past headlines in local gazettes you may want to list by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 1-Jul-2010
todays spy girl russian worked barclays england.now caught by americans..remember 1961 mi5 caughtpeter helen kroger ruislip bungalow.1954 rented place said booksellers.real names morris lena cohen.45 cranley gdns ruislip..bit further on than northolt airport..kgb got disguise ID from new zealand dead couple of car crash..spy british sumbarine fleet passing by radio info to russia..monitored from w... more >>   
 
the factory workers we had by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 1-Jul-2010
skilled men metal workers etc..family members remember seeing coin turned into a ring...lathe etc..bend the metal and neat ring that lettering could be seen as turned into itself....etc etc illegal but...today antique roadshow 2 old pennies pulled shaped so that heads kept and tails kept for the other..join together.so opens out..showing as one coin but click opens out into 2 old penny faces.value... more >>   
 
crown cork and frith photos good site southall etc memories by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 29-Jun-2010
jean ..christine...still c cork on google...frith photos has good memories section for southall etc....terry son of dave chapman and also his gdad chapman worked crown cork.terry went dormers juniors 1950s   
  • Re: crown cork and frith photos good site southall etc memories by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 29-Jun-2010
    think have sorted king st..interesting as oldest part southall........seems black dog pub75 king st opposite adelaide rd coming into king st..2007 planning to put in portable buildings there so transformed.......then nearby at top number 2 adelaide rd junction with norwood rd as in our photo board4 2 men outside 1900 old pub photo white swan..now a garage and flat by 67. king st junction 2 adelai... more >>

  • Re: crown cork and frith photos good site southall etc memories by jean edward (Member 10247075) on 29-Jun-2010
    Anyone please help how to I get Southallboard 8, when I put that in google I just get the photo's that ive seen before.

  • Re: crown cork and frith photos good site southall etc memories by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 29-Jun-2010
    not google jean.....until it is in memory..then it is quick just put in google...........new boards have to start with whole typing............so in top LEFT address bar.......www.flickr.com...........click enter......................click sign in.............type ID as southallboard8@yahoo.co.uk...............type password as middlesex8....................click sign in........ more >>

  • Re: crown cork and frith photos good site southall etc memories by Lomi (Member 10254354) on 14-Nov-2010
    Do you remember Edward (Ted) Drew or his wife Dorothy (Doll/Dolly) Drew nee Green?

    My Grandad worked for Crown Cork from around 1922/23 till 1972 in London, Southall and Handworthy; He was also in the Crown Cork fire service and in the fire service in London during the Blitz.

    They lived in 45 Marlborough Road, S... more >>

  • Re: crown cork and frith photos good site southall etc memories by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 9-Dec-2010
    loraine see first front page recent..cork add there..people dont get chance go back pages....3 members worked there

  • Re: crown cork and frith photos good site southall etc memories by Pauline Williams (Member 10242652) on 30-Dec-2010
    My father worked at Crown Court for a few years in the 1960's. His name was Joe Dixon.

 
de Havilland Dominies by keith williams (Member 10241513) on 28-Jun-2010
Seen references to these on one or two threads (Heston & A.T.C. etc) Saw one of these yesterday flying at Shoreham Airport. Pilot says it is usually based Baginton (Coventry). He said that these and Dragon Rapides now only 42 still flying in whole of the world.   
  • Re: de Havilland Dominies by Michael Braden (Member 10097376) on 1-Jul-2010
    Keith-Good to know the DH Dominee/Dragon is alive and kicking. My first flight in one of these must have been in 1943/1944

  • Re: de Havilland Dominies by keith williams (Member 10241513) on 2-Jul-2010
    Michael, l thought somebody would be pleased to know there are still a few left. l think 2 will be at the Goodwood festival this weekend. I flew in G-AIYA there last year. I think these planes were brilliant and would have used Heston a lot many years ago.

  • Re: de Havilland Dominies by keith williams (Member 10241513) on 2-Jul-2010
    Sorry, no, last year it was G-AGTM

  • Re: de Havilland Dominies by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 2-Jul-2010
    keith everybody we had queens balcony groups over garden couple weeks ago..trio from northolt airport based and red arrows had smoke colours over salute to northolt others tipped their wings salute...massive huge change northolt this last yr from yr memory BA offices site called odyssey estate...little hut narrow tiny entrance northolt gone.. wide open..spread out space new buildings ....2 huge en... more >>

  • Re: de Havilland Dominies by Michael Braden (Member 10097376) on 2-Jul-2010
    Keith-hope you get a flight in a Dominie this year-give it my love!

    As I recall, our flights were ~15mins. Because of all the factories around there then, the flight could be a bit bumpy.

  • Re: de Havilland Dominies by keith williams (Member 10241513) on 4-Jul-2010
    Sorry Michael, didn't get to Goodwood this year but you will be pleased to know that these Rapides (mostly ex-Dominies) are now being restored and two companies specialising in nostalgia pleasure flights are now doing these regularly and these Rapide flights are always full. One company is based at Baginton and the other is at Duxford. Though there are now only 42 still flying worldwide, there... more >>

  • Re: de Havilland Dominies by Michael Braden (Member 10097376) on 4-Jul-2010
    Thanks for that Keith-wonder if any fly ever from Luton? (I live in Harpenden-~5 miles away.)

  • Re: de Havilland Dominies by DENIS SEXTON (Member 10247112) on 11-Jul-2010
    Hi Keith just come back from Duxford flying legends saw Rapides giveing plesure trips

  • Re: de Havilland Dominies by Phyl Hutnell (Member 10234816) on 19-Jul-2010
    Hi everyone.Thought it might interest some of you to know that the British Airways Band will be in concert on the occasion of the 70th Anniversary of The Battle of Britain on Friday, 17th September at 7.30pm at The British Airways Concorde Club, Crane Lodge Road, Cranford TW5 9PQ. Tickets are £8 in advance or £10 at the door, £6.50 concessions. Book by 'phone: 07715 421164, which is The Concord... more >>

  • Re: de Havilland Dominies by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 19-Jul-2010
    thanks phyl sounds marvellous...old boac club dad used all the time he worked at boac...lodge rd is the only historical reference left cranford there nowadays...census my gt gdad,,,living next door to lodge cottage.just there.....they have kept lodge as historical ref to the farming there.....was retired farmer..and retired policeman in series 6 properties there along with josie and uncle jimmys c... more >>

 
prefabs photos board4 etc by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 26-Jun-2010
mr thompson glad you enjoyed so much brought back memories your prefab...yes we had drop down table gas fridge,,,little fire .etc..4 mths ago you put comments on photos ..dont get time to check comments much so glad I did and saw yours today..charlie bridges lived along fleming rd.........lots dormers school site people lived prefabs and around there 1950s,,,,,,,,...board2 for pauline think it m... more >>   
  • Re: prefabs photos board4 etc by Pauline Sykes (Member 10235828) on 27-Jun-2010
    I think we were a bit further along in Northcote Avenue, Yvonne. Opposite the Willans large house on the corner were the Marks, Ellis, Chalk, Tilley and Webb (next door to us). We were at number 153. Then came the Parkinsons and Jones at the end of the terraces. Incidentally, Mrs Jones (who was a widow) was related to the young lady who talked about her grandmother Mrs Ive - who used to sell toffe... more >>

  • Re: prefabs photos board4 etc by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 27-Jun-2010
    ah..ok pauline..shame that would have been good photo of your front door.....ives were so well known extensive family through all generations local......we knew... the ..ives"s ..as was way people so often chatted....knew them at northhyde then later north southall.....we went to live heston and met up again with chidley family nan grew up with.nora etc 3 sisters brother...on 1911 census ther... more >>

  • Re: prefabs photos board4 etc by thompson (Member 10241148) on 29-Jun-2010
    When I look back, the prefabs held some good memories. As my brother and I lived with my grandparents in Greenford Ave during the week as our parents were at work; it was on a Friday night that we would walk down Burns Ave to the Links Estate. It was like living in the country, with our allottment at the back of the prefab, 23, 24 and 25 Dormers Rise had the addition of the allottments, these were... more >>

  • Re: prefabs photos board4 etc by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 29-Jun-2010
    we had hedge at centre front door grass front..dad made sunken italian garden huge sq back garden chicken wire fence we were end terrace,,,pansies all around edge rose arbour sit arch summer.side kitchen door was only one used..quiet place..nice people...grateful to have nice home after war..better than grans old terrible old cottages of generations before....we were front along fleming rd..13 ... more >>

