Fulham Family.

A Memory of Fulham.

All of our family lived around the Broadway area in the 50`s. My dad had 2 brothers and 2 sisters. Sister's married names were Eaton & Calcot. My uncle, Jim Calcot, was the manager of the Red Hall cinema. We used to kid people we owned The Jolly Maltsters pub in Farm Lane even though most of the family used The Weavers. My sister, Margaret and I, went to Halford Rd school and Margaret, 4 years older than me, had started at Hurlingham school when my dad got a job in Kensington and we moved there in 1959. Memories? Freebee Saturday morning pictures because my uncle was the manager, playing on the Eel Brook common, swimming lessons with my dad at the baths. Playing on the bomb-sites ! Buying bamboo and twine in Dells to make a bow and arrow - I still remember the aroma of that shop after 50+ years. A gang of us catching the 14 bus to play `run-outs` on Wimbledon Common or the 11 to Kings Road and walking to Battersea funfair. Could we do that now? We were only aged 7-9. I drove on the No 11 bus from 72-82 and driving through Fulham was always the highlight of the journey .