When living in Rochester Way (before the A2 was multi laned) walking up to Danson Park with my mum Shopping in Bexleyheath Broadway in the grocers like David Greig and Sainsburys before supermarkets were common. When moved to Albany Park, going to the ABC Sidcup saturday morning pictures Spending my pocket money on Matchbox cars in Forbuoys in Maylands Drive Catching newts and sticklebacks over at the Five Arches Saturday nights in the North Cray Social Club with parents and their friends When moved to St.Pauls Cray, spending pocket money on Corgi cars and other assorted bits like Airfix kits in Toys, Prams and Sports in Cotmandene. Buying my first records in Lektrix in Cotmandene Sitting outside various pubs in a car with my cousin while the parents were on the lash! (Notably The Partridge). Playing football at every given opportunity on any available area of grass (easily found in Cray) and being chased off Hoblingwell pitches by the parkie when the nets were up or the weather was iffy.
Watching the shop keeper at Manzies take an eel out of the tank and cut it up for a customers dinner in Beresford square Paying an extra half-penny to get a frozen jubalee (sorry spelling) so it last longer on a hot day Spending all day in the summer school holidays at Charlton Lido
Flicks! The Cricketers (East hill) Kerrs? With the funny old cable tills/cash baskets wizzing about over your head. Getting the bus up to Woolwich to the undercover market to get my "cherry dm's!
Buying a new subbuteo team in a little shop on the Broadway on the left if heading down towards Welling. Buying amps and dodgy guitars in a 2nd hand music shop in Woolwich Messing around in an old quarry somewhere between Northumberland Heath and Erith The real ale shop that was there for a while on the broadway Swing ropes in Hall Place Coasting in a vauxhall viva down Shooters Hill and getting as far as Tesco's Barnehurst pitch and put
Getting your picture taken with one of those little monkeys on your shoulder down the Black Prince and getting a bottle of coke with a straw from the Thatched bar in the garden there ..... was a great pub use to walk from the metal houses over Hall Place fields and walk across the A2...and yes Shrew remember the swing robes well and use to be a huge one in Shenstone Park
Danson Park swimming pool. The toy shop in the Oval. Day trips to include Dreamland, Margate. Jolly Drayman followed by Wings nightclub. The cricket teas that Dartford Grammar used to put on. Beating Erith Grammar 13-0 at football and our cricket team only scoring 12 runs against them the same year.
The rasta tramp in Woolwich used to scare the bejesus out of me by the under pass on John Wilson street
And sarge the Woolwich tramp by the fountain always looked out for him and gave him a few quid and food, if the tales were true I reckon that's how I'd end up,
I can't remember his name, but the black tramp allegedly, lost all of his family in a fire.
Frozen Jublies Palm Toffee Troley buses That pipe thingy that Garrets in Powis st brought yours mums change back Smutty nude books in the window at woolwich surplus stores by the old ferry
Making a sled from a milk crate and bombing down from General Wolfe statue in Greenwich to the bottom, seeing how far you could get. Sunday afternoon football games round our local Gren. I was brought up on the Kidbrooke Estate and each street had it's own team where possible. Pub crawls along Eltham High Street during the 70s. Te 'shrimps and winkles' Van coming round on Sundays. The Rag and Bone man. Opening our side gate and watching in awe as the Coalman made his delivery.....geez they ere strong bastards
Making a sled from a milk crate and bombing down from General Wolfe statue in Greenwich to the bottom, seeing how far you could get. Sunday afternoon football games round our local Green. I was brought up on the Kidbrooke Estate and each street had it's own team where possible. Pub crawls along Eltham High Street during the 70s. Te 'shrimps and winkles' Van coming round on Sundays. The Rag and Bone man. Opening our side gate and watching in awe as the Coalman made his delivery.....geez they ere strong bastards. Family Christmas parties, trying to nick some grog when the adults weren't looking........always got easier as the night wore on.
The excitement of finding a Porno mag in the bushes at the park, then the disappointment when you found out it was just an Argos catalogue.
