Nostalgic memories of Battersea's local history

Share your own memories of Battersea 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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Displaying Memories 91 - 100 of 158 in total

I was born in 1931 in Bollingbroke Nursing Home and lived in Belleville Road next to Belleville Road School. Our house was requisitioned and knocked down to enlarge the school and so we moved to Hayes, Middlesex, in 1937, where I lived until 1952 when I married a sailor and moved around with him. I remember racing down Belleville Road on a home made cart and narrowly missing careering into the main ...see more
Does anyone remember Frost's or Frosts the grocers in Northcote Road, also Jollys next to Woolworths. Ialso spwnt many happy times in Arding & Hobb's toy department. Couldn't afford to buy anything but loved looking.
From the end of WWII until Sept 1957, my parents rented rooms in one of the houses in Banbury St that still stands. I was five when we moved to Surrey but have vivid memories of the house. I remember the coal-hole in the semi-basement filled from the pavement outside up the area steps. There was a toilet next to it, but no bathroom. Before I was born, the family used a tin-bath in our ...see more
I was born in Longhedge Street in 1955, my dad was Ernest Burton, we lived there with my nan Mary Burton and my mum who was also Mary. Does anyone remember them?
I lived in Tidbury house with my mum and dad until I was 7 in 1973 until we had a fire and had to move across to savona house where i stayed til I was almost 9. both high rises. I remember playing karate with 2 italian brothers called tony and vincent and my best friend susan weston getting killed on thessaly rd! when i moved to savona I made friends with a girl called jeanette rashbrook who taught me ...see more
Hello, My family originated from east London (mainly Dagenham), but our branch 'emigrated to Battersea in 1964. Our first address was 22 Morella Road, right opposite Wandsworth common. I went to Honeywell junior school, in Honeywell Road. The teachers I remember from there were Mr. Gordon Bennett (truly !) Mr. Mallett (the head) and Mrs. Parker. One of the first friends I made at Honeywell was ...see more
Biddy was my mother-in-law.
We lived in the Peabody estate. 6M, 13U and finally 4A as the family grew from me to finally 4 children. We were very privileged and had a bath under a table top in the kitchen, originally heated with a boiler, coal fed. There was a range in the living room, coal again. When we were at 13U, 5 floors up, 64 steps - not easy for a 6+ year old to lug a galvanized bucket up from our coal store by O ...see more
Hi, I was born in 59 Durham Buildings, 1953 been on face book pitures of Battersea it has as some photos and memory's James
I lived in Beaufoy Road for a number of years, I went to Falcon Brook Primary School, then Lavender Hill girls school. Had great times. Lavender Hill School now gone, does anyone have memories of it, the snow would be terrible coming down Amies Street, I had a great uncle uncle iving there.