Orpington, The Crescent c.1960
Photo ref: O107070
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Photo ref: O107070
Photo of Orpington, The Crescent c.1960

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Memories of Orpington, the Crescent c1960

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Orpington, The Crescent c.1960

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I came across this photo by chance, and it brought back a lot of memories when I lived there in the 1960's. I was born in Farnborough Hospital in 1952 and lived in Northlands Avenue until I was thirteen or fourteen? Just around the corner from where I live there were three magnificent cherry trees which were covered in Pink blooms, sadly long gone. A bit further on there is a church hall in Leamington Road ...see more
My family lived at 3 Downsway just off Southlands Avenue.  I had two older brothers when we arrived and by 1966 I had two more and a sister. My older brothers and I attended Warren Road Primary and I remember many of my old teachers and classmates.  My mother used to shop in Crecent Way Stores with Mr Cowell and Mr Ford, Barnes Greengrocers, where Chuff used to give me greens for my ...see more