Nostalgic memories of Whitton's local history
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I used to go to Vicky Burkes quite a lot with Norman Atkinson, Ron Jones and Malcolm Allport. We were taught to dance in the first half , then across to the pub ,then back to see if we cud walk a girl home, most times we were unlucky as no cars then just our bikes . We all went to Kneller school
I'm not sure how this website works so I hope this ends up in the correct place.
Someone mentioned a murder in Whitton. I remember it well. It must have been in about 1959 or 1960. I was at secondary school. A young man who was mentally ill, murdered his mother and father with a bayonet and then fled.
He was found wandering along the railway line in a confused state.
My father was in the police at the time.
I lived above Mr Gilbert's the Wet fish Shop in December 1969, when my daughter was born in February 1970 I used to buy lots of bits from the Donkey Shop, also there was a lovely Baby Shop, Clark's Shoe Shop, Toy Shop & a Cycle Shop. On the bridge was a lovely Wool Shop. We also had Woolworths, then it turned into a Tesco we had Barrats Shoes and Jonquil Bakery was where ...see more
I lived in Kneller Road from 1972, and rememeber the Ark pet shop, and The Donkey shop. I used to play most evenings in Murray Park, and remember that the "finger of fudge" advert was filmed just opposite Murray Park, a friend called Ashley was the little boy opening the wrapper. As a teenager, worked in Tescos, and Coombes Beakery, which sadly is no longer trading in the High St.
Hi Mr Middleton, thanks for your reply to my enquiry re the Whitton murders. The reason for my interest is because in 1970 friends of mine moved into the house involved; their daughter who was 16 at the time said she used to see strange people in the house, plus there was a funny smell that they all smelt. They were just an ordinary family who didn't know the history of the house; they moved out about a year later.
Re the murder previously referred to, I remember this well. A son killed his parents in Montrose Avenue....just 3 doors away from my home. I don't recall their name, it was in the late 50s, as police were all over the place on my return from Bishop Perrin school.
Does anyone remember a sequence from the tv show minder being filmed in Percy Road in the early eighties? It was at a house a couple of doors along from Pauline Crescent heading south.
When I lived in Whitton during the 70's/80's there was a story going about a murder that happened around 1964. Apparently a man murdered both his parents then tried to kill himself. I have tried to find details of this on the web and in books, but can find nothing. Does anyone know if it was true or was it just an urban myth?.....Thanks.
The photo shows the Nelson Pub end of Whitton High St. At the bottom right of the picture, my Mother Eleanor Wright, can be seen coming out of Williams the Grocers where my retired father Alfred Wright worked as a cleaner part time. The large building in the background was the Odeon Cinema, where my sister held her wedding reception in the upstairs part, in 1948. By coincidence in the 1990s my brother Keith ...see more
My good memories of Whitton are of Woodlawn Crescent, I had a good friend who lived there and I used to help him repair cars. Mike sadly has passed away now and I have lost contact with his wife, Sheila. We used to have a great time together. They had a Vespa and I had a Vauxhall Cresta. We used to go down to Swanage where Mike's parents lived. Well sad but I wish I had contact with Sheila again. Allan Stevens.