[West Ender]

I've just read through this thread which I had somehow missed. Going back to nearly the beginning - someone mentioned Ollie Rowley. Would this be Oliver Rowley who had a brother called John and a sister Angela? Would he now be in his 60s? If so, he went to St Marys school when I did and - well, it was a shame, poor lad! If it's the right one, he would have been in a special school today.

I'm also surprised no one mentioned the Wayside café, which was opposite Joe Mort's in the 1950s. It was a tiny place but it had a juke box and served the obligatory froffy coffy. It was owned by Stan (call me Stan) Forber, who had eyes a bit like Marty Feldman, and his wife Marjorie (call me Mrs Forber) Forber. Stan was a great guy and very fatherly.

And yes, the deck had railings when I used to meet friends there. I always assumed that was why it was called the deck - like a ship's deck, with railings.