Mandeville Road

A Memory of Brampton.

I was raised in Mandeville Road where my mum and dad had lived since 1953, a year after the houses were completed. Ours was the last brick built, no 7, before they started building the pre-fab houses from steel frame and concrete panels. As an architect I know the density of modern estates, around 14 to 16 per acre is common now a days. Bernard Road, Olivia Road and Mandeville Road are around 6 per acre. Basically on a par with modern mega luxury hosing developments.
I remember celebrating the Queens silver jubilee and Charles and Diana's wedding at street parties on the green areas outside the bungalows.
I also remember burying my pet mouse in the foundations of No.30, the newer house that was built on the field leading through to the allotments on which Miller Way is now built.
I remember sitting on the roof of our coal shed, watching the races through plastic binolculars.
I remember being able to name all of Mandeville Road residents and most on "Grove Estate"

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