Carshalton, Benyon Road c.1955

Photo ref: C38003

Photo ref: C38003

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This view is taken looking north- west along Benyon Road towards the junction of Pound Street and Carshalton Road. The high brick wall in the distance belongs to Carshalton House. This was the village's grandest house, a mansion designed by Giacomo Leoni in the early 18th century for Edward Carlton, who was a London tobacco merchant. Its fine landscaped grounds with a lake include the important garden buildings, the Hermitage and the Water House, now part of a school. St Philomena's Convent School was founded in 1893 by the Daughters of the Cross.

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A Selection of Memories from Carshalton

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. Here are some from Carshalton

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Memories Of Mrs. Brown's School Name Somerhill In 21 South Rise Carshalton Beeches Surrey Which Closed In 1969 By David Shamash

MRS BROWN'S SCHOOL WAS LIKE A DAME SCHOOL: YOUNG CHILDREN USED TO GO TO DAME SCHOOLS FOR CHILD CARE AND EDUCATION BEFORE GOING TO SCHOOL BECAME COMPULSORY IN THE LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY. MRS. BROWN WAS LIKE A KIND VICTORIAN GOVERNESS I was at Mrs. Brown's School in South Rise Carshalton from 1962 to 1965. I was there between the ages of five years and eight years old. That ...see more

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Added 25 March 2021

Nigel And His Sister 1968 1969 1970

I remember NIgel, If I remember rightly his parents ran the Café on a roundabout. At Carshalton. His sister was going out with a trainee Doctor. We used to go around with ROBERT, We used to go to the WOODSTOCK , Tania and I Used to say we were Nigel's sisters. We used to be such good friends, why did we lose contact. Would love to hear from Nigel and Robert.

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Added 06 May 2019

The Beeches Avenue

We lived at number 20 from the early 50's to 1969 when we moved down to Devon. It was a lovely street to live in with the magnificent beeches all along. Nice neighbours- the Radfords at number 16 and the Huttons at 22. We had a plot of land between us and number 18- Miss Vine- which was sold for building when we moved. As it was, it made a great football pitch but must have been a devil to keep up for my Dad. There ...see more