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the old market wandsworth
I remember the old market place, where the Arndale centre now stands and the bakers near the old swimming baths - 6pence to go in !!..
Bread pudding 1p a peice after the swimming...lovely memories and no photos of this lovely part of Wandsworth ?? Does anyone have any??
A memory of Wandsworth contributed by bonnie burns
Coronation
A party was held on Riverhall street to celebrate the Queens Coronation. It poured down with rain and the girls went somewhere under cover, I think the boys stayed in the rain. Played many games and took part in races. My sister was a sick child and was allowed to run in races with kids younger then her, I didn't think it was fair then and I still don't. My mum was working, so missed the party. We went to a house to watch the service on TV. The trouble is I can no longer remember peoples names. We moved to Vauxhall Grove when my mum married, and from there moved to Harlow in Essex. Always hated that place and left ...read more here
A memory of Wandsworth contributed by ShelaghAnn Collins
Wimbledon Arcade
Wimbledon had an 'Arcade' very close to Wimbledon Theatre, here you could purchase many items, from cottons to wet fish, but best of all cheap 45rpm. records ex-juke box versions ,many of which you had to add a 'spider 'to the centre.Does any else remember purchaseing records here.
A memory of Wimbledon contributed by jackie pegg
Old school friends
I attended the local Pelham County Secondary Boys School which was close by. A number of my friends who attended came from outlying districts such as Carshalton, Chessington, Tolworth and Walton on Thames, travelling by Southern Railway services to the main line station further up the Broadway.
The photograph must have been taken around 4pm as some of the pedestrians are in school uniform walking towards the station.
I can also recall the dentist Theo Callender whose shingle board appears over the sweet shop on the corner of Russell Road and the Broadway.
A memory of Wimbledon contributed by Mr D Grant
Extracts From Southfields & London books
There has probably been a
formal market at Kingston
since at least Saxon times;
a series of charters have
been granted by royalty
since the 13th century,
giving it official status. The
charter granted by King
Charles I gave Kingston
the right to ban any other
market within seven
miles; this right has been
used in recent times to
stop markets operating in
Putney, a little over four
miles away. The Market
Hall was opened in 1840.
An extract from from"Kingston upon Thames Photographic Memories".
The town of Kingston
was awarded County
Town status in 1893,
which it retained even
after becoming a London
Borough in 1964. However,
the County Town status
has now gone to Woking,
and any remaining
County Council staff will
be relocated across the
county by 2007. Behind the
Coronation Stone (centre)
are the Municipal Offices,
which were replaced by
the Guildhall in 1935.
As this is a market town,
the town centre has a
remarkable number of
hotels and hostelries; on
the right is the Griffin
Hotel, established in the
16th century, an important
posting house that closed
in 1986 and was converted
into shops. A proud early
motorist stands outside the
Assembly Rooms (right).
An extract from from"Kingston upon Thames Photographic Memories".
The few waterside
industries of Kingston were
based off the High Street
with their wharves backing
onto the Thames. Hide’s
department store has an
advertising hoarding on
the riverfront (left)
proclaiming their fabrics
and furnishings. The large
roof beyond the Hides
hoarding is that of the
Odeon cinema in the
High Street, which was
demolished in 1988.
An extract from from"Kingston upon Thames Photographic Memories".
On the left are the four rollers which allow
smaller craft to negotiate the weir. The
passengers had to disembark and push
and pull the punt or canoe over the rollers
instead of going through the lock - that
was more for larger craft, such as the small
steam pinnace on the right.
An extract from from"Kingston upon Thames Photographic Memories".
The photograph was taken from Eel Pie Island, facing towards the parish church and C Shore’s
boathouse and Island Ferry. C Hammertons, who continued operating the ferry and hiring out
canoes, punts and dinghies, took over Shore’s in 1926.
An extract from from"Kingston upon Thames Photographic Memories".