Carshalton pre 1953
Carshalton West Secondary School 1950
By Ron Christian
Carshalton
Sixty years ago I left 322 Green Wrythe Lane, Carshalton to join the Royal Navy (RN). Up until then I had lead a relatively uneventful life. Muschamp Road was the primary school that I attended and then on to Carshalton West County Secondary Boys School.
Some odd memories of Carshalton pre 1953:
Cows grazing on the green at the Wrythe.
Prisoners of war working on a prefab building site (ex-allotments) behind the bottom end of Buckhurst Avenue.
Fishing for Sticklebacks in the river Wandle.
The old tannery on the river Wandle near where I used to “fish for tiddlers ,tadpoles etc”.
The Express Dairy yard and stables at the Wrythe Green shops.
I also remember the Eel and Pie shop at the Circle
The days I ran up to the Newsagent/Post Office to get my mum her packet of twenty Players for the day,.half a crown (2/6d) I think they were.
2nd year gymnastics display team (1950, I was just 13 at the time) Does anyone out there recognise themselves in the picture? I am front row sitting 2nd from the left, next to Len Hawkins..
Donated by Ron Christian