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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => London and Middlesex => Topic started by: berrys66 on Monday 25 June 07 17:35 BST (UK)
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Does anybody here know anything about what happened to Kate Street and Larch Road in Balham? I am completely unable to find these streets on MapPoint. The closest I've found is Larch Close near Fernlea Road which is where I would have guessed it might be from the residences of various relatives during the period 1900-1940.
I read somewhere that there is now a school on the area where Kate Street used to be. My great-grandmother lived on Kate Street until her death in 1972, so the buildings must have been demolished since then.
any information would be most appreciated.
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Hi there
Here's a map of the local area from my 1948 street atlas.
Kate Street is located in Box B, off Dendy Street near the railway line. Larch Road is in Box H near the top.
I literally can't see Kate Street on my modern street map - the location is obscured by some text!
Larch Road appears to have been truncated and is now Larch Close.
Cheers
Dave
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Kate Street has now been built over by the school, which expanded.
http://www.multimap.com/maps/#t=l&map=51.44465,-0.15772|17|4&loc=GB:51.44465:-0.15772:17|dendy%20street|Dendy%20Street,%20LONDON%20(UPPER%20TOOTING),%20SW12&hloc=GB|kate%20street
meles
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Here's Larch Close
http://www.multimap.com/maps/#t=l&map=51.44181,-0.15028|17|4&loc=GB:51.44102:-0.14554:17|byrne%20road|Byrne%20Road,%20LONDON%20(UPPER%20TOOTING),%20SW12
meles
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Thanks to everybody, and especially Dave for the marvelous map.
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This picture may be of interest, I obtained it at least 3rd hand, but it is supposed to be a picture of all the children living in Larch Road in 1922.
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This picture may be of interest, I obtained it at least 3rd hand, but it is supposed to be a picture of all the children living in Larch Road in 1922.
Hi berrys66
Having trouble downloading your picture of all the children living in Larch Road, really interested as my father was about 4 years old and living in Larch Road at the time, what is your link with Larch Road?
Cheers
tunners
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This picture may be of interest, I obtained it at least 3rd hand, but it is supposed to be a picture of all the children living in Larch Road in 1922.
Hi berrys66
Having trouble downloading your picture of all the children living in Larch Road, really interested as my father was about 4 years old and living in Larch Road at the time, what is your link with Larch Road?
Cheers
tunners
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Hi Tunners
Welcome to Rootschat ;D
The image is still attached to the topic but not visible on this board.
berrys66 hasn't been online here since January 2011.
If they have changed email address or switched off notifications, they won't know we have posted.
If berrys66 doesn't come back soon, I'll try to send you a copy of the image.
If berrys66 does come back, please exchange email addresses on the personal message system and obtain a copy of the picture via that method.
Dawn
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Thanks Dawn
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trying to delete post I made earlier cannot find how to do it - deleted the words and picture I uploaded but now left with this message! :'( my post was moved to another thread which made it totally irrelevant and inappropriate - I wish I never registered or posted now - highly embarrased - apologies for posting at all!
Can a mod please kindly delete this post? Sorry for my mistake - delete my membership too - was going to do some research but leaving now. cannot find how to delete my post or my profile :'( :'(
Happy New Year all - bye bye
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Hi ellenoo
I have sent you a personal message, please let me know that you have received it.
Dawn
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I have just joined because I was doing some research on Larch Road Balham as part of my family history and came across this website. Very interesting to see comments and, especially photo of children in 1922. My grandparents were in Larch Road from circa 1890 and my father and his sister were there from 1920 to just after WW2.
I would be very interested to hear from anyone who had family living there during this time. I see that most of these messages are quite old now and not all the members are active but if Tunners does return, his father was there at the same time as mine and they would almost certainly have known each other.
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Hi stevemoss
Welcome to Rootschat ;D
Tunners hasn't been online here for few years now, but as long as their email address hasn't changed, they should receive notifications that we have posted and hopefully come back soon.
I have also sent a personal mesage.
Dawn
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Hi Dawn, thanks so much for letting me know. You're a star!
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Hi Steve
Re: 1922 photo, have been talking to the family, and it looks like my dad and his sister are in the picture, they were Ernest and Ethel Tunbridge, the family seem to think that dad was born there 1919 and lived there until 1926 roughly.
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Hi tunners
Welcome back ;D
Dawn
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Hi Dawn
Good to be back, great to talk to Steve as his family knew mine well.
Hope you are well
John
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In answer to a very old post, my great-grandfather Alfred Berry and his wife lived at 33 Larch Road between 1919 and 1935. Before WWI they lived at 86 Larch Road.
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Hello
On one of my relatives death certificate gives her address as 45 Larch Road circa 1941 her name was Evelyn Hicks/Dukes/Paynter. I also have relatives living at 51 Carmila Road and 49 Scholars Road during the 1970's they being Eliz and Robert Sharp.
Do these names ring any bells?
Many thanks.
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Hi Walter
I see from your profile, you've been a member for quite a while but not posted on a board before.
Are Mr & Mrs Sharp still alive as we have a 'no living people' policy here?
Dawn
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Thank you for informing me of that as I have not read all the rules.
No they passed away some time ago but just happened to stumble across the mention of Larch Road via a search in Google Uk.
Many thanks
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My late father had a printing company in Larch Road 1950's his name was Ernest Hall
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Appreciate this is quite an old thread; my Great Grandmother Winifred Burke was born at 46 Larch Road. Beforehand her parents lived at 9 Kate Street, and later on at 27 and then 7 Dendy Street.