Thames Ditton, High Street c.1967
Photo ref:
T103054
Photo ref:
T103054
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With the decline of coking coal as a fuel, benzole production fell, and in 1957 National Benzole was acquired by Shell-Mex & BP Ltd - and Leonard North's garage is now selling Shell petrol. The large tree in the middle of the roadway had been felled in December 1955 and replaced with a young sapling.
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A Selection of Memories from Thames Ditton
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Thames Ditton
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We lived in Thames Ditton from about 1951 until 1963. We were in a shabby flat at first ,Warwick Buildings, Summers Road, before moving to a council house in Alexander road. The flats were still fitted with gas lights!
The island over the ' Penny bridge' was a fascinating mystery to us, we never had a penny to cross over! My grandmother , Mrs Isabella Dann ran the ferry tea rooms.She died in 1950 so we ...see more
1946 to 1951 - my father was the vicar at St Nicholas Church. The vicarage was a huge place in nearly two acres of land, with a quarter of it wild and rambling. Loads of trees and bushes to make a delightful hunting ground for me and my grubby urchin friends! Playing on Giggs Hill Green, shooting off arrows from commercially available bows (illegal now, of course) and cycling all the way to ...see more
We moved south from Chadderton near Oldham in 1965. My mum had taken over running the corner shop that had been bought by Comerford's in their quest to own the entire block.
All but one house has succumbed to their buying and even when we eventually left in late 1969 the neighbours were holding out.
I was 10 years old and I went to St Mary's in Long Ditton and my brother to Ditton ...see more
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