Mitcham, Fair Green 1959
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The road on the right of the picture, which runs obliquely in front of the Majestic cinema, was a route used by trolleybuses (I believe the routes were 630 and 612). In the right middle edge of the photo, the trolleybuses ran to Croydon (certainly the 630 did but I am not so sure of the 612) and both routes passed the cinema on their way into west London (such as Shepherds Bush and Hammersmith). It looks as though ...see more
The Fair Green was one of the first places my sister Valerie Cooper (nee Hook) worked in her capacity as an apprentice horticulturist for the Mitcham Council. When she went for the job they told her that she would have to do the same work as the men. If it meant climbing trees and pruning them , she had to do it too. If it snowed and the roads had to be cleared she would have to go out with them with the shovels and ...see more