Shirley Church Rd

A Memory of Shirley.

I lived just across the road from where the photo was taken in Church Cottage as my dad was the verger sexton at St Johns Church. We would spend every day playing football in this park with the grumpy old parkie after us for bashing the ball in the tennis court fence. If we weren't playing football we were playing in one of the 5 woods around our house, Shirley woods, Bridle Woods, Penny farthing woods, Coombe Woods and Shirley Hills. we were never in our house. I went to St Johns Primary school then John Ruskin Grammar School. Magical and free times.