Talk Porty ~ Portobello

My mum tells me about Annie & Jack Turner the friendly grocers who always gave a good deal on sweeties on Bath Street, they moved over the road at some point into the shop that will now be the chinese restaurant Jimmy McDougall, who had the "Family Butcher" at 10 Bath Street bought out Annie Turner...

Hi ecm,

I haven't noticed anyone mentioning the LOVE AND WAR by Dorothy Kelly: http://www.kosmoid.net/portobello/loveandwar.
It should provide you some more info on Mount Lodge, Portobello.

Yes, I know I'm bumping a 10 years old thread.

Link dead, here's a new source.

I read about the bomb in the library — it was near Christian Path, and they tried to dig it out but it kept sinking further. In the end they covered it in concrete. Thanks for the info. Rathbone, do you know if the Brighton Place ones were underground, or were they huts? Sounds right, there were 5 ...