Sorry replied to old post.
Sorry replied to old post.
Looking at a earlier post of yours I believe your Sister Brenda was a friend of my late Sister Jean when they were teenagers .regards DianeMy Sisters Brenda and Gertrude and I lived with my Mother and Father at 106 Atlantic road, next to our house there was some waste land known as the dip opposite the Dip there was a right of way through to Kingstanding Road, this was a short cut To and from Cranborne road school and the 29 bus stop for people who lived in Birdbrook Rd Rodlington Ave and the back of the houses on one side of Corbridge ave ( I think that was the name , its been a long time ago since I was in that aria. Al.
Had a breakthrough on this today, I’ve now found the name of the nursery: Grasmere Nurseries. Seems they sold a lot of shrubs, just as I remember in the 1950s/60s. They seem to have opened on a Sunday. I have a very vague memory of going there on a Sunday morning followed by Sunday School at the Settlement, then home for Sunday lunch.
In the 1940s they seem to have bought up lots of turf. Maybe this is when the gardening/home improvement movement got going.
The first advert is from 1965, the second two from 1948.
Viv.
I also delivered papers for Ryans. I remember them slaughtering pigs in the passage beside the shop.
HI AlHi Diane, I do remember one of my Sisters friends by the name of Jean Perks or something like that, would that have been your sister? Al.
Hi DianeLooking at a earlier post of yours I believe your Sister Brenda was a friend of my late Sister Jean when they were teenagers .regards Diane
Hi,As reported elsewhere on BHF the trials were a government attempt to save fuel but a total failure.
Donald was my cousin..My friend from Balham Grove was Donald Baugh, he left school at the same time as me March 1950, not sure of the spelling of his surname.