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Topic: Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Old Chiswick
Posted by: David Darlow
Date/Time: 19/01/16 08:38:00

I moved here in 1981, and what a different place Chiswick was then. The only supermarket then was a tiny Waitrose, where the furniture shops are now, alongside Valentinas.  So small that you were constantly crashing into other peole's trollies. Today, Chiswick has more restaurants than anywhere in Europe, but in those days there was just Southeys, down where Fired Earth is now (plus Andys Kebab House at Turham Green Station).  The Zizzis and Carphone Warehouse block was then just Times Furnishing and a car park.  There were also three butchers shops on the High Road, before Sainsburys arrived and killed off the competition.  On a Sunday the High Road would be completely empty of people or cars.


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Old Chiswick18/01/16 11:55:00 Barbara Dudley
   Re:Old Chiswick18/01/16 12:38:00 Cindy Carloss
      Re:Re:Old Chiswick18/01/16 13:09:00 Michael Moran
         Re:Re:Re:Old Chiswick18/01/16 13:13:00 Andy Pease
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Old Chiswick18/01/16 13:27:00 Elizabeth Ross
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Old Chiswick18/01/16 13:32:00 Alison Neary
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Old Chiswick18/01/16 13:58:00 Andy Pease
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Old Chiswick18/01/16 14:02:00 Alison Neary
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Old Chiswick18/01/16 14:07:00 Andy Pease
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Old Chiswick18/01/16 14:14:00 Alison Neary
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Old Chiswick18/01/16 14:26:00 Colin Jordan
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Old Chiswick18/01/16 14:48:00 Micki Hawkes
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Old Chiswick18/01/16 14:53:00 Pamela Smith
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Old Chiswick18/01/16 14:55:00 Jeffrey Cope
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Old Chiswick18/01/16 15:22:00 Maggie Dodge
                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Old Chiswick18/01/16 16:35:00 Robert Fish
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Old Chiswick18/01/16 15:23:00 Andy Pease
                              Re:Old Chiswick24/01/16 10:03:00 Barbara Dudley
      Re:Re:Old Chiswick23/01/16 11:51:00 Barbara Dudley
   Re:Old Chiswick18/01/16 15:45:00 Vanessa Smith
      Re:Re:Old Chiswick18/01/16 16:04:00 Adrian Irving
         Re:Re:Re:Old Chiswick19/01/16 11:23:00 Vanessa Smith
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Old Chiswick19/01/16 12:54:00 Adrian Irving
      Re:Re:Old Chiswick18/01/16 16:21:00 Andy Pease
         Re:Re:Re:Old Chiswick18/01/16 19:47:00 Bernard Allen
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Old Chiswick18/01/16 20:24:00 Hannah Elder
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Old Chiswick18/01/16 20:36:00 Alastair Banton
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Old Chiswick19/01/16 06:54:00 Elizabeth Jane Daley
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Old Chiswick19/01/16 08:37:00 Colin Jordan
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Old Chiswick19/01/16 08:38:00 David Darlow
         Re:Re:Re:Old Chiswick19/01/16 11:20:00 Vanessa Smith
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Old Chiswick19/01/16 12:10:00 Adrian Irving
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Old Chiswick19/01/16 12:45:00 Ann Williams
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Old Chiswick19/01/16 22:20:00 Elizabeth Jane Daley
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Old Chiswick19/01/16 22:36:00 Audrey Walton
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Old Chiswick19/01/16 22:43:00 Cindy Carloss
                           Re:Old Chiswick19/01/16 23:16:00 Ian Wylie
                              Re:Re:Old Chiswick19/01/16 23:45:00 Micki Hawkes
                                 Re:Re:Re:Old Chiswick20/01/16 07:13:00 Andy Pease
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Old Chiswick20/01/16 12:07:00 Cindy Carloss
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Old Chiswick20/01/16 14:30:00 Bernadette Paul
                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Old Chiswick20/01/16 21:33:00 Cindy Carloss
                                             Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Old Chiswick20/01/16 21:45:00 Elizabeth Jane Daley

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