Welling In The 50s

A Memory of Welling.

Have just found this site and interested to read your memories. I lived in Sundridge Avenue and went to Eastcote C.P.School then Westwood leaving there in 1959. I have seen one name I recognise Derek Faiers who I was at school with. I'm now living in the far west of Cornwall but fondly remember happy times growing up in Welling. As a kid I spent a lot of time playing with friends in Oxleas Wood. We used to be out for hours but it was so safe then we all knew who the weirdos were so steered clear of them. In later life I went to the youth club at St.Mary's on Shoulder of Mutton Green. Afterwards we would go either to the Green Man or the We Anchor in Hope. Saturday morning pictures at the Granada then as we grew older we would go regularly to the main films 1/3d or 1/9d if you felt flush; Saturday nights Robinson Cleaver would rise up from the pit playing the Wurlitzer. Ay-Gee Motorcycles is still on the corner of Bellegrove Road and Welling Way but not many other shops of our youth. I think the bakers on the corner of Westwood Lane and Bellegrove Road was called Brett's. There was Contobs, Grimsleys (corner of Central Avenue) and the herbalist shop further down who had adverts in the side window for products I didn't understand when I was younger! Danson Park with its lake, miniature railway, the big motor launch and where I used to play football for the youth club. People I was friends with went to various schools such as Cray Valley Tech, Erith Tech, Bexley tech., Maryville Convent, Bexley Grammar,etc. so if anybody remembers me I'd be delighted to hear from you.
Phil Nall