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About Me 

Early Years

1946 - 1953

My parents had waited until the end of the second world war to have a child and I was born on 6th May 1946 in the War Memorial hospital Carshalton.  At this time they were renting a flat in Wynash Gardens, Carshalton which is where I lived for the first 17 years. It provided a relatively safe area for playing and exploring with my friends. Every November 5th would see bonfires on the central green (iin those days a dissused tennis court. The early holidays I remember were spent in St Mary’s Bay in Kent through which the famous Romney Hythe & Dymchurch railway passed.  The Railway was a fascination for me and the walk to it passed by the old Bakery where we would collect Bread and Jam Donuts.  I also recall that my father contructed large model airplanes or boats on the sandy beach for me and friends to play in . I remember in 1953 that my parents bought a Pye console TV and along with several neighboours we crowded around it to watch the coronation

Some more pictures

below two pictures drawn by father - the bike at just 14 and the jousting original hung in my bedroom
My parents with a very young me!
War Memorial Hospital Carshalton Wynash Gardens Carshalton Romney Hythe and Dymchurch Railway - me with my father with two friends in a sand plane With my father My bedroom window at the rear of the flat 654 Trolleybus that took me to school Carshalton Park Wandle gate Carshalton park Waterfall in Grove Park Carshalton
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motorcycle by my father at age 14 Jousting knights by my father My "Aunt" Tondie and "Uncle" Charles a couple that looked after me often In a Beach Hut Sandown Isle of Wight My Mother often took me to the local Express Dairy to see the horses
gbsWales
© gbswales 2015

About Me 

Early Years

1946 - 1953

My parents had waited until the end of the second world war to have a child and I was born on 6th May 1946 in the War Memorial hospital Carshalton.  At this time they were renting a flat in Wynash Gardens, Carshalton which is where I lived for the first 17 years. It provided a relatively safe area for playing and exploring with my friends. Every November 5th would see bonfires on the central green (iin those days a dissused tennis court. The early holidays I remember were spent in St Mary’s Bay in Kent through which the famous Romney Hythe & Dymchurch railway passed.  The Railway was a fascination for me and the walk to it passed by the old Bakery where we would collect Bread and Jam Donuts.  I also recall that my father contructed large model airplanes or boats on the sandy beach for me and friends to play in . I remember in 1953 that my parents bought a Pye console TV and along with several neighboours we crowded around it to watch the coronation

Some more pictures

below two pictures drawn by father - the bike at just 14 and the jousting original hung in my bedroom
Baby with Dad Me aged around 5 one of the sand models Dad built Wynash Gardens wher I lived as a child My pseudo Aunt and Uncle - Tondie and Charles
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