This is a personal record of my time in Southcote Council Housing Estate from about 1953ย when my family were relocated from Coley until I left there sometime in 1958.ย Some of the pictures below are courtesy Google Maps.ย If anyone I have named in this web page objects to being mentioned here, I will happily remove the entry โ click here to contact me.
I don’t know when we moved to Southcote but it has to be 1953 or close to it
We moved in at number 242 Southcote Lane which is the house above with the red bin in the front.
I lived there with my mother and my stepfather and three younger half brothers – Robert born in 1946, James born in 1949 and Raymond born in 1952.
My mother’s name was Delva and my step father was Leonard.ย Both have passed away.
Immediate neighbours were:
231 Percy and Esmee Collins + Brian, Nicholas and Jenny
233 Mr. and Mrs. ? + Stephanie
235 Nora and Arthur Brown + Carol and Alan
237 Desmond and Irene Redgrave + Alan and Josie
239 Peggy and Eric Thurgar, + Margaret and John
241 Mrs O’Shea, Kenny O’Shea (son) Molly and son Stephen
243 Joy and Ray Snarey, + Pat and David – I seem to remember that Ray was badly injured when he was electrocted while up a power pole and was in hospital for a long time.
245 The Millards
247 Mr. and Mrs. ? + Sandra
249 Mr and Mrs Hyatt +
Other side of Road
240 Irish couple with no children
242 Mr Leonard and Mrs Delva Cummings + John, Robert, James and Raymond
244 Mr. and Mrs Moore, + Susan and David – I remember that Mr Moore was some kind of representative or traveller.ย He had a small commercial van and seemed to be one of the few people in our vicinity that had a vehicle of any kind.
246 Mr. and Mrs Prendergast + 4 boys + Lulu who died of Leukemia
248 Mr. and Mrs. ?
250 Mr. and Mrs. Houseman
252 Mr. and Mrs Bennet, + Colin and David
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