  • Re: prefabs photos board4 etc by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 29-Jun-2010
    just seen dormers rise dropped my friend off always felt had further to walk than her keep going to end fleming rd my prefab...friend was pam hughes went to southall grammer...friends telford rd left first rd as come in..lesley katherine little diane...and down far corner back of faraday rd diane squires lived gran.....big green foggy winter could not see foot in front crossing green..old peoples ... more >>

  • Re: prefabs photos board4 etc by lawrence hole (Member 10242696) on 15-Jul-2010
    Does anyone remember the prefabs in Springwell Road Heston, just off Cranford Lane ? I saw these being constructed shortly after WW2 when they offered "temporary" accommodation for those without homes. They lasted for many years before being replaced with more permanent houses.
    Also I am trying to contact Vida Betts who used to live in one of these original prefabs, now Blackthorn Court ... more >>

  • Re: prefabs photos board4 etc by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 15-Jul-2010
    sonia vanstone lives springwell rd 1930 to today age 80s..sent heston church email they past it on to her at church every sunday...down by bend middle length of springwell she lived bombed out.lived elsewhere.rebuilt 1947 moved back in...prefabs perhaps down there..we were up top by speart blackberry farm was piggery there..we were barnfield cottages with heath family..number 4 became no 24..then ... more >>

  • Re: prefabs photos board4 etc by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 15-Jul-2010
    chiswick county grammar is on friends reunite..1950s members..dates around that time...females can be asked see if knew her etc

  • Re: prefabs photos board4 etc by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 15-Jul-2010
    just seen blackthorn ct on map.just little bit further down than my family 36 sprngwell the large ground rows flowers veg out front the well was in top corner by pavement long driveway down..tall wide big hse.....blackthorn poetry on google and may trees...no need buy all bks..sherwood is on google...pages he is very poetic lovely of may trees dog rose pink and white.locally..heathrow and extendin... more >>

  • Re: prefabs photos board4 etc by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 15-Jul-2010
    lawrence the other site people use is free frithe photos memories...heston...cranford...hounslow.....put in betts..vida ..and people may know....berkely school roll books etc archive at hounslow local hist library open 7 days week..high st....antimaccassas back arms settee..lace or others..brylcream was so common grease heads....pillows need wash... 3 piece suite photos on board9 old living room

  • Re: prefabs photos board4 etc by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 15-Jul-2010
    member here late 2009 said mr betts was superitendent swim pool rec by canal southall back of meadow waye...rootschat site says betts part of family hounslow of 1881 origin ...len betts of hounslow on google looking for family.they came originally from west ham 1917 explosion there george ethel betts died.he was fireman as lens dad fireman and gdad james betts fireman 1917

  • Re: prefabs photos board4 etc by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 15-Jul-2010
    it was frith photos site that memory betts superintendent pool came from mr lennon was child there livd off regina rd 1950s...pool 120x30 feet.3ft 6ft3inch deep..opened 1913 may £1600....extension 1931 £3120..filtration £ 1164..closed 1982......on hayes middx.com site photos aec and fairey on hayes......blue pool uxbridge rd 1933 only 5yrs taken over by savoy cinema.........1965 knack film ruis... more >>

  • Re: prefabs photos board4 etc by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 16-Jul-2010
    just looking for my cousin cranford lane and saw vida and sister are there she is with husband s wales now.on berkely sch reunite

  • Re: prefabs photos board4 etc by lawrence hole (Member 10242696) on 17-Jul-2010
    Yvonne it would great if there might be any photos of the Betts sisters to see. Can you advise how you researched the history for your cousin.

  • Re: prefabs photos board4 etc by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 17-Jul-2010
    sarah and vida betts on reunite berkely school section....says prefabs were on blackberry farm rd by speart top of springwell rd........they both reply to private free emails on friends reunite site there...says vida south wales with hubby and 2 kids...the sister would send you photos of themselves..private secure site you giving them your email for attachment photo.if the ladies want to send phot... more >>

  • Re: prefabs photos board4 etc by lawrence hole (Member 10242696) on 17-Jul-2010
    Yvonne,

    Many thanks for this, I hope to make contact after all, will be great after all these years. I'm looking forward to my first reply !

  • Re: prefabs photos board4 etc by sheila iddenden (Member 10235498) on 29-Jul-2010
    Try as i might I can`t get on the photo board site pleased could someone gie me an idot`s guide Ihave tried the one Yvonne put on sometime ago with no luck . Thank You

  • Re: prefabs photos board4 etc by Phyl Hutnell (Member 10234816) on 30-Jul-2010
    Sheila, I also need a real idiot's guide. I have some on my "favourites" that I managed to get yonks ago, but even with Yvonne's detailed instructions it doesn't seem to work for me now. Never seem to have "sign in" or "ID" come up. Help!

  • Re: prefabs photos board4 etc by sheila iddenden (Member 10235498) on 30-Jul-2010
    Phyl so pleased it is not only me that can get into the photo`s I have tried all sorts of ways Prehaps we will get to do it one day . Hope you are ok have you been to hospital yet? Im okLoving the good weather .

  • Re: prefabs photos board4 etc by Dilys Boot (Member 10061138) on 30-Jul-2010
    Hi, Try this for flickr. Put flickr in your search bar then click on Welcome to flickr photo sharing. If you have been on flickr before you will have to sign out then sign on again where it sayssign in with another name. Then put in Southallboard2 or whichever one you want to look at and use password middlesex2 or again whichever board you want to see The password middlesex always has the same num... more >>

  • Re: prefabs photos board4 etc by Dilys Boot (Member 10061138) on 30-Jul-2010
    Should have said all in small face type, no capitals.

  • Re: prefabs photos board4 etc by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 31-Jul-2010
    thanks dilys.just back from beach.you are right about sign out etc.flickr has changed a few things in last 3 weeks...........so in top left address bar type.......www.flickr.com............top right says sign out......so click it.....says sign in click it....if it says sign out click it....then comes ID.....put one of the 9 boards...........so southallboard9......password type middlesex9........th... more >>

 
norwood green fete 10 july by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 25-Jun-2010
scottish dance have just confirmed will be in the arena.no times set yet..local heston group hall by st leonards since 1933..90members.......canine event performance he goes to other shows.has confirmed will be entertaining .no set times yet....all photos of all on our 8 photo boards...heston church nearby finest preserved lynch gate in country got heritage award,many our family weddings there 180... more >>   
  • Re: norwood green fete 10 july by Pauline Sykes (Member 10235828) on 25-Jun-2010
    I remember the Muriel Maitland murder very well. I was 25, and Cranford Woods was a walk away from where my husband's parents lived near the "Western" pub, and where we lived for two years before we moved to Langley. It was a horrific murder and there was a huge manhunt on for the killer. I don't think a suspect was found, although a name was mentioned. We used to walk over Cranford Woods many tim... more >>

  • Re: norwood green fete 10 july by LEN GODDARD (Member 10247752) on 25-Jun-2010
    I remember Muriel Maitland murder 1957 I was out on my walk as a postman detectives everywhere the name of the suspect was was bandied around who went on to murder a little girl in Heston he was caught he had a packet of mints in the glove compartment I do know the name that was doing the rounds I can recall three murders in twenty years Gordon Rd.,1938 Selby Gdns in the 50's South Rd. I have the... more >>

  • Re: norwood green fete 10 july by LEN GODDARD (Member 10247752) on 25-Jun-2010
    There was a story going round a ghost appeared where she was murdered Ilived in Carfax Rd.near Cranford Park

  • Re: norwood green fete 10 july by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 25-Jun-2010
    statistics say there was lot problems after the war..that time of spivs etc...cranford lane down to springwell rd sonia vanstone bombed out 1944..bombs trying get heston airport...she has written 6 pageschurch newsletter memories 1930 there onwards she in same hse now age 80

  • Re: norwood green fete 10 july by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 25-Jun-2010
    scotland yard that high figure in general those times...hope amy not related to our friend charlie bridges........mrs a bridges aug 1950 selby 83 yrs old made off with money.milkman found her..........also.bristol far away but southall drifter man murdered paggy lye 1951 .dismissed from army because mentally dull

  • Re: norwood green fete 10 july by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 25-Jun-2010
    our jonathan oates librarian has written bk unsolved murder cranford park.he does local hist and also fiction fact crime books.pen and sword.also 5 yrs old eileen lockhart 1948 murdered finsbury...ghosts cranford the take torches on guide walks..grey lady.is she a berkely or gliding womanmaid they saw haunt corridor yrs ago.and thecranford pk hanging tree ghosts..like bottom rd at houns heath tur... more >>

  • Re: norwood green fete 10 july by Michael Braden (Member 10097376) on 25-Jun-2010
    Len: I have a hazy recollection of a chap murdering his wife in the course of a row-hit her on the head with blunt object. They lived in a flat over a cafe' near the Gem cinema.

