Tag Archives: 1925

Farewell Place

Cul-de-sac road off north side of Mount Road. The sixteen houses are numbered anti-clockwise as viewed from Mount Road, from 1 to 16. There are three pairs of semi-detached houses on the right side, numbers 1 to 6, then a terrace of four houses, numbers 7 to 10, then three pairs of semi-detached houses on the left side, numbers 11 to 16. There is a public footpath through the terrace, between numbers 8 and 9, that leads to Western Road.

Number 1 has been converted into two flats. All have the postcode CR4 3ET.

The road may have been named after councillor G. Farewell Jones who was district chairman in 1924.

Occupants from the 1925 street directory, as viewed from Mount Road:

NORTH SIDE
1, Alfred GRAHAM
2, George GOULD
3, John WARD
4, Edwin LEWRY
5, George B DILLEY
6, Alfred BLAKE
7, George William HOLLAND
8, Archibald PHILLIPS

SOUTH SIDE
16, Willie BLAZER
15, Charles TAMPLIN
14, John CORDREY
13, Harry WEIGHT
12, Alfred Philip GOULD
11, John Craig NICOL
10, Thomas FLECKNEY
9, Alfred GRAY

1934 OS map

OS map reproduced by permission of the National Library of Scotland., re-use CC-BY.

Bucks Head Parade

North of the Buck’s Head pub, this is a parade of 5 shops and flats above.

Photo taken 9th May 2017

Aerial view Bucks Head Parade left of the Buck Head pub

Aerial view Bucks Head Parade left of the Buck Head pub

Aerial view of rear of Bucks Head Parade

Aerial view of rear of Bucks Head Parade

Occupants in the 1925 street directory:

  • 1. George SHEPHERD, junior – wheelwright
  • 2. E.C. MORRIS – confectioner
  • 3. Frank MILES – wardrobe dealer
  • 4. not listed
  • 5. W. H. JENNER – cycle agent

The 1911 commercial directory lists

  1. George RANGER, boot & shoe maker
  2. Hugh CRESSWELL, golf goods dealer
  3. Mrs. Emily MILES, wardrobe dealer
  4. Mathew William Frederick MEE, tobacconist
  5. William Henry JENNER, cycle maker

The property numbers, running north to south 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 became 213, 215, 217, 219, 221 London Road, in 1926.

Maps

Receipt from 1986 for Mitcham Travel at no. 217

1982 ad for Cortesy Florals at no. 219

Photos from Merton Memories site