Raynes Park, Cannon Hill Common c.1955
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Photo of Raynes Park, Cannon Hill Common c.1955

A Selection of Memories from Raynes Park

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 Raynes Park

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My grandfather owned a shop at 562 Kingston Road, Raynes Park, London and would love to see aphoto of it as it was in the 1960's. I hope someone can help me email peter_aj@bigpond.com Cheers Peter
Going to the pictures at Raynes Park . If I remember my friend Nigel's sister Denise used to go to her boyfriends flat in RP, he was studying to be a Doctor, A load of us used to go with her Me Robert, Tania. Why did we lose contact.
I spent several years in the early '70's living at 198(?) Grand Drive. I think my aunt, Irene Nichols, had lived there since before WW2. She claimed to have seen a pre war cricketer break the clock at Lords. The house was like a time warp back to the war. Her ARP tin helmet was still there, as was a pre war car parked at the side of the house. The car was used to store old copies of the Telegraph newspaper. ...see more
I was born in Prince George's Avenue in 1940 but spent the war years with my grandparents in Amity Grove. One of my memories of those years was the summer of 1944. A doodlebug ( remember the name ? ) hit St. Matthews Church in Durham Road and all the windows in our house (No 43) blew in !!