My Early Life In Sunbury On Thames

A Memory of Sunbury.

I was born in 1946 and went to St Ignatius Infants and Junior school and then on to Kenyngton Manor sec school. I worked at Vienna bakeries along with the Parnell brothers who owned the bakery. I was also a lifeguard at the swimming pool and a founder member of the swimming club along with Ian and Lesley Hackett. Alan Lucas and others whom to my shame I cannot remember.
It was a good time to be young gathering at the cafe next to the pool listening to Brian Mathew on the radio. Yes, the pool could be cold but after a few hot days it was great. I remember the day the Maltesers people came to make an advert and we were asked to act as extras, it was overcast and chilly, but with the addition of a few Martini umbrellas and tables when it was broadcast it looked the South of France!