Perry Street/Pelham Road South

A Memory of Northfleet.

I live in West Sussex [between Brighton and Worthing] now but lived in Northfleet until 1971. Several photos bought back some vivid memories. In 1955 I would have been attending Cecil Road junior school, just off of Perry Street, the little shop just past the cyclist with the white canopy was Deakins fancy goods and I think it contained the post office as well, the cyclist I think I am right in saying is outside of Baldwins, a furniture and toy shop. The toy department had a exciting window display every Christmas! The bus routes I remember were the 495 and 496. At the Pelham Arms was a shop called Caveys, where my sister Rene worked for a while, before going to the Co-op dairy in Churchill Road. The local fish and chip shop was called Ladds [situated by the Gravesend bound bus stop]. I had better stop now, I hope this small history evokes a few memories.
Sincerely, Terry Young [formerly from The Crescent, Northfleet]