) spent every moment playing football on the green and up Danson Park . Had brilliant mates like Gary Kemp, Steve Scott, Barry Smith ,Brian Fearn , Kenny Farrah and Roland Young where are you all? Very early sixties Rolling Stones dropped into the flates ...see more
Lived in Welling for over 20 years and remember the shops of 50/60s very well. Does anyone remember when the Circus came to Danson Park and they had a parade from what I think was Albany Park station to the park. Also they used to have a carnival parade down Bellegrove Road with floats and bands. Does anyone have a photos of these.