St Quintin Park - a history and stories

Table of Contents

1. St Quintin Park - history and stories
   1. Early History
2. Schooldays
   1. Oxford Gardens School 1905 to 1913
   2. Coronation at Oxford Gardens 1953
   3. OXFORD GARDENS PRE-SCHOOL NURSERY CLASS
   4. St Helen's School
   5. St Charles RC Primary School
   6. North Kensington Central School (St Mark's)
3. Around the Streets
   1. The St Quintin Estate
   2. St Helen's Gardens
   3. Kelfield - The Lancaster Road Wesleyan Church War Memorial Athletic Club
   4. Evelyn Fox Court, Kingsbridge Road
   5. LATIMER ROAD
   6. Saved from the Motorway
   7. Motorway Disruption
   8. Pangbourne Avenue, W10
4. New Housing for Overcrowded North Kensington
   1. William Sutton St Quintin Park Estate
   2. THE PEABODY BUILDINGS, DALGARNO GARDENS
   3. Princess Alice House
   4. THE COMMUNITY CENTRE NURSERY SCHOOL
5. Spiritual Needs
   1. My Church, St PIUS the X
   2. The Carmelite Convent.
   3. St Helen's Church
   4. Bethany Hall, Barlby Road
6. Wartime Memories
   1. Audrey Jones - War Time Memories
7. Keeping Healthy -Hospitals and Parks
   1. St Charles Hospital
   2. Princess Louise Hospital
   3. The Little Wormwood Scrubs.
   4. "CANAC"The Canalside Activity Centre

St Helen's Gardens

Postcard of parade on St Helen's Gardens, 1920's (Eddie.Adams Collection)

The Parade in the 1920's as remembered by Mary Osborn.

Starting at the end of the houses, the first shop was a chemist, FINN'S. (I don't think it was PHINN'S.) Next was a fishmongers and then Harris's the grocers. The end one was a very nice drapers & haberdashery run by two ladies, called Prynne & Harris.

On the other side of Kelfield Gardens was the bakers Checkley & Walke, next was Briggs the grocers then a greengrocer's, next was a gent's outfitter's, which later on had the P.O. Evisons, the sweetshop & stationers, then the Dairy which later became the United Dairies, then I think there was Southcotts the builders. Somewhere, I think was a Butchers, so if you can see where I have missed a shop out, that will be it.

I'm not so familiar with the shops in North Pole Road. After all, I walked up and down Kelfield Gardens four times a day, from 1922 to 1932.