  • Re: norwood green fete 10 july by Chris (Member 10220786) on 25-Jun-2010
    Len, Yvonne, Mike ........I too remember a murder in the late 50's / early 60's - a young girl - Brenda Nash seems to ring a bell (may be wrong). Local men went searching fields for her. Do you remember? Chris x

  • Re: norwood green fete 10 july by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 25-Jun-2010
    dear chris says google brenda nash 1960 12 yrs old 28 oct missing way home school found in woods....about same as my yr at school..nash sure know name .would be seniors...did not know..we did not buy gazette..think they had sketch mirror news world..only....will see what else they say...best wishes to you and family..ytxx

  • Re: norwood green fete 10 july by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 25-Jun-2010
    chris there on google .type headlinesarchivessept2002.dailymirror..says 1960 snatched from west london streets strangled...says found 6wks later same woods as millie downer 11 yards away..walton thames around ..he was from west drayton wasnt he unemployed about 42 ishbeen bouncer a bit or something red car on camera someone helped him have car crushed,poor brenda nash sure she was dormers girl kno... more >>

  • Re: norwood green fete 10 july by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 25-Jun-2010
    google the sun 27 sept 2002 says 42 yrs difference to milly downer same part same wood found 6wks later 2yrs younger than 13 yr old milly.so 11/12..arthur jones was jailed 1961,,st bernards 150 yr history used to keep badly mental ill people locked kept away harm society yrs now we do not..all the public complain .psychiatrists ignore

  • Re: norwood green fete 10 july by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 26-Jun-2010
    christine and all...the illustrated london news is good.pictures tell thousand tales.photography gives impact to interest..and picture post..we had bound volumes bbc tv ref library where I worked...sadly found they had brenda on google..frog divers dive search for her gravel pits heston..now those pits old gravel and brickfields of 1800s are golflinks.after airport closed..found after 6 wks yately... more >>

  • Re: norwood green fete 10 july by Pauline Sykes (Member 10235828) on 26-Jun-2010
    Just out of interest Levi Bellfield, ex Wheel Clamper and Bouncer was charged with the murder and abduction of Amanda (Millie) Dowler in March this year. He was jailed in 2008 for the murders of Marsha McDonnell 19, Amelie Delegrange 22, and the attempted murder of Kate Sheedy 18. He is at present serving three life sentences in Top Security Wakefield Prison, Yorkshire. I don't know whether he has... more >>

  • Re: norwood green fete 10 july by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 26-Jun-2010
    thanks..wicked man and dont think he ever admitted millie.and they think red car somebody else helped him get rid..local west drayt upbringing.same wood as 1960 brenda.divers looking heston airport gravel pits..wonder if he read the paperbk of 1993 which said the same wood at fleet ...11 yds away the 2 girls 42 yrs apart...so very sad and worse that it was local..we did not have media as poor youn... more >>

  • Re: norwood green fete 10 july by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 27-Jun-2010
    only to conclude the sadness of tose children..wondered if he was hung..1964 liverpool manchester last hangings.aug13..ruth ellis 1950s.but not say... southall hounslow chronicle gazette archive not on line..but met police hist collection says 15 mar 1961 arthur jones .not say where he was brought up.where came from......convicted rape murder 11 yr old brenda girl guide heston.and attack of anothe... more >>

  • Re: norwood green fete 10 july by Phyl Hutnell (Member 10234816) on 30-Jun-2010
    Hi everyone. My schedule has now changed, so I should be at Norwood Green Village Day on Sat.10 July - 11am-5pm - and look forward to meeting all of you who can make it. Look out for St Mary's Church refreshment tent and there will be a table reserved for you all to meet up. Church will also be open all afternoon and well worth a visit. Pray for the good weather to continue so we have a good day.

  • Re: norwood green fete 10 july by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 30-Jun-2010
    so very pleased phyl...wondered knowing any hosp I have done never stays same or what....so thrilled willtry get hubby there when can.he drives..ha...it is 11 to 5......scots and other event arena canine have confirmed coming,,,lovely weather seems....you are kind to arrange for us..have bag full items photos etc..ready......chris is trying hard to come her dear mum elderly .....josie uncle..vince... more >>

  • Re: norwood green fete 10 july by Lucy Russell-Hobbs (Member 10250647) on 10-Aug-2010
    Muriel Maitland was my Aunty although I never met her, my father always talks about her and how her murderer was never brought to justice, I often wonder what kind of person she would have been.

  • Re: norwood green fete 10 july by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 10-Aug-2010
    dear lucy only just saw yours end page like this..so sorry about muriel...google site has her buried at heston church...it is lovely went in at fete june 19..most of my local family buried there..best wishes to your family...sincerely....my aunts family played over blue bells cranford pk 1920s.....my husband and I went on nature tour there about 10yrs ago..wedding was going on at nice church........ more >>

  • Re: norwood green fete 10 july by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 10-Aug-2010
    dear lucy and your dad whose dear sister..heston is kept beautifully by parishioners saturday mornings..inside the stained glass etc lovely.....my uncle was taken age 19 compensation from the rotten tube factory toxic fumes.up by that canal..payed for his grave..wonder how all our lives would have been with him..lots different..but he may have been killed war anyway.........2005 the ruislip relati... more >>

 
pubs if you want see site dead pubs kevan on google with landlords by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 23-Jun-2010
hambrough 1937 henry drake..click middx then has southall hayes etc..plough 1914 1937 dean..prince alfred south rd 1899 freemantle..3 tuns the green george standly 1937...victoria pub north hyde rd at cranford lane 1926 and before 1937 viveash.....wolf mr lewis 1937...king prussia was the green address 1899 then by 1914 was number 1 king st.robert richmond..1937 white lion mr parsons..costermonger... more >>   
 
photos if anybody wants add can help by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 23-Jun-2010
thanks jean marvellous photo today board5.about 40 more kids group 2 north rd school little desks 1937 huge photo qmum and george6th ..coronation crowns round wall..hands together at desk look at camera...are you on it jean..age6/7.....know old face southall...free on google carnival photos and bottom of page click photo and up comes free pathe news southall pool 1960..floats as we had heston pool... more >>   
  • Re: photos if anybody wants add can help by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 23-Jun-2010
    well done jean 9 viewings of your photo this afternoon first day even though england won goal....willowtree pub yeading brookside on board8 etc etc.....tree tv of babs windsor also said slang was costermongers.word meaning s language...secret language..call to each other so others not know what saying.....flash pearly buttons on jacket...we used to have those nice pearly bottons...home knitting ... more >>

  • Re: photos if anybody wants add can help by jean edward (Member 10247075) on 26-Jun-2010
    Glad you liked the photo Yvonne, Len Goddard put it on for me !! I am the little girl sitting right under the King & Queen aged around 6. I would love to hear if anyone else can find themselves in it.

  • Re: photos if anybody wants add can help by Janice Johnson (Member 10240407) on 26-Jun-2010
    Need help to find these pics please. Do I go into flickr.co.uk and then search or am I getting it all wrong? Many thanks in advance for instructions that will help make things clearer.

