Pearson Brothers

[Beekay 5,265]

It was a few years ago M. Did'nt have any problem, like you say, they made me a temp. patient, so all sorted. In fact, one of the doctors, ( Dr.Hall) remembered me.

[katyjay 5,092]

Beekay i remember the chip shop, left hand side of Southwark St, it was set back from the road if I remember correctly.  Looking at the street map, Cheltenham St namely, you can just see Terr, which was the terrace my dad grew up in , Bell Terrace. Opposite you can see a gap in the houses, that was a yard with a stable. I remember as a little kid watching the horse coming back home and going in the stable.

[Jill Sparrow 10,401]

If it's the house on CT's street plan, it looks quite impressive and a far cry from The Engineer's former abode in Grundy Street. All that space!

[Cliff Ton 10,548]

Not the sharpest image I've ever posted, but I'm pretty sure this is the house.

 

[Cliff Ton 10,548]

12 hours ago, Beekay said:

Looking at the above map reminds me of a chip shop that was on the left side, going up Arnold road. Somewhere around Cheltenham street or thereabouts. 

 

8 hours ago, katyjay said:

Beekay i remember the chip shop, left hand side of Southwark St, it was set back from the road if I remember correctly.  

 

There's still a chip shop (or similar) in that location.     https://maps.app.goo.gl/zjzkRPZQmkaHKP8D6

[The Engineer 617]

@Jill Sparrow Yes Jill: The house on Grundy Street was mid-terrace, two rooms and a scullery downstairs, two bedrooms and box room (in which Mam and Dad squeezed a bed) upstairs.  Front door opened onto the street.  Small backyard and outside WC.  Tin bath and all that.

 

@Cliff Ton Yes, that must be it.

 

We only rented of course but I do wonder how they afforded that on a single wage (Dad was a TV repair man) and bringing up 7 children at the time.

 

 

[Beekay 5,265]

Thats the chippie CT, but it did,nt look anything like it does now. Nobody had ever heard of pizzas back then.

Thank you for the pict Kev.

[benjamin1945 16,286]

Thats the chip shop that back in the 50s........Mam and Dad used after Pictures at the Vernon and as a kid i used all the time......it was called 'Marlow's.............opposite is St Aidans church where most of my family got married including Mam and Dad in the 40s...........

[Cliff Ton 10,548]

...and if you spin the image round (it's on Streetview) you see that most of the older buildings going up Arnold Road have survived.

[benjamin1945 16,286]

Including my family's local and mine for meeting all my old football pals thru the 60s...the Park Tavern...and next door used to be a little cottage where Dad was born in 1923............that little area is full of lovely memories and people i can still see in my '"Minds Eye''...Sentimental or what...........