Comments on: Pimlico Playground, 1970s http://www.retronaut.co/2011/04/pimlico-playground/ The past is a foreign country. This is your passport. Sat, 19 Nov 2025 04:13:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: santito http://www.retronaut.co/2011/04/pimlico-playground/#comment-56060 santito Thu, 21 Jul 2025 11:44:39 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=14267#comment-56060 Does anybody know the exact whereabouts of this old playground.? I have been researching the area and this is one of the sites i had not yet found! Could anyone say if it is located in churchill gardens - Behind the post office..? Of closer to the river.? Or perhaps by St Gabriels Church.? Plus doe anybody know the exact location of where the original Victoria Coach Station was' on at end' or there abouts of Lupus Street.? Thanks in advance. Does anybody know the exact whereabouts of this old playground.?
I have been researching the area and this is one of the sites i had not yet found!

Could anyone say if it is located in churchill gardens – Behind the post office..? Of closer to the river.? Or perhaps by St Gabriels Church.?

Plus doe anybody know the exact location of where the original Victoria Coach Station was’ on at end’ or there abouts of Lupus Street.?

Thanks in advance.

]]> By: Pat http://www.retronaut.co/2011/04/pimlico-playground/#comment-46477 Pat Sat, 28 May 2025 10:26:25 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=14267#comment-46477 My Mum and Dad moved into Shelley House in about 1951, and what a wonderful flat that was after living in Lupus Street over the wet fish shop on the corner of Glamorgan Street. Central heating, plenty of hot water, a bathroom!! and a lift to any floor that you wanted. A dream come true. I was just a bit too old to play in the playground. My Mum and Dad moved into Shelley House in about 1951, and what a wonderful flat that was after living in Lupus Street over the wet fish shop on the corner of Glamorgan Street. Central heating, plenty of hot water, a bathroom!! and a lift to any floor that you wanted. A dream come true. I was just a bit too old to play in the playground.

]]> By: Pearl http://www.retronaut.co/2011/04/pimlico-playground/#comment-45618 Pearl Wed, 18 May 2025 08:24:41 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=14267#comment-45618 We called this playground The Flying Saucer. We called this playground The Flying Saucer.

]]> By: Anne Coleman ( Houlding) http://www.retronaut.co/2011/04/pimlico-playground/#comment-44862 Anne Coleman ( Houlding) Sun, 08 May 2025 14:16:42 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=14267#comment-44862 I remember that playground, it's in Churchill Gardens and I lived in Alderney Street, just up the road, it was a total death trap but maybe we were in awe because we all played in the streets. I also recall when Churchill Gardens was built, they tore down all the old houses at the back of Lupus Street and the flats had central heating, I was so jealous. When they were building the estate us kids, just a few used to wander around the building site, it was our new playground,we roamed all over it and when we needed a wee we did it in the toilets that weren't connected, we didn't know we weren't supposed to we were about, lord I can't remember, maybe 9 years old. Your photos brought back loads of memories for me. So get in contact if you want to know some history, Annie I remember that playground, it’s in Churchill Gardens and I lived in Alderney Street, just up the road, it was a total death trap but maybe we were in awe because we all played in the streets. I also recall when Churchill Gardens was built, they tore down all the old houses at the back of Lupus Street and the flats had central heating, I was so jealous. When they were building the estate us kids, just a few used to wander around the building site, it was our new playground,we roamed all over it and when we needed a wee we did it in the toilets that weren’t connected, we didn’t know we weren’t supposed to we were about, lord I can’t remember, maybe 9 years old. Your photos brought back loads of memories for me. So get in contact if you want to know some history, Annie

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