  • Re: photos if anybody wants add can help by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 26-Jun-2010
    jeanjanice..dont know if you bothlong distance away..but meet anybody at refreshments norwood green fete be gt.....under queen jean wonderful,,,so rare 73 yrs ago taking and keeping photo.very special and well done..any more please anybody..good camera lens so clear close ups...you holding neck up well hands on desk..in infants age 5 we had last 10 mins day head on desk close eyes rest end day the... more >>

  • Re: photos if anybody wants add can help by Chris (Member 10220786) on 26-Jun-2010
    Lovely photo of North Road School Jean.....the children all look so terrified.....who was the teacher?? Could it have been MISS (OR MRS) HANVEY? She taught me as a first year junior & I'll never forget her - so frightening at times but we did learn our three R's - no messing about OR ELSE!! Chris x

  • Re: photos if anybody wants add can help by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 27-Jun-2010
    funny thing about punishment girls head office boys head office next door at dormers boys we heard got slipper cane or what,,,girls not..miss morris nothing like that ,,,and some e stream 1960s were waste space..odd few extremely none school behaviour..but never had time never got met or know anybody out of our class the 5yrs extra 6th yr there,,,so only was it 30 names in class only ever met kne... more >>

  • Re: photos if anybody wants add can help by jean edward (Member 10247075) on 27-Jun-2010
    Hi Chris, glad you liked the photo. I am sure most of us were scared to death of the teacher, it was a woman but I have no idea what her name was it is too long ago I'm afraid

  • Re: photos if anybody wants add can help by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 27-Jun-2010
    jean chris everybody if it helps names 1937 north rd on school renuite free site.maur holes 36-42..terry massey42..roy boot 42,,arth philips 37..stan somervil33-35..harold dearing 30-36..marg jones 41...pete fisher 34-40...phil strickly 35-38...paul newman 37-43...derek henderson 37-43..50 teachers listed 9 school photos there

  • Re: photos if anybody wants add can help by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 27-Jun-2010
    jean everybody north rd sch photos on board8...............phyl scarbrow member and j chinnery 1948/9.......1939/40 46 kids in class..class7 1941/2 miss maun...1946/7 m bodle 1965 d fisher..1964 midnight waxworks play j cittern..no date if anybody knows ken boot .a donald.....reunion at north rd 2001 of 150yrs by pat ford mason ....karen ROWBOTTOM doing reunion...betsy was the name of his slipper.... more >>

  • Re: photos if anybody wants add can help by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 27-Jun-2010
    only vague spellings etc reunite roughly says teachers n rd...blanchard woodley heads.mr payne.miss mills art.miss oshea.mr potter miss brown.miss palmer..mr blanch.miss barnard.miss trent,head 1933 perhaps,,miss slade,miss philips mrs hughes,miss adams miss curtain.mr hancock football..mr taylor head 1937 died yellow jaudice..alcohol can cause that..miss ackrill.miss brown.mrs hanley.miss roberts... more >>

  • Re: photos if anybody wants add can help by Michael Braden (Member 10097376) on 27-Jun-2010

    Yvonne-Mr Taylor was my teacher the year he died-a brilliant teacher

  • Re: photos if anybody wants add can help by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 28-Jun-2010
    mr taylor so thats good...my teacher mrs foot.eng/lib...wrote my reference libraries all my life....met all her family.....went to 4 of her homes......last address I went on tube see her fading away in 80s..she still had operettas school production photos in bottom drawer..gave whole lives to teach and loved the kids..good teachers..and also today....I go to end term event soon...enjoyed 32 yrs co... more >>

  • Re: photos if anybody wants add can help by Pauline Sykes (Member 10235828) on 28-Jun-2010
    We had a Head Mistress called Miss Trent at Tudor Road school Yvonne in the Juniors, from about 1938 to 1943. She had red hair, and it was general knowledge that it was a wig! Nevertheless, she was a very good Head Mistress. Can anyone at North road school remember if this could be the same Miss Trent?

  • Re: photos if anybody wants add can help by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 28-Jun-2010
    worth asking them pauline...miss wright of north rd 1950...chris and I worked out she probably the one had at dormers new school 1954ish....bully sadistic hated blameless kids .yes some naughty kids but most kids.were ok.....as others on north rd site agree....elderly going towards retirement..she and evans re of dormers only 2 spinster born about 1920s bad all others excellent..bad apples..today... more >>

  • Re: photos if anybody wants add can help by Chris (Member 10220786) on 28-Jun-2010
    Teachers I recall at North Road MISS HANVEY, MR HANCOCK, MR C SMITH & MR E SMITH, MISS CROSSMAN, MRS ROBERTS, MISS HOUBAN, MRS FELTS, MISS GREGSON,MRS ACKRILL (HEAD OF INFANTS), MR BLANCHARD (head of Juniors) - (he liked to cane the boys),MRS FULLER, MISS WRIGHT, MR ROGERS, MR RUSSELL (he eventually eloped with a pupil - they ran away when she was 16/17) and apparently they are still together... more >>

  • Re: photos if anybody wants add can help by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 28-Jun-2010
    just thought pauline have look at northrd school photos on board8..one the windows buildings think they call north rd but if tudor,,,,if trent is in that one..thanks,

  • Re: photos if anybody wants add can help by Chris (Member 10220786) on 28-Jun-2010
    JUST REMEMBERED - one of the teachers at NORTH ROAD during the early 50's had a wig - her name was Miss or Mrs FREEMAN. I can't remember what she taught but I do remember she took knitting & needlework classes. Chris x

  • Re: photos if anybody wants add can help by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 28-Jun-2010
    enjoyed some knitting but today rather buy..but my cousins and their mum knit all life..raglan sleeve..sew up ..the buttons and edge..knit one pearl one.cast on ...ha..stand hold the scan to wind ball cheaper bought that way down southall......other aunt used to knit 1940s for boy southall tech sleevless top jumper fancy patterns like faryl etc..sew we did lots dormers treadle machine frocks blous... more >>

  • Re: photos if anybody wants add can help by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 28-Jun-2010
    thats nice teacher memory section on north rd reunite..pauline looks like trent north rd 1933/4 then on to tudor 1938..mike had her head at north rd said kindly soul...chris,,several speak of ackrilljanice chinnery and alan donald though she retired 1947ish...slade hughes taught..counrty dance jo clayton says 1968 north rd and photo boys she has there 1967..so windows large lawn says north rd.on b... more >>

  • Re: photos if anybody wants add can help by jean edward (Member 10247075) on 30-Jun-2010
    Get yourself a knitting machine Yvonne, much quicker
    you can knit 50 rows while youre doing one with needles lol

  • Re: photos if anybody wants add can help by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 30-Jun-2010
    jean do you remember ideal home exhibition olympia.....we had free tickets uncle worked gas works.....wife bought knit machine on trial...gave it back after while...had 3 daughters all new cardigans often for school etc etc..we had it on dining room table huge...but they liked relaxation...click needles in armchair.tv...bet you still get coronation st out there dec 1960 50yrs.celebration.never mis... more >>

  • Re: photos if anybody wants add can help by jean edward (Member 10247075) on 3-Jul-2010
    Yes Yvonne we still have Corrie Street on TV but think we are about 6-7 months behind you, Kevin is still having an affair with Mollie - bet he gets caught out!! Ive had knitting machines since early 70's but I still hand knit as well
    I remember Ideal Home Show well, we used to go every year. Do they still have it?

  • Re: photos if anybody wants add can help by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 3-Jul-2010
    yes jean but not olympia now on that special little train that went one stop.every year at next door earls court now..have been about 10 times over long yrs....try crochet for fun did little bit ..was nice..corrie wnt spoil it for you..but anyway special episode dec 2010 because 50yrs..saw 1st episode ena sharples and the snug and corner shop mission hall..they also sell dvds of early episodes..ri... more >>

  • Re: photos if anybody wants add can help by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 3-Jul-2010
    we have aussies here at moment..tennis wimbledon player.rolph harris seen him been with him several times over yrs.extremely nice person..and he did his family tree on tv..kiri from newzealnd and sydney opera hse..gt filming last 2 big films in n zealand.agitter of railway children the famous marshall bk in austraia bush outback film.2 kids.kylie here at moment saw her stage costumes etc huge exhi... more >>

  • Re: photos if anybody wants add can help by Pauline Sykes (Member 10235828) on 3-Jul-2010
    Thanks Yvonne for the photos at the end of Southallboard5 of "Bankside". The terraced cottages there are exactly as I remembered them in 1935/36 when I was four and five. The little brick walls outside the houses are the same, but I think the gates were wooden, and the old ladies had little seats they sat on to talk as you went past them. I think they also used to whiten their front doorsteps. The... more >>

  • Re: photos if anybody wants add can help by Pauline Sykes (Member 10235828) on 3-Jul-2010
    I also remember the Ideal Home Exhibition when I used to go with my neighbour (after my husband got fed up with going). Do you remember the miniature Hovis loaves they used to give out. I'm not sure whether we paid for them or whether they were free? I know my two kids loved the bits and pieces we used to bring home for them in little carrier bags. I remember how tired we got walking about, and ho... more >>

  • Re: photos if anybody wants add can help by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 3-Jul-2010
    yes tired feet they used to have stalls of foot massage.free samples food.leaflets free novelty bits.travel speakers.had celebrity for audience..think have seen a bit of hayes bridge..have to look..steep up to pub hambro..but not the shire going under.legging if the barge man comes through side wall.your brother my dad as youngsters all fell in canal.bet many did.weather nice if your daughter brin... more >>

  • Re: photos if anybody wants add can help by thompson (Member 10241148) on 5-Jul-2010
    Yvonne, Reference coach photo this is stored in our loft, will sort it out sometime. I do not know if it relates to the trip that you say more 1940's as it shows my granmother, plus mum and dad next to a Flexmans coach. Dough Flexman was my dad's best man.

