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Franklin Crescent

A crescent, that is nearly a square, road with an island centre, off the north side of Sherwood Park Road in the eastern part of Mitcham. Possibly built in the early 1930s. Houses are numbered odd, clockwise from 1 to 71, and even on the island in the centre, also clockwise from 2 to 28.

The Royal Mail postcode website says that there are two postcodes used in this road : odd numbered houses are CR4 1ND, while even numbered ones are CR4 1NH.

Photo of the front of no. 10 taken in 1983.

Photo of the rear of no. 10 taken in 1983. Vehicle access to the back was possible and this photo shows a garage on the left.

Photo of the back garden of no. 10 taken in 1983.


Maps are reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.

Kenneth Robert Marsh, RAF

Kenneth Robert Marsh was born 27th May 1925.

He joined the RAF towards the end of WWII and was trained as a tail gunner for Lancaster bombers. The war ended and he did not use his skills. Born in Mitcham, he lived in Ravensbury Court, Ravensbury Grove since the 1950s and died in 2016 aged 89. He is shown in the photo below in the second row back and second from right.

In this photo, he is top left.