Surbiton, Brighton Road c.1955
Photo ref: S231021
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The late Victorian era saw the development of shopping parades. The one on the left was built in 1904- 05, when electricity came to Surbiton, so it was given the name Electric Parade. Parking restrictions were yet to descend upon Surbiton, and the few drivers after the Second World War have the roads to themselves. Many local authorities were to save ratepayers the expense of erecting lamp posts by attaching their street lamps to the trolley poles, as we see here. Philpott and Co at No 40 on the right supplied stationery.

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My name is Robert Madgwick and from the age of 3 I lived at 80, Brighton Road with my 3 sisters and David Clements and his family. I remember Harper's Paper Shop - my sister Rosemary had a paper round there. I think the shop next to the Black Lion was called Holtons, in Maple Road. I remember Susan Dunford and, until recently David Clements worked with her in Unichem, Chessington. I sang in the choir at St. Andrew's Church until 1957. I left Brighton Road in 1964 and now live in Sussex.
I remember my happy childhood in Brighton Road so well. We lived at 114, heading toward the Portsmouth road. My grandfather had built the house. It lay back from the road. Mr and Mrs Harper ran the paper shop that had a telephone cubicle in it. There was a shop next to the Black Lion that sold lemonade for a penny a glass. My friend Susan Dunford lived further down the road, we would wander and play and ...see more