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London and Middlesex / Re: Wardley Street Wandsworth
« on: Friday 11 April 14 18:22 BST (UK)  »
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London and Middlesex / Re: Wardley Street Wandsworth
« on: Tuesday 15 October 13 16:20 BST (UK)  »
i dont think there was ever any other street to compare with wardley st. yes it was a rag and bone and hawkers street, and did have a somewhat dodgy reputation, the family's kept horses, pigs and chickens in the back yards, but life was good, everybody knew everybody else and it was a good community, the hop picking came around every summer and they'd all decant to kent to go hop picking and fruit picking, my husband has so many stories to tell, i feel as if i grew up there, sadly the street was declared a slum area and demolished in the early 60's and the families were rehoused around south london, but the memories and stories have lived on, sadly there are hardly any of the people still alive who lived there, but maybe i'll write a book one of these days so the stories can be retold.

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London and Middlesex / Re: Wardley Street Wandsworth
« on: Wednesday 09 January 13 15:16 GMT (UK)  »
more on wardley st. does anyone remember the townsends? jimmy morris? there was ruth and ted, and a man with a fantastic name, mannibal basset, he had a beautiful black horse and cart and he used to sell big plants to people who live in posh houses in london. freddie says him and his mates used to play by the wandle and throw stones over to the lemonade factory beyond. there was the pie and mash shop in garratt lane and his mum used to send him with a bowl to bring some back for tea. freddies mum used to make flowers and sell them, all hois family lived down wardley street, his grandfather and his uncle and aunts, penfolds, his great grandmother was called priscilla penfold, and she lived in a gipsy wagon at the turn of the 20th century, before he was born obviously but we have got paperwork from that era. it just fascinates me, i grew up in yorkshire, so i didnt ever see the original wardley st, only whats left of it now, but fred has told me stories of it all our married life. i love it.
   

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London and Middlesex / Re: Wardley Street Wandsworth
« on: Sunday 06 January 13 15:07 GMT (UK)  »
my husband freddie chambers grew up in wardley street, his family were chambers/penfolds, he has some great memories of his childhood, although very hard working life in those days. his grandfather was john penfold, and he had the woodyard and they chop logs and sell them for kindling. old mr gardener had the anchor mission and he remembers the train set he had in the upstairs of the mission. once a year a lorry would come down the st and cart them off to kent to the hoppicking fields, which were his happiest memories. florries pub, angelo's sweet shop. thy were all totters and hawkers in his family, but he remembers a lot of the folk who lived there
 

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