Places I Called Home

There are many of them, and I stayed no more than six years at any of the places where I have lived. I guess that is why 22 years at my current home is so wonderful.

1944 - 1947    58 Wordsworth Drive, Rotherham
                        My father was away in the war, so this was the home of my mother's mother.
                        When Dad returned, he had a huge journey every day to get him to work at Davy's
                        in Sheffield. My brother John was born in 1946, so it must have been a bit
                        cramped with Mum and Dad in the same room.

1947 - 1949    Busheywood Road, Totley, Sheffield
                       Our first home, probably thanks to Dad's mother whose family must have owned
                       the house. For me, a walk across fields with Mum to my first school.

1949 - 1953    High Street, Alton, Staffs
                       Mum and Dad's first move. Next door to the grocer's shop on the High Street
                       where Dad was the manager.

1953 - 1959    5a Napier Road, West Kensington, London
                       A flat over a grocer's belonging to John Buckle. Dad managed their larger store on
                       Kensington High Street.

1959 - 1961    High Street, Braintree, Essex
                       Another flat over a shop, this time owned by Budgens. Dad managed shops for
                       them in Colchester and Cambridge.

1961 - 1963    49 London Road, Braintree, Essex
                       For the very first time, Mum and Dad owned their own home.

1963 - 1964    129 Riverview Gardens, Barnes, London
                        My first digs on leaving home to work for George Wimpey in Hammersmith.

1964 - 1964    52 Esmond Road, Turnham Green, London
                       A bedsit.

1964 - 1966    7 Airedale Avenue, Chiswick, London
                       Sharing an attic flat with Bob Owen.

1966 - 1967     21 Pearson Terrace, Leeds
                        A shared house whilst on site at Meynell Street.

1967 - 1968     21 Gloucester Road, Kingston-Upon-Thames, Surrey
                        Sharing a flat with John Lamprell

1968 - 1969     11 Windsor House, Redcliffe Gardens, Nottingham
                        A rented unfurnished flat.

1969 - 1972     12 Long Meadow, Farnsfield, Notts
                        The first house.

1972 - 1977     29 Werrington Park Avenue, Peterborough
                        A new job with Henry Boot.

1977 - 1982     20 Perowne Way, Puckeridge, Herts
                        Back with Henry Boot at Cheshunt.

1982 - 1984     23 George Road, Stokenchurch, Bucks
                        For Henry Boot in High Wycombe.

1984 - 1985     32 Hepplewhite Close, High Wycombe, Bucks
                        A temporary home.

1985 - 1991     58 Wendover Heights, Wendover, Bucks
                        My own little terrace house.

I'm pretty confident that I have got all the dates right, but the odd one could be a year out. It has been so nice not to have to think about moving ever again. Hopefully.