  • Re: photos if anybody wants add can help by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 5-Jul-2010
    thanks,,be careful loft..my gdad on mine it is on our photos board....it is not coach it is old 1925 charabanc,,open top canvas part cover.to southend easter old oak over 30 regulars on it ..they threw farthings to the kids..aglabourers brickies.men the common regina rd etc...jo dines landlord standing by my gdad....take care..any photos gt but not worry difficult loft,,best wishes..thankyou very ... more >>

  • Re: photos if anybody wants add can help by Michael Braden (Member 10097376) on 5-Jul-2010
    Thompson: My goodness, the mention of Flexmans coaches brings back memories of the Holy Trinity annual Sunday School outing in pre-WW2 years. We always went to Bognor Regis, and after a day on the beach, we would be given an excellent tea in the grounds of the local vicarage, served by the ladies of the parish. On the way back, we would stop for a break at a pub, where we kids got a glass of lemo... more >>

  • Re: photos if anybody wants add can help by cynthia (Member 10249593) on 12-Jul-2010
    New to this site I keep reading about photos how do I get to see these as Iam trying to do a book for my grandchildren and would like them to see photos of old southall which I have very fond memories of. I was born in Hammond Rd in 1948.

  • Re: photos if anybody wants add can help by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 12-Jul-2010
    welcome cynthia...in top address place left ..type ..www.flickr.com......click enter..............................click sign in......................type southallboard8@yahoo.co.uk..............in theID.....................................in the password type .....middlesex8...................then click sign in....................click photostream see photos////////////////enter any you have if ... more >>

  • Re: photos if anybody wants add can help by cynthia (Member 10249593) on 27-Jul-2010
    Thank you for the info. my grandfather was Henry Hitchcock(Hawtree was the other name the family used) he lived at 34 Hammond Rd. my Nan was a dinner lady at Clifton Rd School in the late 40's. Its great to see the old photos I am trying to do a memory book for my Dad who is 86

  • Re: photos if anybody wants add can help by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 31-Jul-2010
    good cynthia perhaps we can see some of your bk..keep memories coming..thanks

  • Re: photos if anybody wants add can help by Steve (Member 10253941) on 4-Nov-2010
    Cynthia. With reference to Henry William Hawtree Hitchcock. If this is the twin brother of the late James Thomas Hawtree Hitchcock, could you please contact me offline at fortheadingley(at)lycos(dot)com. I have been trying to find out what happened to his niece Norma Alberta Brooks.
    Many thanks
    Steve

  • Re: photos if anybody wants add can help by Steve (Member 10253941) on 4-Nov-2010
    Cynthia. With reference to Henry William Hawtree Hitchcock. If this is the twin brother of the late James Thomas Hawtree Hitchcock, could you please contact me offline at fortheadingley(at)lycos(dot)com. I have been trying to find out what happened to his niece Norma Alberta Brooks.
    Many thanks
    Steve

  • Re: photos if anybody wants add can help by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 9-Dec-2010
    cynthia..24 boards of photos now....my nans aunt was teacher clifton rd 1925..friend was the caretaker mr shaw they lived regina rd...ada wingrove

  • Re: photos if anybody wants add can help by shelley nelhams (Member 10257723) on 22-Feb-2011
    TRYING TO CONTACT MICHAEL BRADEN OR ANYONE WHO KNEW OF THE NELHAMS FAMILY FROM GROVE TERRACE

 
pubs etc by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 19-Jun-2010
today wolf and lamb both open football flags displayed..havelock boarded.....large new green grass area at side wolf for garden seating..pump horse trough still out front.......manor pk...huge area fenced off for kids playground.large plastic items...only pond to left with front couple flower beds left.......all back and right side busy kids play area items large most of the grounds taken up by it... more >>   
  • Re: pubs etc by Don HemmingsDon (Member 10246079) on 21-Jun-2010
    Does anyone remember the Mann Crossman pub opposite Dominion Cinema and is it still there?
    I keep reading here that this pub and that pub is
    boarded up. I guess the people that live in Southall now don"t go to the Pub.

  • Re: pubs etc by LEN GODDARD (Member 10247752) on 22-Jun-2010
    The Victory

  • Re: pubs etc by LEN GODDARD (Member 10247752) on 22-Jun-2010
    The VICTORY was demolished many years ago.I think about sixteen pubs are closed in the town

  • Re: pubs etc by DENIS SEXTON (Member 10247112) on 22-Jun-2010
    Hi Len Ican remember the Victory but I cant recall where it was.

  • Re: pubs etc by DENIS SEXTON (Member 10247112) on 22-Jun-2010
    Hi Don the pub you mean I think it was the Three Horse shoes.

  • Re: pubs etc by DENIS SEXTON (Member 10247112) on 22-Jun-2010
    Sorry Len you are right the VICTORY

  • Re: pubs etc by LEN GODDARD (Member 10247752) on 22-Jun-2010
    Don the Victory opposite the Dominion the Three Horse Shoes corner of South Rd/Uxbridge Rd.

  • Re: pubs etc by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 22-Jun-2010
    interesting long list old premises old high street area oct 2007 planning dept for southall....says the victory public house 49 high st southall......cambra pubs history is good site...and kevan at dead pubs site lists post office directory pubs landlords years etc.southall middx..prince alfred south road..king prussia 1 king st.....george dragon 33 high st.............................mann crosswe... more >>

  • Re: pubs etc by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 22-Jun-2010
    boroughs records on google..2005 they have aileen jones team visiting site..propsed 3 half stoey construction at demolish the victory public hse king st southall....lots of diagrammes plans pictures 2007 of whitehart/victorynight club 49 high st southall UB13HF on google...shows the stage etc.....planning dept redevelop......the victorian architecture the very old pubs like king st interesting man... more >>

  • Re: pubs etc by DENIS SEXTON (Member 10247112) on 22-Jun-2010
    Thanx Don bad brain moment.

  • Re: pubs etc by thompson (Member 10241148) on 22-Jun-2010
    Reading the posted comments made me remember the pubs that I used in the early 1960's.

    The Alleby, Beehive, Plough, Lady Margret, White Heart, Northcote Arms and in Norwood Green The Wolf and was it The Plough?

    While on the subjact of pubs; the property where I now live was the Combes Family's (Watney Combes & Reid)summer residence, Charles Harvey Combe died here in September 1935. I am curr... more >>

  • Re: pubs etc by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 22-Jun-2010
    let us know of your hist bk as you proceed sounds gd..photos of all your pub s on our boards...lady marg now health centre now....plough at nor green listed ancient origin

  • Re: pubs etc by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 22-Jun-2010
    did some work on watney combe brew isleworth..my cousins family worked 1930s etc,,,have photo of him in the yard of the brewery down there near river isleworth way...stag and watney red barrel emblems etc..watney and youngs my husband favours .not really like fullers

  • Re: pubs etc by Michael Braden (Member 10097376) on 22-Jun-2010

    Len: I seem to recall my dad telling me that pre WW1 the Victory was the Kaiser WilhelmII

  • Re: pubs etc by LEN GODDARD (Member 10247752) on 22-Jun-2010
    Michael can you remember a hall in St Georges Ave.holding all in wrestling?

  • Re: pubs etc by Michael Braden (Member 10097376) on 22-Jun-2010

    Len; As it happens I knew St Georges Avenue quite well,but don't remember a wrestling hall.
    We knew John and Violet Slater quite well-they lived down the bottom on the right.

  • Re: pubs etc by DENIS SEXTON (Member 10247112) on 22-Jun-2010
    Len do you remember the old Engineers Arms at the canal bridge befor the new one.

  • Re: pubs etc by LEN GODDARD (Member 10247752) on 22-Jun-2010
    Which canal bridge Denis?

  • Re: pubs etc by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 22-Jun-2010
    long shot dennis..but do you mean taylor woodrow canal bridge at ruislip rd....next door is the civil engineer pub....down yeading lane the industry pub..........thinking of old names victorian pubs that rare but changed names...the constitution pub.the perseverancepub,,.........,hussars was hounslow...but rightly people always fought keep pubs and keep same name all through decades..like quick ma... more >>

  • Re: pubs etc by DENIS SEXTON (Member 10247112) on 22-Jun-2010
    Sorry len Ruislip

  • Re: pubs etc by DENIS SEXTON (Member 10247112) on 22-Jun-2010
    Sorry Len Talylor Woodrows bridge Ruislip Road pud tucked down by canal victoria gravel hoppers at the side, prob a bargeees pub.

