Tooting, Central Hall 1951
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Memories of Tooting, Central Hall 1951

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Sellincourt school memories. Hi everyone! My name is Nusrat Khan and I attended Sellimcourt Primary school during the early 1970's and what a brilliant decade that was! I lived above my dad's dry leaning shop called Superior Cleaners run by my dad. There was a KFC across the road and a John Brown menswear shop next to it. Next to my dad's shop, there was the sweet shop, J Knox ...see more
I moved to Mitcham Road, Tooting, near Amen Corner and next to St Boniface Church, from Putney at the age of five. The year was 1947. The maisonette we lived in was above a perfume factory, it’s now an Indian restaurant called Rayyans, I believe. I attended Ensham Infants. Later I went to Franciscan Road School where I returned to teach many years later. Although I was christened Keith I was called Kit by ...see more
Born in Wimbledon 1950, I lived in Trevelyan Road in Tooting until I was 10 when we moved to South Lambeth.  My nan lived behind the Granada in Tooting and she cleaned there.  She lived in Bickley Street.  I went to Sellincourt Road School, buying sweets etc from Mrs Alexander's shop which was next door to Bernard Say's shop on the way to and from school.  Mrs Alexander's husband also repaired shoes at the ...see more
What else has changed about Tooting? I'd be very interested to hear.