DAYS GONE BY.

IN 1955,EVELENA ROAD WAS THE HUB OF NUNHEAD,THE THREE PUBLIC HOUSES WERE ,THE NUNS HEAD, THE MAN OF KENT,AND THE PIROTECNIC ARMS,THE SALVATION ARMY  WAS ACTIVE ON SUNDAYS,MARCHING AROUND THE STREETS,WITH THERE FLAGS FLOWING,AND THERE BAND RINGING OUT GREAT MUSIC,WITH THE VOICES OF THE MEN ,WOMEN ,CHILDREN  FOLOWING THE BAND,ALSO VISITING THE STREETS FROM TIME TO TIME, WAS THE COALMAN ,MILKMAN,CHIMNEY SWEEP,FRUIT  AND VEG MAN,AND RAG AND BONE MAN,WOMEN WERE AT THERE FRONT GARDEN GATES PUTTING THE WORLD TO RIGHTS WITH EACH OTHER,CHILDREN PLAYED IN THE ROADS,SUCH GAMES AS HIDE AND SEEK,KNOCK DOWN GINGER,FOOTBALL,CRICKIT,AND MANY MORE FRONT DOORS , WERE LEFT OPEN, NOT TO MANY CARS PARKED IN THE SWTREETS,THERE WERE BOMB SITES STILL,AND BOMB SHELTERS, ON PECKHAM RYE,TRAMS STILL RUN ,AND LOW DECKER BUSES,CINAMARS STILL HAD KIDS CLUB ON SATURDAYS, YOU COULD HEAR THE TUG BOATS HONKING THERE HORNS AT NIGHT FROM THE THEMES,AND ALSO THE STEAM TRAINS SHUNTING ABOUT ON THE TRACKS AT NUNHEAD TO PECKHAM ,PUBS OPENED AT 11 AM AND SHUT AT 10 PM, SUNDAYS 12AM TILL 3PM,THEN OPEN AGAIN 7PM TILL10PM,ON EVELENA ROAD THERE WAS CHARLEY MORGON/JUMMY MORGON ,RAG AND BONE SHOP,SMITHY THE NEWSPAPER SHOP,TOMS CAFE,AYRES BAKERY,KEEBLE THE CHEMIST,THE PET SHOP,WILCOX FRUIT EN VEG,THE OIL SHOP,JOHNY AND BETTY HAIR CUT SHOPS,THE BOOKIES,THE WET FISH SHOP,THE DOCTORS,THE CO OP,IN GORDON ROAD THE DOSS HOUSES,,NUNHEAD GREEN WAS GREAT FOR LITTLE CHILDREN TO PLAY ON,THERE WERE STILL HORSE TROFFS,GAS LAMP LIGHTS,COAL YARDS,BAG WASH SHOPS,RYE LANE WAS FULL OF GREAT SHOPS,MARKETS,STALLS,THE OPEN AIR SWIMMING POOLS WAS A GREAT ATTRACTION, O WELL IF IV JOGED YOUR MEMORIES,THATS FINE,BUT ITS A LOT DIFFERENT NOW IN OL NUNHEAD,SAD BUT TRUE. THANKS FOR READING THIS, PETER MILLS.