I was a teenage Ramone
Fishponds Bristol Opposite what would become Lodge House, 1934
Many residents of Fishponds Bristol often wonder what was in place of Lodge House and Beacon Tower before it was built in 1968.
Well here we are..this lovely picture was taken in 1934 outside 623 Fishponds Road which at the time was a fishmongers owned by my Grandfather Jim Andrews.
There sitting on the horse is my dad, also Jim Andrews, aged 3 years old.
By all accounts my grandfather (or granfer as he was affectionately known by his many many grandchildren) could not afford a nosebag for the horse, so ate from a old hessian sack, probably a old cockle sack as granfer was always boiling cockles for selling in the shop.
The two stone built cottages on the opposite side of the road were owned by the Cordy family (right hand cottage) and the Derby family (left hand cottage). Mrs Derby was my mothers grandmother, by all accounts the Derby family were infamous in Fishponds for perhaps all the wrong reasons.
To the left hand side you can make out other cottages, there were more to the right as well, where Lodge house is now.
Also on the opposite side of the road were a few bus stops (there is still one there now).
Granfer sold 623 Fishponds Road during the second world war to Fred Hill (kept in the family by Son Ken Hill and grandson Danny Hill) who had a fruit and veg shop here until late 1997, its now a Kebab shop.
Granfer moved his fish shop during the war to 540 Fishponds road, on the corner of Star Lane until retiring in the early 1970`s, he sadly passed away in January 1975. 540 has changed hands many many times over the years , its now occupied by a company called Kustom Floors.
My dad says (and who can argue, he is 79 this year) this was the golden age of Fishponds, up until the late 1960`s when the railway and pottery went and sadly these lovley old cottages were demolised and forgotten (almost) for ever for Lodge house and Beacon tower.
For all those who wished to see Fishponds before Lodge/Beacon....Enjoy:-)
Fishponds Bristol Opposite what would become Lodge House, 1934
Many residents of Fishponds Bristol often wonder what was in place of Lodge House and Beacon Tower before it was built in 1968.
Well here we are..this lovely picture was taken in 1934 outside 623 Fishponds Road which at the time was a fishmongers owned by my Grandfather Jim Andrews.
There sitting on the horse is my dad, also Jim Andrews, aged 3 years old.
By all accounts my grandfather (or granfer as he was affectionately known by his many many grandchildren) could not afford a nosebag for the horse, so ate from a old hessian sack, probably a old cockle sack as granfer was always boiling cockles for selling in the shop.
The two stone built cottages on the opposite side of the road were owned by the Cordy family (right hand cottage) and the Derby family (left hand cottage). Mrs Derby was my mothers grandmother, by all accounts the Derby family were infamous in Fishponds for perhaps all the wrong reasons.
To the left hand side you can make out other cottages, there were more to the right as well, where Lodge house is now.
Also on the opposite side of the road were a few bus stops (there is still one there now).
Granfer sold 623 Fishponds Road during the second world war to Fred Hill (kept in the family by Son Ken Hill and grandson Danny Hill) who had a fruit and veg shop here until late 1997, its now a Kebab shop.
Granfer moved his fish shop during the war to 540 Fishponds road, on the corner of Star Lane until retiring in the early 1970`s, he sadly passed away in January 1975. 540 has changed hands many many times over the years , its now occupied by a company called Kustom Floors.
My dad says (and who can argue, he is 79 this year) this was the golden age of Fishponds, up until the late 1960`s when the railway and pottery went and sadly these lovley old cottages were demolised and forgotten (almost) for ever for Lodge house and Beacon tower.
For all those who wished to see Fishponds before Lodge/Beacon....Enjoy:-)