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 Belvedere, Albert Road c1955 (ref: B704018) |
Year: 1910s
Albert Road, 2 Rose Cottages
My father was born at number 2 in 1911. My grandfather was a dairyman and would probably have worked at Parsonage Farm or Heron Hill Farm. All this is on my father's birth certificate. I imagine the place was on the right of this photo near the junction with Nuxley Road. Can anybody help with locating these cottages, with a photograph if possible? Last edited: 14/11/2008 10:26 by Alan Squire |
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Picardy Girls School
Did anyone attend Picardy School from about 1965-1968? If so and you have any photos please get in touch. Thank you. Posted: 22/07/2008 12:35 by Susan Howard |
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Year: 1930s
Belvedere Village 1930's & 40's
From Dormans I would walk along the High Street past the wood yard where to my great delight my father agreed to buy me a movie projector for 8 shillings, past the co-op where I had been chased away a few time for taking their oranges and forgetting to pay. The year would have been 1936. I was 7. My neighbour would put on shows at the Guild - a hall above the co-op - and I was given the task of opening and closing the curtains. It seemed such a large hall then. When I visited it years later it seemed no larger then an ordinary room. I also used to go there to put pennies in my piggy bank. My favourite shop though was Manooches opposite the post office. Full of toys, guns and caps and holsters. There was no such thing then as political correctness and at 79 I can't remember shooting anyone during my lifetime. My sister got married at All Saints Church in 1941 and a little old man could always be seen there, for the purpose of opening and closing the car doors. His name was George, and he became very ratty if his unofficial job was not suitably rewarded. Last edited: 22/02/2008 14:24 by Stanley Gray |
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Year: 1959
The 'village'
In 1959 I was 10 years old and the village was my big adventure trip out when I went to the shops for my mum. Upper Belvedere was always known as The Village when I lived there, is it still I wonder? I even went to school there too, Lesness Heath primary, so I have many fond memories. Firstly the shops. Derrett and Dorman comes to mind immediately, they sold toys and to a 10 year old that was magic - they also sold, around the fifth of November, fireworks. There was House Brothers at the bottom of Albert Road virtually opposite Derrett & Dorman and further up the Albert Road on the left was another sweet shop, opposite the entrance to the park. I remember the sweet shop in the middle just before the Working Mens Club, another small sweet shop about 20 yards further on and my favourite sweet shop up the top close to the church hall. It was a tobacconists shop really which sold a few sweets, but they were the cheaper sweets that kids could buy with their meagre pocket money. I think there was another toy shop also owned by Derrett and Dorman, although I believe Mr Dorman has passed on and Mr Derret was the sole owner of the small group of shops. House Brothers used to sell garden type products from what I remember. We had a smallholding and kept pigs and chickens and part of my chores was to go to House Brothers for the chicken feed. I can still remember that special musty smell, so evocative of those times. The park was always a fun place and across the road there was the paddling pool, although I seem to remember it being mostly waterless. I remember collecting sweet chestnuts which, although small, were quite tasty when cooked. I mainly collected them from Lesness Woods close to Picardy boys school. The only people I remember from the village, people who actually lived there were, Philip Housego, David Ball (opposite Lessness Heath school), Geoff (or Jeff) Hamilton (bottom of Nuxley Road) and Coral McCulloch (in the middle near the Working Mens Club) - what has happened to them? There are many memories somewhere deeply hidden which need a bit of leverage to prize them out. Can anyone add to my memories, especially if you were around at the time. Growing up in the 50's was quite special, looking back, as time diminishes the not so good memories and stimulates the good ones. Alan Roberton - from 1948 - 1969 I lived in 25 Swaylands Road Belvedere Last edited: 10/07/2007 10:24 by Alan Roberton |
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