Redhill 1961

A Memory of Redhill.

I remember the Teddy Boys and 'winkle pickers'. Our baby-sitter used to rock and roll in the living room, and us kids used to laugh because we could see her underwear when her flared skirt twirled! She used to paint our nails for us with pink varnish, and lacquer our hair with squeezy bottle Rosedale Hairspray which only cost a few pence in Woolies. She also used to dye her hair black with a powder sachet called Tonrinse. What a mess it made in the sink. It was a case of stirring the powder into the water and pouring it over the hair! My friend Margaret lived in Holmesdale Road, and her two foster mums used to run a little sweet shop there. They demolished those houses and replaced them with maisonettes.  

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