WARTIME MEMORIES AS AN EVACUEE – KEN CARTER

 

My Parents, Grandparents and Great Grandparents Uncles, Aunts, Cousin's all lived in Tottenham for most of their lives, living in numerous places in Tottenham. 

I was born in July 1938 in Chester Road, my Brother in Alton Road, and my Sister in North Middlesex

Hospital. The main address we all lived in during the 2nd World War was the corner house on Philip Lane /Mount Pleasant Road until one by one we got married and left, My Parents in the late 60's then moved up to Lowestoft.

1936 MAP SHOWING 174 PHILIP LANE ON THE CORNER OF MOUNT PLEASANT ROAD

PHILIP LANE – CORNER OF MOUNT PLEASANT ROAD

 

Have many memories growing up in Tottenham during those years and of being evacuated in the early 1940's, my Brother and I were sent up to Oldham for some years, and my sister to Saltry.

 I have attached a photo of my brother Stan Carter and myself Ken, It is a job to remember much detail but we were evacuated around 1942 till 1945, we were up in Oldham Lancashire.
 
KEN CARTER AND BROTHER STAN       WARTIME EVACUEES 

COBDEN STREET OLDHAM – JUNCTION ST JOHN STREET

My Brother was born in Jan 1937, and I in July 1938. We stayed with a Mr and Mrs Wilson, and their dog Rover.

The address was 65 Cobden Street and I recall very close to a farm which we visited regularly, cows were the main farm animal there, perhaps Mr Wilson may have worked there.

 

When I was doing my National Service in 1957-59, stationed up at Catterick Garrison, one week-end paying a visit to see Mrs Wilson, sadly Mr Wilson had died.

 

 
 

I used to be a member of the famous Tottenham Citadel Salvation Band at the Corps on Page Green, In the late 60's the Band /Songsters left Tottenham and transferred to Enfield. So my visit to see Mrs Wilson was a week-end that my Band were specialising at Stockport Salvation Army Corps so it was a week-end I spent with the band.
 
SALVATION ARMY BAND – WARDS CORNER c1958
 


FORMER SALVATION ARMY CITADEL - TOTTENHAM

I remember that when we eventually after the war came back home to Tottenham my Mother had a job understanding the Lancashire dialect which we had picked up, telling us to speak properly.

 I have been living in Leicester since 1964, my Brother is in Hoddesdon, used to be in Enfield, and my Sister lives in Burton-on Trent, We never had any photos of her Evacuation.

Article written by Ken Carter – January 2019