Northfleet, Pelham Road South c.1955
Photo ref:
N143013
Photo ref:
N143013
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Memories of Northfleet, Pelham Road South c1955
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In 1955 I worked in Brands bakery as a shop assistant. We were allowed to eat any cakes that were damaged. Gee an awful lot got damaged! I then moved along the road to a paper shop/tobacconists for 2/6d more. From there I went to Gravesend to the Rainbow Stores opposite the big Catholic church until 1958. Miss Daniels was Old Mr Brand's neice and she was in charge of shop staff. It was a family run business and the bread and cakes were to die for!
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I was born in Lewisham in 1968 but have always lived in Northfleet with a short spell in Gravesend, I know the areas in all these photos very well and lived in Vale Road until I was 21. I have seen many changes even in my time, and like the chap in the memory above, I went to Dover Road School and then Colyer Road Boys School, now Northfleet Technical College. The bakery in this photo on the right ...see more
On the right was the Baker's shop. On the left the bus took you into Gravesend town. At the top of the hill was the crossroads known as Pelham Arm's where I once fell off my new bike on the way home from school!
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