Where the green grass on the right hand side is, used to be very old shops! there was a place called South Wimbledon Motors. An old guy had it and I used to take apart old motorcycle engines for him in exchange for free parts for my old Lambretta! Thinking back a lot of what was being scrapped is nowadays deemed 'priceless'
Ninth minute more or less, Lebanese Grill, painted green. I used to sleep in the bedroom above. I fell in the Wandle a few times, and oh dear, this is all almost seventy years ago.
The building to the left of Merton Bus Garage was the Kings Head pub. Opposite the bus garage was the site of the New Merton Board Mills and just round the corner in Christchurch Road was a printing factory containing The Shirley and Warbey Box Company which ran the whole length of the street. I worked there from February 1953 to February 1960 as a lithographic printing apprentice. Also, on the right hand side of the road between Haydon's Road and the bus garage was the Wimbledon Palais dance hall - Every Saturday night the Ken Mackintosh Orchestra plus backing singers and bouncers in dinner suits to throw out troublemakers!
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Where the green grass on the right hand side is, used to be very old shops! there was a place called South Wimbledon Motors. An old guy had it and I used to take apart old motorcycle engines for him in exchange for free parts for my old Lambretta! Thinking back a lot of what was being scrapped is nowadays deemed 'priceless'
Another great video!
Ninth minute more or less, Lebanese Grill, painted green. I used to sleep in the bedroom above. I fell in the Wandle a few times, and oh dear, this is all almost seventy years ago.
The building to the left of Merton Bus Garage was the Kings Head pub. Opposite the bus garage was the site of the New Merton Board Mills and just round the corner in Christchurch Road was a printing factory containing The Shirley and Warbey Box Company which ran the whole length of the street. I worked there from February 1953 to February 1960 as a lithographic printing apprentice. Also, on the right hand side of the road between Haydon's Road and the bus garage was the Wimbledon Palais dance hall - Every Saturday night the Ken Mackintosh Orchestra plus backing singers and bouncers in dinner suits to throw out troublemakers!
I did think it looked a little pub-ish. Will have to get a map out and have a look where all that was. Thanks. 😊
All the Christmas booze-ups from the firm ended up there!@@SimonPain
Onwards towards the Wandle there was once the 'Merton Board Paper Mills. Now looks like a shopping and outlet center?
I have a leaflet about the Wandle as a working river that says it used to have 52 mills along its length. I should make a video on that at some point.