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In 1944, when I was six, bombs dropped at the end of our road in N. Mitcham (Caithness Road) rendering our home, and others, uninhabitable, and after spending one night at Woodland Way Community Hall we were ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1944 by Frances Innes

Can anyone remember the Cain Bros Family Butchers in Mitcham? I'm doing a bit of family history research and would love to hear any memories. I'm not sure on the exact dates as to when the shop was open, but I think it was there from the 1960's through to the 1970's.

A memory of Mitcham by Alison Cain

I was born in Mitcham in 1929 and lived as a baby in Queens Road aka "rocky" or "Rocks Terrace" my Grandfather was called Truelove and had a shop in Queens Road. Hard to belive now but a horse and cart owner would stop outside ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1930 by Derek Jones

As a boy I was shipped off in the summer holidays from the family farm in Kent to stay with Grandparents at 15 Ellison Road. I soon developed a fascination for the trains and would spend most days on the station courtesy ...Read more

A memory of Streatham in 1959 by Lynn Woods

50 years ago next month my wife and I were married in St.Marks church in Mitcham. Marion Cornell was one of our bridesmaids. If you see this Marion, or any one that knows you, we would like to hear from you . My wife is Carol Snowdon nee Rutledge.

A memory of Mitcham

Theresa Jackson(nee Lay) Would love to hear from anyone who went to Western Road School between 1958-62 and any of the gang from Seaton Road where I lived and have fond memories.Memories of Majestic cinema where I use to go ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham by tdlay29

I was in Cannons house between 1954 to 1961 and remember the name of one other house; Ravensbury. Does anyone remember the names of the other two houses?

A memory of Mitcham by leon_horowicz

I moved to Mitcham in the mid. 1940s with my family, my father James, my mother Margery and my sister Janice. We lived for a short while at 1 Robin Hood Lane and then 20 Holly Way. I remember the Monday pre-school club and later ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham by anslowjim

I grew up in Mitcham in the sixties. Went toSt Mark & Cranmer Green. Loved the library & swimming baths , Ravensbury park, the fair on Mitcham common. Happy days, fond memories. Walking along Figgs Marsh to see my Nana. Saturday morning pictures @ Granada Tooting. Magic!!

A memory of Mitcham by angie

Seasalter - A place name from the past for 2 reasons. No.1 - in the 1960s my paternal grandmother and grandfather had retired from Tooting, Sarf London to Bapchild, Sittingbourne and had acquired a beach hut close by the ...Read more

A memory of Seasalter by mothpoet