Estate Agents that was in business from 1957 to 1989.

Albert Rogers ran the business in 21 Eastfields Road from 1956 to 1976.

This ad from 18th October 1957 shows that they also had an office at 397 London Road.

This was near the Crown pub.

This ad from the 1961 Mitcham Cricket Club Yearbook shows both addresses:

ROGERS ESTATE AGENTS
BUSINESS TRANSFER AGENTS

21 Eastfields Road
MIT. 8527

397 London Road
MIT. 1671

SURVEYS VALUATIONS
Mortgages Arranged with Leading
Building Societies

The Mitcham Chamber of Commerce Yearbook for 1967 shows an ad for F. Strowger with the address 395/397 London Road, which suggest that Strowger’s bought the Rogers estate agents office at no. 397 between 1961 and 1967.

Albert Rogers’s son Tony ran the office at no. 21 Eastfields Road. He commented on the post for Eastfields Road that he was born at no. 21, which:

was changed to a News Con Tob in 1957 before becoming a Rogers estate agents in 1959.

The estate agency was sold to Sunley in 1989.

Tony Rogers had set up a branch at 260 Mitcham Lane, SW16 in 1981 and also sold it to Sunley in 1989.

Many famous people bought houses from Rogers Estate Agents, especially on the new Stadium Estate the Wates houses nearby. Namely Ken Barrington in Fowler Road. Esther Rantzen and her husband Desmond Wilcox in Priestley Road, Gary Chivers in Fowler Road.

The Stadium Estate development Tony Rogers referred to, was on the site of the former Mitcham Stadium, which was called the Laburnum Park Estate, although in this 1959 ad it is simply called the Laburnum Estate. This isn’t to be confused with the Laburnum Court estate as that was council housing.

An aerial view of No. 21 Eastfields Road can be seen in the bottom right hand corner of an 1953 aerial photo on Historic England.

Albert Rogers had leased land behind no. 21 for use as a garden, as shown in these minutes from Merton Council:

From Merton Council minutes, 22nd October 1969:

Eastfields Road, Mitcham. – Land at rear of No. 21 – The Town Clerk reported that Mr Rogers, who leased from the Council and maintained as a garden an area of land at the rear of No. 21, Eastfields Road, Mitcham, has given notice terminating his lease.

Resolved – That the notice be accepted and the land be converted for use as a paved seating area and planted with a few small trees.

No. 21 was demolished around 2013 as part of a redevelopment, planning application 13/P1383. These views of the proerty are from the Design & Access Statement Part 1 (PDF).

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A comment from the Mitcham History Group on Facebook:

Mum and Dad bought our house in Worcester Close from Rogers Estate Agents in 1966…My dear Dad thought really highly of Mr Rogers as he was so helpful during the process.