Enfield In The 60s

A Memory of Enfield.

I can remember walking through Enfield Town as a young boy The Town then had shops like Ketts The electrical shop that sold Radios, Portable Reel to Reel taperecorders, Radiograms, and Record players , then left of that was The Copshop, Right of that was Woolworths,That sold nearly anything , but on the front of the shop inside was a counter that sold very warm salted peanuts, and they were gorgeous, next to Woolies was a Supermarket with one of the first automatic opening doors, a iron post that came out of the ground about 4 ft High as soon as anyone went past it the door opened , so you would stand there waving your hand infront of it , just for pure devilment, back down towards Ketts along Cecil Road There was The Cecil Road Cafe, that was like a large restaurant that sold soft drinks and tea and cakes and Hot meals like egg and chips etc. further down Cecil Road was a road called Palace Gardens and there was the Palace Cafe , that sold cups of tea and terrific rolls and sarnies, and plain crisps , further down cecil road was a Pub called The Duke Of Abercorn very quiet pub ,even the landlord went out for a pint, on the corner of cecil road was Lyons Corner House that sold hot meals and buns and fresh cream cakes and soft drinks and tea. Across the road was Enfield Town Market and behind that was a pub called the Kings Head, next door to that was another Cafe called The ABC ,That was a smaller verion of Lyons Corner house , i remember all the women used to leave their pushchairs and prams under the stairs , next door to that was a pub called Heneky's, a pub where all the teeneger's used to meet up and then go on from there , in front of that was a huge big fountain where on a hot day you used to drink from, just to stop yourself from burning up . The town then had some character !

Yours Phil Norton

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