General Chat

Mum was in the WAAF but not right through the war because I was born before the war ended. I haven’t a clue what happened to her uniform but I should think it was handed back as she could only have been in a short while - no more than four years or so.

Edit: I forgot and I don’t know how because it caused consternation when Mum died! Dad had two shells - torpedo-shaped, around eight inches high - which Mum kept after he died. When Mum died, one of my brothers took them into the police station to dispose of. I can’t imagine they were live shells though!

Names agrees with me that Biba was very dimly lit. I thought that might have just been my interpretation of the shop. Lots of hats hanging from hooks too I seem to recall.

I think the market was called either Kensington Bazaar or Kensington Market, Names, lots of brightly coloured clothes, just along from a big department store, Barkers I believe it was called.

Have not been down there for years. Although I can still remember the excitement of having my wages in my hot little hand ready to spend on clobber to go out dancing.

Maybe Bazaar. But how you have described it is just as I remember and at least you could see!

I remember Kensington Market - maaan. Does that mean I wasn't there?
All that patchouli oil and other wafts....... ;-)

Biba had moved to the Derry and Toms building by the time I was strutting my stuff on 'High Street Ken'. The Rainbow Room restaurant was the place to be of a weekend night and then there was the roof garden with flamingoes!

Mtg....... did you frequent the Greyhound in Fulham Palace Rd and Hammersmith Palais - rather different from the days when 'Frank came round and we went down the Palais' I think LOL

The Roof Gardens with flamingoes in Kensington was still there 8 years ago and at that time Richard Branson's Virgin held the lease as I went their for an awards ceremony at work. It was/is above the old Derry and Toms Building.

You've :-S me Belle LOL - I editted so my previous post is clearer
When Biba was at Derry and Toms the roof garden could be visited for free. Then I think 'Regines' (?) took over the upper floor as I night club and no access to the roof garden for the general public.

No Island, it wasnt often I went Sarf of the river.

Although I did go to The Cricketers in Stockwell.

We used to go to the Tottenham Royal. Went past there a week or so ago....all gone!

No all nighters at the Rainbow theatre Mtg? :-0 :-D

I can remember when the Rainbow was the Finsbury Park Astoria! :-D :-D