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This is the self-service sales floor of Woolworth's at 232-234 Hawthorn Road, Kingstanding which opened on 28 October 1955. Bulging with stock but still spacious.Viv
Hi Lyn. Happy new year to you too - and to all you Kingstandonians! Remember shopping in that Woolworth's many, many times. In the early 60s my mum bought my junior school skirts from there. Must have been the Ladybird range I think. They were good quality. The clothing section was on the left-hand side wall. Also had a pale blue mohair cardi from there which I thought made me look especially cool. We sometimes got my white socks from Woolies, the knee length ones which never stayed up so you then had to have elastic gaters to keep them up. How they cut into your calves! (Think this might be why we switched to the Littlewoods socks from their shop further along). I remember Woolies sold Robertson's jam (and a few other groceries). I especially remember the jam as they had the paper gollys tucked down the back label. I collected them to exchange for the enamel badges. Christmas was the best time in there, so full of toys. They sold very poor quality cheap Christmas paper too - well after all it only ended up on the fire! I was totally mesmerised by the giant sized Easter eggs they sold too. Never got one of those. Actually thinking about it Woolies was a place you could buy virtually anything, they were such big stores. Viv.
Dave M
Pheasey Born Bumper
Short trip anyone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN9SHUtfrrQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN9SHUtfrrQ
Richard Shephard
master brummie
HI Dave great ride round Kingstanding.I used to live off there in Streatham Grove off Harringgay Road
haven't been to that area for years.
Regards.Richard
Great idea Mike. Look forward to them. Viv.
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Wendy
Guest
It's just like driving to my brothers house...ha ha thanks Dave...
Hi Wallyb71, My friend from the early fifties lived just inside Esher Rd, No 3 I think, Victor Kirby was his name, I spent a lot of time around that area in those days. Another friend from the sixties lived not far from there in Cooksey lane was Graham Sidney. Great Families both of them.
Just enjoyed your video Dave M, we've not been around Kingstanding for quite a while, although our dentist is still on Collingwood Drive.
From Kingstanding Circle to the Trees on the Queslett rd, you took the shortcut along Kings Road, The old 29A bus route took you up Kettlehouse Road, were I used to Live, and on over Bandywood. A great drive to watch though, and we must make an effort to go and see Barr Beacon again, not been there for years and its only about ten minutes from here. Thanks Dave M
From Kingstanding Circle to the Trees on the Queslett rd, you took the shortcut along Kings Road, The old 29A bus route took you up Kettlehouse Road, were I used to Live, and on over Bandywood. A great drive to watch though, and we must make an effort to go and see Barr Beacon again, not been there for years and its only about ten minutes from here. Thanks Dave M
Dave M
Pheasey Born Bumper
Used the 29A lots of times, pity about the speed humps, good to see my old school still being used.
Dave M, The school you mentioned, was that the one on Collingwood drive ? If so I think it is a Medical centre now, When we lived up on Frampton Way our doctors surgery was in that building. Speed Bumps, they are everywhere now, I was surprised to see them along there, being a bus route, or is it now ?
Dave M
Pheasey Born Bumper
Goffy yes thats the one, I left there early 1959. think they call it, collingwood community centre, stll on the bus routes.
This thread has really opened my eyes, and I thought they were already open. I have spent most of my adult lif in and around Kingstanding and desite livin in the shadow of the new oscott college and my daughter attend cardinal wiseman school I had no idea there was an earlier college and even less idea that it still existed.
If it wasn't 1 o'clock in the morning I would be there now looking at it.
I bought my first houd on Landswood close which was built in the lat 60's early seventies behind sidcup road on the side of a hill now known as the kingstanding beacon . I believe in earlier times it was know as the pimple, and the other side of this was finchly road. Now I notice on those old maps "welshmans hill" could that be the same place and if so why would a hill be named as such right in the middle of Kingstanding?
If it wasn't 1 o'clock in the morning I would be there now looking at it.
I bought my first houd on Landswood close which was built in the lat 60's early seventies behind sidcup road on the side of a hill now known as the kingstanding beacon . I believe in earlier times it was know as the pimple, and the other side of this was finchly road. Now I notice on those old maps "welshmans hill" could that be the same place and if so why would a hill be named as such right in the middle of Kingstanding?
Good morning Astoness, the entrance shown on the pic is where I got the kingstanding beacon from as it is in the iron works above that entrance. Maybe the council had a go at changing what it is called for some reason or maybe they didn't want to comission signs sayin pimple lol.
Hi ypauly. Not sure if the pimple was Welshman's Hill. Welshman's Hill was supposed to be named because of the livestock that was driven from Wales along Chester Road and on to the markets in the Midlands. But someone else may know more. Viv.
