My grandad John Edward Spurr was a London taxi driver and previously had driven a hansom cab so loved horses and always used to take us to the 'Horse of the Year' show at White City. He was originally from Leicestershire and married grandma on 25th December 1907. I can recall him telling me how he remembered our part of Fulham being fields.

This is the photo of my Grandparents - Lily Dora and John Edward Spurr, he was a taxi driver and she was a prolific pianist and always was called upon to play at street events. She also did a music hall turn with her friend Florrie Tindall at their pensioners meetings and they were also on Michael Miles` television show but can`t remember what that was called. I can see them now in their Pearly Queen costumes and big hats with feathers on but unfortunately no photographs were kept.

My dad was Edward William Spurr and my mum was Gladys Hartnett. He actually worked for Barrett Tagant and Gotts which were then taken over by Maxima Lubricants and then United Lubricants and moved to Tooting. 

Barrett, Tagant & Gotts summer get-together

The houses in Narborough were large ones and mostly occupied by two families - one up, one down. Upstairs in number 11 Narborough Road was Mrs Wilson who was you might say was the matriach of the street and was called on for help with births, deaths (laying out) etc. We used to live downstairs at number 12. My Aunt (Dad`s sister) and uncle lived downstairs at 11.  Grandma and Gran Grandma and Grandad (Dad`s Mum and Dad) lived downstairs at 17 where I spent a lot of time during the War with Mum working and Dad in the army.

I can remember there was a hairdressers on the corner of Narborough Road and Wandsworth Bridge Road and an off licence on the other side with red telephone box which we used  because obviously no one had telephones indoors then. Next to the hairdressers was the paper shop Stooks. Also remember the dairy (forget which one) but always had a lovely smell of cream/milk when you went in. There was also another little shop there with everything and that smelt of paraffin and wood as there were stacks of little bundles of wood for fire-lighting (no central heating either). 

North End Road market was the place we shopped on Saturday mornings - Barbers was the big store there and I can also remember Downs where mum bought meat pies to go with our stewed eel dinner as we also bought them live off the fish stall and she cooked them herself.

Nearby was the Regal (ABC) cinema and then along Vanstone Place towards Fulham Broadway was the Red Hall (Gaumont) cinema and the Granville Theatre.  I used to go to the Regal with my Grandma to the pensioners film showings and we used to meet my other Grandma there and then afterwards go to Joe Lyons next door for afternooon tea.

Narborough Street VE Day Party 1945. I had a V shape in my dress.