Fulham, North End Road 1964

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My father owned a couple of menswear shops in north end road in the 1960s and 1970s called Lewis Kaye. I was brought up above the shop at 234 North End Road. I have very fond memories of the shop and the market in those days. Does anybody remember Gadds the fruit and veg stand? I can still smell the beet roots being freshly boiled. Rosemans the tailors took over 234 and my father just ended up with 228 with a giant ...see more

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 ...see more

My Nan lived in Church Path (renamed Lillie Walk), they were all mainly Irish families living there, Nan's family all stayed in Fulham around North End Road. In the 1950s me and my sister were taken there to buy new shoes and stop to see Nan's sister, Aunt Annie, who had a fruit barrow by Barbers store, we always got an apple. We also used to go to see her brother Uncle Tom who lived in Shorrolds Road, and we ...see more