Redhill Pool Hair Spray And Teddy Boys

A Memory of Redhill.

I remember the pool at Redhill and the cardboard boxes for our clothes. Oddly I was only thinking of it last week when I was locking my clothes up at the gym, I was wondering how they tracked our clothes when we were kids. The pool had a balcony upstairs where parents used to watch us perform - we mucked about most of the time. I can remember my mum and her friend, Mrs. Smith, laughing their heads off after I'd called out proudly, "Watch me, Mum" and promptly did a belly flop. I also remember the Teddy boys outside the Coffee Bar on Portland Drive, we were school kids then and we'd watch them from over the shops, we were scared of them. I remember buying that Hair Spray from Miss Ann's Hairdressers on Portland Drive, it went on thick (it was like paint) and perfect for back combing the hair. I remember Saturday morning pictures in the winter months. Playing in the woods and feilds, bluebelling, camps in the woods, quiet long hot summers.... I remember playing Five Stones, Jacks and Run Outs. Most of all I remember laughing a lot. It was a very happy and safe childhood, we were so lucky. I pity the children these days.