Tag Archives: 1967

Park Place North Lodge

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One of the lodge buildings for Park Place that was at 53 Commonside West, at the entrance driveway for Park Place at number 54.

This OS map shows the Lodge shaded red, and Park Place shaded grey.

1952 OS map

This photo shows the lodge as seen from the road, looking towards the Fair Green. Note that the Majestic cinema building can be seen in the distance.

1966 photo by Eric Montague.

1966 photo by Eric Montague of the Lodge buildings as seen from Park Place.

The building seen in the left of this photo was a pair of cottages, numbers 51 and 52 Commonside West. These were demolished in 1967.

Ordnance Survey map reproduced by permission of the National Library of Scotland, reuse CC-BY.

Eric Montague photos reproduced by kind permission of the Merton Historical Society.

Rogers Estate Agents

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Estate Agents that was in business from 1957 to 1989.

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

1953 OS map reproduced by permission of the National Library of Scotland, reuse CC-BY (NLS)

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

This was near the Crown pub.

1953 OS map reproduced by permission of the National Library of Scotland, reuse CC-BY (NLS)

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

1961 Rogers ad

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.

1967 Chamber Commerce Yearbook

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.

Streatham News – Friday 29 May 1959

Streatham News – Friday 03 February 1961

Norwood News – Friday 26 November 1965
Image © Reach PLC. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.

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, 7th June 1967

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).

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.