Finding a bagful of porn, spend time reading ( looking at the pictures) then hiding the bag for a revisit the next day. Only to find when you return some other bunch of w@nkers have found it and hidden it somewhere else.
Showells, used to love going in there, it seemed massive. They moved a few doors down to a smaller place and it became Lessnes motor spares, which sadly closed down last year.
Showells, used to love going in there, it seemed massive. They moved a few doors down to a smaller place and it became Lessnes motor spares, which sadly closed down last year.
I remember that toy shop as well. As we lived in Germany at the time we only came back to London at Christmas and it was always our treat when my Gran took my brother and myself there for a Dinky Toy car.
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When living in Rochester Way (before the A2 was multi laned) walking up to Danson Park with my mum
Shopping in Bexleyheath Broadway in the grocers like David Greig and Sainsburys before supermarkets were common.
When moved to Albany Park, going to the ABC Sidcup saturday morning pictures
Spending my pocket money on Matchbox cars in Forbuoys in Maylands Drive
Catching newts and sticklebacks over at the Five Arches
Saturday nights in the North Cray Social Club with parents and their friends
When moved to St.Pauls Cray, spending pocket money on Corgi cars and other assorted bits like Airfix kits in Toys, Prams and Sports in Cotmandene.
Buying my first records in Lektrix in Cotmandene
Sitting outside various pubs in a car with my cousin while the parents were on the lash! (Notably The Partridge).
Playing football at every given opportunity on any available area of grass (easily found in Cray) and being chased off Hoblingwell pitches
by the parkie when the nets were up or the weather was iffy.
Paying an extra half-penny to get a frozen jubalee (sorry spelling) so it last longer on a hot day
Spending all day in the summer school holidays at Charlton Lido
Reg the Coalman
701 and 702 green lines
4 shrimps for 1d
Beer at 1/8d
Smoking carriages in trains
Leather footballs
The Cricketers (East hill)
Kerrs? With the funny old cable tills/cash baskets wizzing about over your head.
Getting the bus up to Woolwich to the undercover market to get my "cherry dm's!
Great thread.....
Dartford was English!!!!!!!!!
Buying amps and dodgy guitars in a 2nd hand music shop in Woolwich
Messing around in an old quarry somewhere between Northumberland Heath and Erith
The real ale shop that was there for a while on the broadway
Swing ropes in Hall Place
Coasting in a vauxhall viva down Shooters Hill and getting as far as Tesco's
Barnehurst pitch and put
The toy shop in the Oval.
Day trips to include Dreamland, Margate.
Jolly Drayman followed by Wings nightclub.
The cricket teas that Dartford Grammar used to put on.
Beating Erith Grammar 13-0 at football and our cricket team only scoring 12 runs against them the same year.
The Trading Post (Bexleyheath)
The Moon & Sixpence (Welling)
Three great places to get served if you were under 18.
Palm Toffee
Troley buses
That pipe thingy that Garrets in Powis st brought yours mums change back
Smutty nude books in the window at woolwich surplus stores by the old ferry
Sunday afternoon football games round our local Gren. I was brought up on the Kidbrooke Estate and each street had it's own team where possible.
Pub crawls along Eltham High Street during the 70s.
Te 'shrimps and winkles' Van coming round on Sundays.
The Rag and Bone man.
Opening our side gate and watching in awe as the Coalman made his delivery.....geez they ere strong bastards
Sunday afternoon football games round our local Green. I was brought up on the Kidbrooke Estate and each street had it's own team where possible.
Pub crawls along Eltham High Street during the 70s.
Te 'shrimps and winkles' Van coming round on Sundays.
The Rag and Bone man.
Opening our side gate and watching in awe as the Coalman made his delivery.....geez they ere strong bastards.
Family Christmas parties, trying to nick some grog when the adults weren't looking........always got easier as the night wore on.
Aahh those were the days....
Fish shop in The Broadway which used to have a tank of live eels.
Wells the Bakers - we used to get flapjacks and fairy cakes every Saturday morning.
My Gran lived on Willersley Avenue!