The monkey was there during the late 1950s and 60s.

Harold Daniells Shop was 65 Dartmouth road, and I am sure Saturday flicks was ABC minors.
Thanks for kind comments, I'll see what else comes out the dustbin of memory perhaps.

Good to see Forest Hill library is still there, I became a member at around 5yrs old, my mum encouraged me to be a reader at that age, I still am. I used to use the side door in Thorpewood avenue which led in to the newspaper reading room at the back. A wonderful idea that was.
I hated the swimming pools though, still can't swim; I remember them as dank cold and stinking of Chlorine which would hang about on you all day after.
Also the public baths in cubicles my Dad would use from time to time when he felt too tight to use the immersion heater at home in summer.
Outside was a Brylcreem machine which would dispense a huge dollop of the stuff for a penny or tuppence.
There was a huge signal box by the alley into Clyde Vale and thestation had another platform in the middle of the tracks, used to get to it by a gate in the subway, I think it was used for excursion train in summer, might be wrong on that though.

Forgot to mention previously the large Woolworths opposite the cinema.

Looking on Google street view I am astonished to see so many food take-away shops, who eats it all?

This post was last modified: 15-05-2015 06:02 PM by longtimegone.