My Memories Of Tooting In 1950's

A Memory of Tooting.

I was born at salterford road off of south croft road in 1944 and I went to furzedown infants school I remember miss pottage I think she was the headmistress .can anyone enlighten me,,and my lovely teacher was miss Ella ,I adored her ,but when I was naughty she would make me sit under her table mum took me to smith bros at Christmas it was absolutely magical,we would go on sleigh ride to see Santa ,they had cash containers whiz zing. Above your head. Sending customers money to the cashiers office then they sent the change back to the shop assistant for the customer ,also going into woolworths was a treat with so many exciting counters ,I went on to Penwortham school and estreham ,does anyone out there remember me ,I remember cathy mcgeown Paula snail castle David Elliott pearl leadbetta and a whole lotmore ,!
They were happy days tooting was wonderful!!


Added 05 May 2014

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Do you remember anything about Smith Bros tokens? I have a brass token with a 5 on it - perhaps £5, Aluminium ones for 2d and 10p. I lived in Avarn Road off Mitcham Road and my father helped put in the fire sprinkler system in Smith's in the early 1960s. It was about the closest he ever worked to home. I had never heard of the tokens all the time I lived in Tooting (1948 - 1966). Do you or anyone else recall them and what they were used for?

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