  • Re: pubs etc by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 22-Jun-2010
    yes it is down in great big dip...far off the road behind taylor woodrow..called civil engineer still going strong carveries food also,,,,,lots room down there if was another gravel etc pub... room for 2 pubs large area grass there........further along west...was byron pub burnt down....think woodrow and all the woodsheds workers used engineer huge long planks wood stored canal transported etc wo... more >>

  • Re: pubs etc by DENIS SEXTON (Member 10247112) on 22-Jun-2010
    Yvonne

  • Re: pubs etc by DENIS SEXTON (Member 10247112) on 22-Jun-2010
    Yvonne are we talking of the pub that was knocked down about 1950 brickwork painted black

  • Re: pubs etc by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 22-Jun-2010
    thanks dennis gravel sand hoppers machinery makes sense for there......pub name.............1950 abouts my uncle was about there he moaned of toxic ground all to right west of there...council not allowed build on let alone houses....now covered in homes far alone and far back.huge area housing school docters.....pulled old ancient farm pub the willow tree down last yr went in there 1962 as antiqu... more >>

  • Re: pubs etc by LEN GODDARD (Member 10247752) on 22-Jun-2010
    Another pub came to mind The Byron in Ruislip Rd. demolished years ago

  • Re: pubs etc by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 22-Jun-2010
    there was big fire black roof bits for ages whole thing charred..eventually pulled it down built little row couple shops and houses all around and behind..........white hart bit further at yeading roundabout ...on bus late 1970s we had to wait...hearse went round three times outside pub.think landlord died...pub still there

  • Re: pubs etc by DENIS SEXTON (Member 10247112) on 22-Jun-2010
    Yvonne now there a coincidence I used to go in the Willows in 1962 when was back in Southall for a time.

  • Re: pubs etc by DENIS SEXTON (Member 10247112) on 22-Jun-2010
    Yes Yvonne it would be about 10yrs ago Byron burnt did deliverys in West London, last time whent in Byron for a drink 1981

  • Re: pubs etc by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 22-Jun-2010
    mysterious fire,,those wondering.......also george cole dennis waterman using little newsagent grocer shop there for minder..tv like middlesex especially when room for control vans off rd quiet parking...just there where byron was....on bus again,,, ha ...saw about 1980s

  • Re: pubs etc by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 22-Jun-2010
    yes we went weekend about 1962/3 saturday night had upright piano sing song...little dust floor some rugs.. I liked very old porch farm labourers...liked how went in dip.down....right side low ceiling rural rustic..lovely..and something to left side.....they tried develop it 1990s to 2000...houses all around instead of our long dirt winding path lane horses fields...but new estate he could not kee... more >>

  • Re: pubs etc by DENIS SEXTON (Member 10247112) on 22-Jun-2010
    If remember futher along Ruislip Road towards Yeading Greenhams plant had a yard in the 1950s

  • Re: pubs etc by DENIS SEXTON (Member 10247112) on 22-Jun-2010
    Yvonne the toxic soil you uncle mentiond was due to I.C.I had a big site here in World War 2.

  • Re: pubs etc by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 22-Jun-2010
    thanks dennis he was very concerned indeed for many yrs he moaned and council would not build on it but now yes ..kids play in back gardens there,,,but dont grow veg in gardens as we did........our dirt track footpath to willowtree pub now called jollys rd all at pub now,,,1891 census...mr mrs jolly ran the pub.....lewis farm was there and horses and cows...did you pop in walnut tree up top of wi... more >>

  • Re: pubs etc by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 22-Jun-2010
    just had reply from kevan historian dead pubs....kellys has victory king st 1926 will penfold landlord 1937 george will savill ..landlord........wilhelm abdicated 1919........3 kings emperors prussia 1888 in one yr.......queen vic albert and many german immigrants 1880s etc....we had one join family at southall green dear quiet gentle couple of 1880 there...but 1914 prussia pubs get names changed

  • Re: pubs etc by LEN GODDARD (Member 10247752) on 22-Jun-2010
    YVONNE I have wracked my brain for the name of the landlord of the Victory you came up with Saville which is correct he had something to do with the HAMBOROUGH we used the VIC. after dancing at the Dominion he was a very miserable landord Iknew the Wades that were landords of the Three Horse Shoes I came home on leave in 1943 they refused to serve me as I was not eighteen

  • Re: pubs etc by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 23-Jun-2010
    gt to hear from you len.best wishes........glad savill helps landlord.....irony not serve you pint...cheek they had not to...home leave not quite 18 well deserved pint needed......like your ship photos and that is special to have southall pk well done kept so well..uniform looks gt..my goodness you do look young......kindest regards to the family........dancing you went to nearly all of them ..mar... more >>

  • Re: pubs etc by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 23-Jun-2010
    thanks denis lots items on google yeading factory 1939 to 45..kynoch i c i ..k4 headstamp...they went check site off ruislip rd..unearthed 20mm projectiles seem to have been used as hardcore..cartridge cases army m k 7 ball cordite .tracers..303 cartridges.went back with metal detector but site had been built of huge extended expanding housing estate..ancient willow pub gone

  • Re: pubs etc by DENIS SEXTON (Member 10247112) on 23-Jun-2010
    Thanx Yvonne as kids we found allsorts on there, Kynoch still going in Birmingham.

  • Re: pubs etc by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 23-Jun-2010
    DEAR JEAN LEN..thanks so much 1937 northrd school photo board5 today.....the best quality one and close up...gt of kids girls boys age about 6yrs group 2...girls hair ribbons..may 1937 boy holds up slate...coronation q mum and george 6th...crown painting all around edge...bunting across ceiling.how wonderful to keep it 70 yrs plus thanks jean and len..splendid rare

  • Re: pubs etc by DENIS SEXTON (Member 10247112) on 23-Jun-2010
    Yvonne just started reading the scent of dried roses.

  • Re: pubs etc by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 23-Jun-2010
    yes sad mother commited suicide..southall man author.best wishes..let us know how iain s book boyhood is and bits of this one,,,,thanks

  • Re: pubs etc by DENIS SEXTON (Member 10247112) on 23-Jun-2010
    Yvonne littel bit thin regarding info on Southall better read first time, sent of dried roses more on Southall Ascot Gdns. ect

  • Re: pubs etc by josie (Member 10235627) on 28-Jun-2010
    Does anyone know if THE Black Dog in the King St was originally the THe King of Prussia, name changed beginning of the War.thanks Josie.

  • Re: pubs etc by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 28-Jun-2010
    thanks josie king prussia on 1881 census and 1914 post office...one king st.....the victory pub started along there ask uncle....victory.. 1919,kaiser abdicated...photo of black dog king st on our photos...ask uncle is it at beginning of norwood rd king st junction..old little pub in pold photo on our boards..old lane junction as it was then swooping corner 1900 norwood rd goes off.......hounslow ... more >>

  • Re: pubs etc by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 28-Jun-2010
    dear josie and uncle..black dog still on google 75 king st..down by norwood rd turn off,,,came past couple wks ago on 120 bus up top huge front window...ha....took photos.....ha.....havelock boarded at corner.they would use as shop really.....old st johns still got bright blue board outside message board..1960s was bright blue board salvation army huge letters message....some old graves along..but... more >>

  • Re: pubs etc by josie (Member 10235627) on 28-Jun-2010
    Hello Yvonne,thanks for all extra info..Black Dog originally King of Prussa, Woolworths was very close..thanks Josie.

  • Re: pubs etc by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 28-Jun-2010
    dear josie show uncle the photo on board4 ..half way through...says black dog pub...king st shops along opposite yr 1900 with canopies shades...on corner pub..road sign 1900 says going off lane sign on fence says norwood rd.2 men at pub.......google says nowadays 75 king st black dog phone02085742930.black dog east end king st.............len mike myself on post office and census had king prussia ... more >>

  • Re: pubs etc by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 28-Jun-2010
    just found site in address bar type..www.southall.co.uk/htm/culture/streetnames5.htm........................it has old ward glebe........east king st to prince wales pub.. western rd when was dirt track fields each side to the common northhyde and splash..says 3 roads florence etc named after builders children....all other rds patriotic types.....colin harris on google think he had old photo of bl... more >>

  • Re: pubs etc by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 28-Jun-2010
    thats nice...on google....british history on line....norwood including southall page...................says only 8 pubs 1800s in whole southall area.that would be good for farm and brickies manual hot labour boiled water..water not treated till modern times...........down at southall green junction king st....the king prussia to 1914 but before it wasthe kings head and before that the plough......... more >>

  • Re: pubs etc by josie (Member 10235627) on 4-Oct-2010
    Three Horse Shoes Reopened. regards Josie.

