Battersea Girl

A Memory of Battersea.

I lived in Birley street with my parents and brother Colin. I have very happy memories of shaftesbury park school and later on Clapham county grammar school. Many days were spent on Clapham Common and at battersea park, where the funfair used to be. I can remember going to Clapham Junction either to the cinema or for a wimpy or just to mooch around the shops. Northcott road had a big market and was always busy. I remember mum and dad taking me for a drink at the cedars pub on a sat or sun evening, where I used to be in the corridor with the rest of the kids with our lemonade and plain crisps!Kids were not allowed in pubs in them days. On a Sunday the fish man would come round with his Barrow and mum would buy a jug of winkles and spend all afternoon with a pin getting them out. I moved to Suffolk in 1980 but will always hold dear my battersea childhood. Susan Farley (was Law)