Happy Days!

A Memory of Chessington.

This area played a large part in my early life in the late 40s - early 50s. I lived nearby till I was 10yrs old and then I still walked by to go to Moor Lane Junior mixed school and to Brownies on a Friday evening.
We would meet Brown Owl from the station and walk passed these shops, then the open ground where there were lots of hawthorn bushes and a woodyard. Here Dad would buy timber and the rope and hooks for my swing. The ground opposite was quite damp in winter and sometimes the fog was so thick it was difficult to see to cross Bridge Road.
In summer the fair was sited here. One year I won a goldfish by throwing a pingpong ball into a bowl!
The first shop sold sweets, toys and newspapers. Also there was a Greengrocer, Butcher, Fresh Fish shop, Co-op, Chemist and at the far end the shop where my bicycle came from and a radiogram!
Happy days indeed!
NORMA