  • Re: pubs etc by Zeta Stanley (Member 10256988) on 18-Mar-2011
    Hi Yvonne, thanks for the photos of the pubs, I can't remember where the Carpenters Arms was, the others I do remember.

  • Re: pubs etc by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 28-Mar-2011
    ZETA....carpenters arms...along uxb rd......up by adam eve and hayes pubs up there.....harlow the daughter girl lives now...of landlord.....

 
southall memories by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 18-Jun-2010
by harry vince coulter 1950s etc...6 pages good on google
...cycle race spikes rec by carlyle 1955.street banners.free murray mints thrown..saturday buskers outside woolies jazz..snooker halls..
....new photos on board 2 and other boards
  
 
photos our boards by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 16-Jun-2010
pauline all...northcote ave more on board2....prince wales pub etc......   
  • Re: photos our boards by Pauline Sykes (Member 10235828) on 16-Jun-2010
    Yvonne, How lovely to see a part of old Northcote Avenue again. Your relatives - the Willans - had the large house (white fronted) to the left, and my friend, Mauvine Stevens and her family lived next door to them. I can't remember the name of the family far right, but I think you will remember them. I think there was a family connection? Couldn't believe the two cars taking over the entire front ... more >>

  • Re: photos our boards by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 16-Jun-2010
    yes on the bus...my memories..trips to family heston so kings st saw from bus..very old st johns 1837 built...had salvation army board in its tiny grounds on street front...too small graves or interior church 1909 they built new st john up by cemetery nearby...cars yes most southall park up on garden and lots other towns...........wish had not started just like you computer last april or so.......... more >>

  • Re: photos our boards by Pauline Sykes (Member 10235828) on 16-Jun-2010
    I've just had a brainstorm Yvonne. I think those neighbours at the end of the road in (the
    white-fronted house) were the "Bunces". In fact, I'm sure of it. My brother David was very friendly with one of the boys. When I speak to my sister I'll ask her about the family, as she went to Dormers Wells, and so did the Bunces.

  • Re: photos our boards by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 16-Jun-2010
    thanks lovely....makes sense eldest daughter married fred bunce went to windsor...most of generation my family southall etc times gone by married local road people...no cars no telephones etc...ha....we ourselves met through family friends...some at work.....wish they would do that better today perhaps less problems....looking up northcote on google...one with side alley gap...another is 128 healt... more >>

  • Re: photos our boards by Vince Jackson (Member 10004627) on 16-Jun-2010
    Hi all me again, whens the garden party? I really do want to attend, hope to see you all there

  • Re: photos our boards by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 17-Jun-2010
    that will be nice vince perhaps keith and partner too...church fete..phylis church warden doing teas table..norwood green 10july saturday 11am to 5pm...plough pub big trees tables chairs garden.food drink..fullers......lawrence holt lived heston gave us airport photos.etc..historian is going be there..and others...all the best to you.and to everybody..says st marys church open dressed flowers and archive display..

  • Re: photos our boards by Phyl Hutnell (Member 10234816) on 19-Jun-2010
    Just to confirm that Norwood Green Village Day is on Saturday, 10th July, from about 11am to 5pm. Unfortunately I probably won't be there myself, as I have to go into hospital a few days before. However, as promised, I will arrange for a table to be reserved with a sign on it for members of the Southall Knowhere Group to meet by the St Mary's Church tea tent, which will be on the Norwood Green Roa... more >>

  • Re: photos our boards by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 19-Jun-2010
    so sorry hospital..take care..what a shame...horticulture sounds gd hall and church will be nice.thanks for table.....heston church and the catholic opposite was gd today...fetes bunting etc......photos on our boards..best wishes to you and thankyou

 
Death record by ann Ridgway Scheu (Member 10247105) on 15-Jun-2010
Where might a church of England person get buried or cremated in 1940 from Abbotts rd area S/H ? AND any tips on how i might find them.   
  • Re: Death record by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 15-Jun-2010
    1940s etc southall...havelock rd cemetery..st johns church entrance church ave,,,,,,,,,,,,cofe st john not had room burials.......1890s etc havelock was built council cemetery records with percival hse ealing broadway records cemeteries dept,,huge cemetery extended to hortus cemetery over the back as well..........

  • Re: Death record by ann Ridgway Scheu (Member 10247105) on 15-Jun-2010
    Thank you Yvoone.

  • Re: Death record by Don HemmingsDon (Member 10246079) on 15-Jun-2010
    Sorry this is not about death. Does anyone recall a rollermskating rink in Old Southall. I could not tell you what street it was on but I believe it either became a film studio or it was before it became a skating rink

  • Re: Death record by josie (Member 10235627) on 16-Jun-2010
    Rollerskating Rink and Film Studio were both of off Featherstone rd..Actor Will Hay made films there.regards Jose.

  • Re: Death record by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 16-Jun-2010
    dear josie would you mind writing a book,,,,,ha...booklet.....I looked on all google..not see rollerskate.........your lifetime knowledge and family...has it all...dictate it down...ha.....ealing library local history does not have what you havein your knowledge...kindest regards..lovely hear from you

  • Re: Death record by josie (Member 10235627) on 16-Jun-2010
    Film Studio was there first..Rollerscating Rink was in large old hut...end of Harlington rd.regards Jose.

  • Re: Death record by josie (Member 10235627) on 16-Jun-2010
    Dear Yvonne,it is Uncle who has good knowledge of Southall his memory is great for his age 80+ also of History in general you will meet him in July..regards Jose..will bring pen/paper he can give you more info.regards Jose.

  • Re: Death record by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 16-Jun-2010
    yes will bring paper pencil etc etc....gt look forward to it ...tony get him drink at pub..gdad would have been 100 now bricks all his life his son nobby would have been over 90.bricks all his life ..ha...,,,,,we have 2 in 80s 90s......just 2 ladies and active less memory but chatand doing nicely....all the best uncle..see you..and josie..you are great...

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blitz street channel 4 tv programmes by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 10-Jun-2010
the film of programme repeated on google there.....end of list memories.is maria regina rd.and montague..they were in anderson..front back blown out only inner wall remained...and www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=13244   
 
Anybody heard of...... by jean edward (Member 10247075) on 10-Jun-2010
Ivy Oates, married Roy Johnson who use to live in the first house on the left going down Regina Road during the 40's and 50's. Used to live close to her and then worked with her at Crown Cork.(Sales Office)
Think they moved to Coronation Rd, Hayes, in the rearly 50's. She was sometimes known as Lilian.
  
  • Re: Anybody heard of...... by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 10-Jun-2010
    jonathan oates is chief librarian ealing central library local history dept for many many yrs has written about 12 bks mainly local history of all our local towns...he is about late 40s or so....if there was brother oates he may be of that family..we were of the common bottom of regina......1851 to 1928.....then west ave off broadway akers...........by there 47 adelaide rd 1921 nans aunt lived ad... more >>

  • Re: Anybody heard of...... by Chris (Member 10220786) on 10-Jun-2010
    JEAN - when did you work at Crown Cork. I worked in the sales office in the early 60's. I remember Dave Davies; Greta Edwards, Sheila Taylor, Emmie Chidley, Mr TOWNSLEY, MR MARTIN. Jeff (he suffered with Malaria), Gloria Chandler and many more.

  • Re: Anybody heard of...... by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 11-Jun-2010
    dear chris..we knew chidley family all their lives lived down by the common....nora and renie chidley born about 1914 went to school with my aunt rose sis akers..then when we lived heston 1970 they were with us there..father chidley is on the pub photo on our site 1925 old oak....

  • Re: Anybody heard of...... by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 11-Jun-2010
    on friends reunite free site....crown cork says 24 members southall .jacky philimore 1976...dave chapman on frith photos site says c cork southall...other occupations southall on reunite...places click workplaces.

