Hounslow, Staines Road 1955
Photo ref:
H162016
Photo ref:
H162016
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A Selection of Memories from Hounslow
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Hounslow
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I had my very first ‘Saturday job’ working at BHS in Hounslow High Street in 1956. My wage packet at the end of the day was fourteen shillings and eight pence! We used to stand inside a counter in those days, before everything was open plan and ‘serve yourself’.
I ended up on the lighting counter at the back of the store and every time a customer made a purchase I had to run upstairs to collect ...see more
Does anyone remember Jacksons pie shop in Bell Rd?
The pies used to melt in the mouth, the girls that worked there were dangerous though, they used to jump on you if you were lucky.
I was born in 1974 and grew up in Rosemary Avenue. I went to Alexandria Infants school until 1980 when I started Hounslow Heath Infants school and then junior school. My teacher at the infants school was Mrs Crump, I think there was a Mrs Manning too. Mr Gair was the headmaster and the Junior school. I remember the fantastic Christmas parties at the junior school - we each had a jam doughnut and a Mr Kipling French ...see more
I was trying to remember Hounslow around 1980. I used to live on Avonwick Road and found this site. I was trying to remember which supermarket was on the High Street. I remember Mr Dixon's delicatessen, there was also a fishmonger near Hounslow East underground station.
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