Kangaroo Valley 1960's Earls Court Road

A Memory of Earl's Court.

I love all the Francis Frith prints of Earls Court. I moved there as a young child in the mid 60's, so some of the old photos on here were taken during my life time. This colour tinted image of Earls Court road with the old WH Smith's shop on the left hand side in particular evokes such poignant memories for me. I frequently wandered along the Earls Court Road and regularly popped into Smiths. I lived in Earls Court for about five years, but I was not there all the time and packed off elsewhere by my dysfunctional parent. Truly the times I spent in this area of London were the happiest moments of my life. Kensington in the 1960's and 70's was a great place to live. The 60's in particular a very colourful time, with equally colourful characters, that these days sadly just do not exist. Earls Court back in the 60's was known as Kangaroo Valley, due to the large number of Australian's who lived in and frequented the area.