Browns Grocery Sweet Shop

A Memory of Oxshott.

1950s generally. My aunt Nora Brown was in charge of the sweet shop at Brown's. My uncle worked with his sisters Sis and Vi in the grocery store. Happy memories of free samples when I went to see my aunt. Happy memories of riding with my uncle as he made deliveries all over Oxshott. I remember the elation when, finally, sweets went off rationing - no more coupons to clip. I was always fascinated by the brass weights and pivot scales that were used to measure purchases. In the 1930s Brown's Tea Room was THE destination for Londoners who took the train to the "Country". Walks in Oxshott Woods and on the Heath, followed by tea and scones at Brown's. How things have changed. I now live in California. I hope the Browns' Corner sign is still there. The regional Council erected it after the last of the Browns had died and the house sold.