Nostalgic memories of Norwood Green's local history

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For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.

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Before Supermarkets

When I was a little girl growing up in Norwood Green in the '60s, I can remember being sent over to the shops to fetch our daily bread order, a loaf of Mother's Pride in a red & white striped waxed wrapper. The parade of six shops provided almost everything we needed, except clothes, we had to walk into Hounslow for those. There was a newspaper (or sweet) shop, a butcher, a chemist, a grocery, a ...see more

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Added 29 April 2020

Norwood Green 1956

I remember cycling by Norwood Green on a Sunday evening around 1955 having just come from Osterley Park. I was with my mum and dad. Church bells ringing, and cricket being played on the green. I actually remember thinking how peaceful it all seemed. The only bad thing was, as I had passed by my thoughts turned to school in the Morining.