Battersea, St John's Hill c.1955

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I just wanted to update previous information. This shop was owned by my Mother's Mother, Maude Ivey. My Nan's first husband, my Mum's Dad, James Ivey was the original owner and my Nanny Maude took over the ownership of the shop upon his death when he was just 33 years of age and my Mum was only 3 years of age. My Nan remarried Bill Humphreys some years later and they had a son, my Uncle Victor. ...see more

I knew all the best sweet shops on Lavendar Hill Rd. Easily the best was Browns Sweet shop where Stormont Rd met Lavendar Hill. It had every sweet you could think of and seemed to be open 7 days a week until 9pm. I think the owner Brown's wife with another woman took it in turns to run the shifts so they could stay open. He was as regular as clockwork, they never ever closed right during the war, and outbreaks of ...see more

My granddad was a master baker in the shop on the corner of Northcote Road and Mallinson Road (1930's). There used to be an old advertisement painted high up on the side wall. I would love to know the name of the bakery if anyone remembers. I think there is a Gail's Bakery on this site now.

The pub over the road did a singalong every Saturday night ending in a very long finale of "Hit the Road Jack - Don't you come back no more, no more ,no more, no more", and so on. I don't know about the pub but I doubt if anybody actually misses the buildings. It was a slum.There was the stink from the neighbouring factory too but that was only on an occasional day, not often, but when it was there it was nauseating. ...see more