Elm Grove

A Memory of Sutton.

So many good memories of Elm Grove. My paternal grandmother was Lillian Chard and lived at number 39 Elm Grove. As a family we also lived in Elm Grove when my parents were first married. Although I was born in St. Heliers, my sister, Rosalind was born at home. I remember Mr. and Mrs. Whiffen but also in Elm Grove was Charlie and Rennie Clark, Mrs. Egg (Egleton?) next door to my grandmother. I remember playing on the waste ground opposite - the "rec". I certainly remember the large number of nettles and being stung - often, my sister especially. Also playing with a black labrador called Tina.
A two up two down terraced house with the scullery attached to the rear. Outside toilet - no bathroom. Memories of my grandmother using the slipper baths at the Sutton public swimming baths in Throwley Way (?). There are pictures of me as a baby at the house we had in Elm Grove in a tin bath in front of the fire.
Christmas was my grandmother cooking for the family and neighbours.
Now all gone and changed for the better up to 13 all squeezed into that tiny backroom.