Moving of the war memorial: A memory of Banstead

Moving Of The War Memorial

A Memory of Banstead.

Note in this photo that the war memorial has been moved back and the wall lowered. Flats have been built on the Banstead house site. You could always see the green houses over the high wall from the top of the 164a bus. The corner shop, which I think used to be a bakery (top left) has gone and the road widened. The bus always used to mount the curb on this corner when turning towards the downs and Greenacre school roundabout.

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Added 06 June 2006

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After moving back "darn sarf" in 1972 after 4 years in Liverpool our family (Mum, Dad, Sister, Me & Dog Bruce) lived in Fiddicroft Avenue which is behind the flats in the far distance. To fund my teenage lifestyle of music, beer, motorcycles and football I became a paperboy at Carter's Newsagents on the left for a fair few years. There was a rather attractive girl there who worked Saturdays behind the counter. In due course she became my wife and mother to our 2 daughters. Where did the last 50+ years go?

By mothpoet on Sun Nov 13th 2022, at 5:21 pm

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