Brixton, Atlantic Road c.1950

Photo ref: B666010

Where the present Tulse Hill Tesco Shop and Esso Petrol station stands today, was the home of my grandfather Alfred John Thomas from the 1920's to the 1950's. Through the 1960's & 70's his daughter Julie Thomas ran the Petrol Station. The Station was in front of their home, a large victorian building (no 109), which had been some sort of club, called Cheriton Court. The grounds behind ...see more

At 26 Bellesfields road Brixton off Stockwell Road, lived James Greenfield a Police Constable, who lived with his mother Florence Sarah nee Tyler, at this address before he married Dorothy Thomas at Holy Trinity Church Tulse Hill on August the 3rd 1940.

I would love to know more about my grandfather Leslie Weedon who ran a sweet shop at 10A Acre Lane (next door to the post office) until his death in 1956. My father and mother had the shop for a while after that, probably until the early 60s. If anyone has any memories - or even better, photographs - I would be so grateful.

I was born at 44 Wiltshire Road, in the basement flat in June 1955, and lived there until I was 6. I remember listening to gospel singing coming from St. Johns church and the colourful weddings that happened there. I remember a car accident outside our house and one car rolled over and over, and landed well into the front garden. My mum was called to court as a witness, and I tagged along, a nice policeman looked after ...see more