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This photo looks like the 'Swan Inn" at the Mitcham end of Figgs Marsh where I caught the bus to Tooting Broadway to get the Underground to London.  The trees of Figgs Marsh Common can be seen in the background.  The road split in two ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1963 by Carole Baldwin

What a great site this is – I love sharing everyone’s memories. It brought back my childhood and names I had forgotten. I moved from Scotland to Mitcham in 1946 when I was four. Mum, Dad, my sisters Margaret and Florence and me all moved ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham by Betty Brock

I was born in 1959 at 20 Glebe Cour,t Mitcham to Percy Jack and Lillian Anne Agg. All my mother's side of the family lived in Micham - Ford - Atkins and Agg being the surnames. I have fond memories of Mitcham and of the parks and the pub ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1959 by Trevor Agg

When I was in my early teens, my mates and I used to go to Figgs Marsh and wait for the lads. We used to sit in an open brick-built toilet area which had seating and it was magical to see all the pictures ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1950 by Patricia Cohen

Although I didn't live in Mitcham, I do remember a girl who lived above the chemist in Fair Green . She and her friends were top modernists, very smart with handmade shoes, I think her name was Germaine and I think she had a friend called ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1958 by John Michael Taylor

I was born in Mitcham in 1947 and have happy memories of growing up there. This picture is taken on London Road (the A217) from a spot between the Cricket Green and Fair Green. In those days, there was a small garage with a petrol ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1960 by John Wakeford

Can anyone remember the name of the Pet Shop at Mitcham Fair Green, near Drewetts the Funeral Directors. Some friends have said it was the Rag Tag and Bobtail, but I'm sure it was called something else before that.

A memory of Mitcham in 1963 by Paul Hicks

I love Mitcham...born St Helier 3rd Jan 1970, lived in Streatham Road moved to Graham Ave, Mitcham till 1977 ... then moved into the Red Flats, Fountain House when they were first built. There was Mitcham swimming baths (smelt ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham by Donna Hallett

I moved to Mitcham in 1941 as a 3 year old having been "bombed out" elsewhere. Many of the memories in these pages are similar to mine. But perhaps not this. As a ten year old my mate Tony Burls and I lived near the Swan Inn. We ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1941 by Jack Simmons

I posted this memory once before, but am repeating with the hope that new members will see it and perhaps respond. In 1944, when I was six, bombs dropped at the end of our road in N. Mitcham (Caithness Road) ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham by Frances Innes