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Church Place numbers 1 to 12

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A terrace of 12 houses that were on the west side of Church Place, a road off Church Road, between numbers 32 and 34. Demolished in 1962/3, see below.

1953 OS map

1953 OS map

World War 1 Connections
Private Albert Morgan

From the Surrey Recruitment Registers:

H G CHOULER of 11 Church Place, Mitcham, aged 33 Years 11 Months, Engine Driver. Volunteered with the Derby Scheme on 29 February 1916 to the Royal Fusiliers (15th Batn).

W E GREEN of 12 Church Place, Mitcham, aged 34 Years 8 Months, Labourer. Volunteered on 1 November 1915 to the Royal Garrison Artillery.

W JONES of 1 Church Place, Mitcham, aged 18 Years 2 Months, Labourer. Conscripted on 28 August 1917 to the 20th Training Reserve Batn.

Demolition

From Minutes of the Housing Committee
6th June 1957
page 48

The Town Clerk reported that at the meeting of the Public Health Committee held today the Medical Officer had submitted official representations under Section 25 and 154 of the Housing Act 1936, that the areas comprising the houses 1 to 12 (consecutive numbers inclusive) Church Place and Nos. 46 to 60 (even numbers inclusive) Love Lane and Nos. 1 to 9 (consecutive numbers inclusive) Nicholls Cottages, Gaston Road, be dealt with as Clearance Areas.

Resolved, That the Council give an undertaking to carry out or secure the carrying out of such re-housing as the Minister of Housing and Local Local Government may consider necessary.

From the minutes of the Highways Committee
8th March 1962
page 817

Demolition of 1-12 Church Place and 42-60 Love Lane
The following quotations have been received for the demolition of the above properties:-

Company Cost
Gorst & Co., Ltd. £290
Syd Bishop & Sons (Demolition), Ltd. £350
J. W. Elliott £450
W. H. Penfold & Sons, Ltd. £489

I recommend that the lowest quotation, that of Messrs. Gorst & Co., Ltd. in the sum of £290 be accepted.
Yours obediently,
J. W. Turner,
Borough Engineer and Surveyor

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

Minutes of meetings held by the Mitcham Borough Council are available on request from the Merton Heritage and Local Studies Centre at Morden Library.

Pye Records

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From 1959 to 1980 vinyl records were pressed and distributed from Pye Records in

James Estate
132 Western Road
Mitcham
Surrey CR4 3UT

formerly the Holborn Union workhouse, on corner of Bond Road and Western Road.

1977 fire photo on Merton Memories.

For a list of records produced by Pye Records see this discography website.

Articles in Mitcham News & Mercury

 

Date Page Headline
23/10/1959 3 It is a record making business
12/11/1965 11 Singer Anita Harris visits factory
13/03/1970   Barry Hopkins, Mitcham pop singer visits record factory
24/04/1970 1 Sacha Distel’s visit
26/11/1973 1 Elton John visits factory
24/06/1977 1 £2 million factory blaze
08/07/1977 60 Factory fire – still a mystery
09/03/1979 57 Row over factory noise
20/06/1980 1 Plan to take over Pye

Articles from other newspapers

Mitcham News and Mercury, 11th February 1961

A new extension to Pye Group Records Ltd., Western Road, Mitcham, is expected to increase their production by 50 per cent. There will be a further 26 record presses bringing the total to 66.

With the new development they hope to beat last year’s figure of over five million copies.

Meanwhile Petula Clark’s disc “Sailor” is still going string now topping 250,000.

New releases are Emile Ford with “What am I going to do,” and Lonnie Donegan singing “Leave my Woman Alone.”

Norwood News – Friday 02 July 1965 – Heath and Coe Wedding

   Music played a big part at the wedding on Saturday of Mr. Geoffrey Heath and Miss Jacqueline Coe, at Bromley Parish Church. 

   The day started with a request being played for the couple on “Saturday Club.“

   The bridegroom is promotion executive for the Pye Record Company at Mitcham, and lives in Cedars Avenue. His father, Jack Heath is a music publisher, and the music business was well represented at the wedding. 

   Among the guests was Mr. L Benjamin, managing director of Pye Records, together with Pye A and R man John Schroeder. Drummer Tony Reeves represented the Sounds orchestral group. 

   The bride has been principal boy in amateur pantomime at Bromley for the past two seasons. Her mother, Mrs. Bobbie Coe, was for some years manageress of the New Theatre at Bromley. She and Mr. Coe live at Murray Avenue, Bromley. 

   Given away by her father, the bride wore a simple, full-length gown in white satin, with a long veil and train topped by a tiara. 

   Chief bridesmaid was 14-year old Janice Barrett (cousin of the bridegroom) and bridesmaids were sisters Susan and Judy Morse (aged 11 and eight) cousins of the bride.

Adverts

1972

1972

Norwood News – Friday 14 December 1962

CAREERS IN ELECTRONIC COMPUTERS

An excellent opportunity exists for a recent Grammar school leaver with an A level in mathematics to obtain a remunerative career in the application of electronic computers. Full training will be given as well as opportunities for the practical workings of a computer; this position carries ample opportunities for advancement and good starting salary will be paid.

Apply in confidence to : The Financial Controller.
Pye Records Limited.
132 Western Road.
Mitcham