Doddington Road Before The Flats!

A Memory of Battersea.

I grew up in Doddington Road and went to Chesterton Road school until 1967. All the old houses in Doddington Road and surrounding streets were then demolished for the big estate of flats that now sits there.

We moved up to Victoria Rise on the Cedars estate.

I then went to Wix Lane until 1970 before going to secondary school at Sir Walter St.Johns from 1970-75.

Lots of great memories growing up in Battersea. Highlights were going to Maggie Browns for pie and mash on Saturdays. Dodging the muck from the old Youngs Drays delivering to the pub up the high street. Does anyone remember the old toboggan run in the adventure ground in Battersea park. Dragging the old box carts up and then trundling back down.

When we moved up to the Cedars estate, I remember playing on the old bomb site on the corner of Queenstown Road and Wandsworth Road (now a Sainsburys mini store I think).

Also remember David Gregg's the grocers in Lavender Hill.

The old sport shop opposite that got taken over by Chelsea goalkeeper, Peter Bonetti and the Saturday mornings waiting outside with my autograph book when the like of Alan Hudson, Peter Osgood and the like would call in before going off to a game.

Happy Days.

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Hi I also went to Chesterton school I remember Maggie browns pie mash shop it was great shame they aren't many left now I don't go to London anymore but last time I went even the Wandsworth road pie mash shop had closed down remember Battersea park and what we used to call the jungle and Battersea fair good times.

By lgladwin99 on Mon Sep 5th 2016, at 9:14 am

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Hi Steve, I also went to Wixs Lane and Sinjuns - 1 year out from you leaving Sinjuns in 76. I lived in Wixs Lane and was in Mr Cox's class last year at Wix Lane. My sister (Amanda) also went there. The sports shop was called Blunstones and I used to play football for Cedars Athletic with Kevin and Keith Gould but to name a few. All the best Anthony Russell

By russell.anthony on Tue Sep 6th 2016, at 2:05 pm

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We lived on the Surrey lane estate, in bowstead court. Opposite us were old houses and the alley leading to battersea high street. We were there for 7 years and moved to crawley. My boys went to Chesterton school, because before moving to Surrey lane we lived in walden house opposite the school. Anyone remember us. My boys are Stephen Paul and Keith marshall

By terrymarshall99 on Mon May 7th 2018, at 8:06 am

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I lived at no 2, I think it was , in Doddington road. With my gran approx 1965, 1967 . My family were The Tanners and Palmers and Jackson. All in the same street. I also went to Chesterton school while living there. I remember the pie and mash shop. And a shop round the corner where you could get a small cup of Tizer for a penny. Also the pub round the corner where you could sit on the step with a drink and bag of crisps. I remember playing on the bomb crater a few streets away.

By southlondon2016 on Sun Oct 14th 2018, at 5:43 pm

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