Nostalgic memories of Streatham'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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Displaying Memories 71 - 80 of 92 in total
I used to go to the Bali Hai in the early 1970s. A great club next to the now closed Streatham Ice Rink.
You could look down on the skaters from inside the club.
Great music played, soul, Motown etc. Looking back, the '70s was a good era for the disco.
I moved to Streatham from Clapham in 1956. I have an early memory of sitting in a taxi with Mum and my Nan while Dad went into the Estate Agents for the keys! I lived there from the age of 22, when we moved to Northamptonshire, but Mum & Dad were still there until they died in 2006, so I was often back there.
I too remember St Helens School at the corner of Valley Road. I lived on the other side ...see more
I lived in Norbury but went to Guides in St Andrew's Primary School in Streatham on Monday evenings. When I was younger we were taken to the pond to paddle on sunny Sunday afternoons. We went to see 'The Teahouse of the August Moon' performed in the open air in The Rookery. A department store in Streatham was where I was taken to be measured for my first bra as the lingerie dept had curtained fitting rooms. Dancing at the Locarno was great fun.
Can anyone tell me where the Bali-Hi night club was, I thought it was above a dance hall which is now a Ice Rink in Streatham High Road, I use to enjoy going there in the 1960s, great fun.
I remember going drinking at the Bali-Hi night club, made many good friends. Can anyone please tell me if the club was above a dance hall, and is it now an Ice rink.
I moved away from Stockwell in 1969 and now live in East Sussex...I do miss the old days, we had such good fun.
Cheers
Tony Smith
With my future wife and two friends we often went skating at Streatham. We weren't very good skaters and had no skates of our own. In those days the skating boots that you hired at the Rink were not always in good condition and were "baggy" around the ankles, so that no matter how tightly you tied the laces, your ankles were not well supported.
By 9 pm there would be plenty of puddles in the corners of the ...see more
I grew up in Streatham and lived in Blegborough Road off of Mitcham Lane. I attended Granton Road Primary School in Streatham Vale and later Ensham County Secondary School for Girls in Tooting. I met my late husband when I was 15 and he was 19 and he worked in the garage at the end of Blegborough Road, Smith and Maslin. I remember Sainsburys in Mitcham Lane with the old marble topped counters where ...see more
I remember going to the Astoria cinema in Streatham High Road mainly to flirt with the boys in the back row upstairs. One such lad was someone called Wizz. He lived near Eardley Road at Streatham Vale. He was gorgeous, a Tyrone Power look alike. Anyone know what happened to him? We used to go for walks at Tooting Bec, near the athletic sports ground, I carved his name on my machine ...see more
You can take the boy out of south London, but you can't take south London out of the boy. The songs on this album, 'The Hobo Manifesto', were inspired by growing up in London and the music that influenced me as a singer/songwriter.
The opening line to the opening track, 'Graduation Day', on 'The Hobo Manifesto' refers to 1984, the year of the Miners' Strike and the pits closing down. It was the birth of a ...see more
In 1973 I became the general manager of Streatham Hill Theatre, managing the Mecca Social/Bingo club. It was the flagship club of the company and was every manager's dream to run it. Previous managers were Robin Pritchard, Harvey Pritchard and Pat Button but the most popular was Don Fox. He would always sing to the customers and they loved him!
The theatre had been thoroughly "Meccanised" for bingo ...see more