  • Re: Anybody heard of...... by jean edward (Member 10247075) on 11-Jun-2010
    CHRIS I was a bit earlier than you working at the Crown Cork; I was there late 40's to 1952. The only name I recognise is Martin - Dennis Martin was in the office and Lionel Cobby. Our boss at that time was a Mr.Horrobin!! I used to type the dockets ready for invoicing.
    Dennis and Lionel had been there some years and were both in the forces WWII together. I have an old Corker magazine passed ... more >>

  • Re: Anybody heard of...... by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 11-Jun-2010
    jean chris..nice site on google.....apex works history ....about southall crown cork 1924 onwards

  • Re: Anybody heard of...... by jean edward (Member 10247075) on 11-Jun-2010
    Chris have a look at the apex works site that yvonne mentions. After reading click on gallery the first 5 photo's are ones I took and sent to Simon Smith when they were closing down. They were taken before the old Sales Office was moved up the road and it was above the Canteen - lol very handy.
    The photo's have names on them so you might see someone you know from the 1960's.

  • Re: Anybody heard of...... by Chris (Member 10220786) on 11-Jun-2010
    Great to look at the site.

    Geoff appears to be the chap who worked in the sales office when I was there & Dennis Martin was the Sales Office Manager. I worked on the Statistic side of things........keeping a record of the sales by the reps in each of their different areas. Happy days.

  • Re: Anybody heard of...... by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 11-Jun-2010
    good photos jean and aerial of site and plan depts along scotts road...built there because on rail line......your stirling family look great and you..thanks...and info photos when it closed

  • Re: Anybody heard of...... by DENIS SEXTON (Member 10247112) on 11-Jun-2010
    I dont know if anybody who worked at crown cork remembers in the 60s there was another factory nr. Burnley belonging Crown Cork called R.D.M Closurers closed 70s, i worked there for sometime.

  • Re: Anybody heard of...... by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 11-Jun-2010
    worth reading that apex crown corks site on google...think it mention s 1970s changes there and rdm closures etc..photos of when it was flattened along there.and what happened towards end late 70s etc

  • Re: Anybody heard of...... by DENIS SEXTON (Member 10247112) on 11-Jun-2010
    Thanx Yvonne. Regards

  • Re: Anybody heard of...... by jean edward (Member 10247075) on 12-Jun-2010
    Yes Chris thatwas Geoff Walters in the photo, Dennis Martin had just been made Asst.Sales Manager when I left to go to EMI. I heard of him again a couple or years ago when the CC site closed down, someone from Friends re-united asked me if I knew him. Dont think he is into computers to.

  • Re: Anybody heard of...... by Pauline Sykes (Member 10235828) on 12-Jun-2010
    I was interested when you said you left Crown Cork in 1952 Jean to go to EMI. I was at EMI during that time and wondered what section you worked in. I was in Head Office from 1948 to about 1956.

  • Re: Anybody heard of...... by Michael Braden (Member 10097376) on 12-Jun-2010
    Pauline,
    While at EMI, did you ever come across Ronald Boddy-he lived near me in North Road

  • Re: Anybody heard of...... by Pauline Sykes (Member 10235828) on 12-Jun-2010
    I don't think so Michael although the name seems familiar. Do you know what section he worked in? EMI was such such a large organisation, and there were lots of people in Head Office that I didn't know personally. Hardly knew anyone in the factory on the other side of the road.

  • Re: Anybody heard of...... by Michael Braden (Member 10097376) on 12-Jun-2010
    Pauline: Ronald would by the time you there, he would I imagine have got his Higher National Certificate in Electrical Engineering, so would I guess have been somewhere in the factory-the lab may be. i heard a few years back he had married a girl from the canteen, and they had subsequently gone to Canada

  • Re: Anybody heard of...... by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 12-Jun-2010
    just happened to be looking up cilla emi and lulu we met at bbc tv restaurant,,,,,just happened to see name boddy...michael boddy remix cillas black paper roses e m i .....ian boddy .ron boddy.george ..mentioned there and 2009...if related...put any of it in google and up it comes

  • Re: Anybody heard of...... by Chris (Member 10220786) on 12-Jun-2010
    Yes, now I remember Geoff's surname was WALTERS. He used to suffer from time to time with Malaria type symptoms. Such a lovely bloke. Oh, they were good days Jean. There was also a young lady in the office called Angela who I really respected. I named my daughter after her - my Angela is now 45. Chris x

  • Re: Anybody heard of...... by Pauline Sykes (Member 10235828) on 12-Jun-2010
    Michael, when I first started at EMI at seventeen, I worked in a large pool as a shorthand typist for all the buyers of the Company. They were responsible for ordering all sorts of components, ie, Potentiometers, Cathode Ray Tubes, Steel, Stationery, etc, etc. Perhaps they ordered stuff for the Labs - I can't remember now as there were so many of them. Perhaps there was a connection with Ron Boddy there.

  • Re: Anybody heard of...... by jean edward (Member 10247075) on 13-Jun-2010
    Hi Pauline we do seem to have done a lot of things at the same time and same places. I was at EMI Factories down on Dawley Road in the Contracts Dept. And, funnily enough I named my first daughter Claire after a girl who worked in the next office and who I really liked.

  • Re: Anybody heard of...... by jean edward (Member 10247075) on 13-Jun-2010
    hi Chris, Geoff must have stayed in the Sales Office a long time cos he was there before me. I seem to remember he used suffer with malaria when I worked with him. He was a bit of a shy guy and never seemed to have much luck with the ladies - was he married by the 60's?

  • Re: Anybody heard of...... by Chris (Member 10220786) on 13-Jun-2010
    I think Geoff was married, I seem to remember (may be wrong) that he had a daughter, who, for some reason he referred to as 'FUSTY' - must have been a pet name as in those days children all seemed to have traditional names, not like nowadays. I also remember an older typists - very short & plump. Apparently she had worked there for years & years - she was a MISS. Can't recall her name although... more >>

  • Re: Anybody heard of...... by Pauline Sykes (Member 10235828) on 13-Jun-2010
    I remember the Contracts Dept Jean, but didn't actually visit it. When I finally left the Pool, I worked as a secretary to the Secretary of EMI, Mr S.T. Gibbons, and when I got married I moved to the Legal Department as a secretary, a less demanding job. Two of the Artistes who were contracted to EMI I remember were Maria Callas and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, although I didn't realise at that time wha... more >>

  • Re: Anybody heard of...... by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 13-Jun-2010
    kiri is doing something special on tv soon...pavorotti so special...and kiri at charles wedding..digital bbc tv channel is so good for special things..free bbc tickets I had for aida at covent garden..so splendid.and carmen..outdoor screen in the old veg mkt one time..and the flower hall wrought iron lace work glasshall is gt at xmas carols by opera chorus..so all alive and well at new building.c... more >>

  • Re: Anybody heard of...... by jean edward (Member 10247075) on 14-Jun-2010
    Hi Chris, I remember there being 2 typists doing correspondence, using a dictaphone. Hilda Metcalf was one - she is in the group photo with Geoff and the other was MISS Phillips never knew her christian name. She had there donkeys years when I was there. Sounds like she was still there when you were.

  • Re: Anybody heard of...... by jean edward (Member 10247075) on 14-Jun-2010
    Hi Pauline/ Yep heard of Mr.Gibbons - he was one of the big bosses. I wouldnt have known who Maria Callas in those days, her fame came later with her association with Aristotle Onassis

  • Re: Anybody heard of...... by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 14-Jun-2010
    and then aristotle with kennedys widow..what times there have been..opera hse not built when I toured harbour but looks splendid.joan sutherland of australia,,then drove through night to canberra on to melbourne friends ,went in huge war memorial side of huge main rd.and left stopping darwin.over orange earth flew low....my aunt worked with the records emi we got lovely collection lps popular at t... more >>

  • Re: Anybody heard of...... by Pauline Sykes (Member 10235828) on 14-Jun-2010
    Hi Eileen, Mr Gibbons certainly had a very responsible position as Secretary, but the real "big bosses" were in the red-carpeted section, and we weren't in there!! That was hallowed ground. My husband-to-be worked in the main Tool Room, my brother-in-law was in Accounts and my sister-in-law was somewhere in the factory - she was actually in the air-raid shelter when the doodle-bug hit them, killin... more >>

  • Re: Anybody heard of...... by Pauline Sykes (Member 10235828) on 14-Jun-2010
    Sorry, Jean, I don't know why I called you Eileen.

  • Re: Anybody heard of...... by Chris (Member 10220786) on 14-Jun-2010
    JEAN............YES, MISS PHILLIPS.....that's her. Such a quiet little soul, rarely spoke nto anyone. I do recall Hilda too. Did you know a MR SUTCLIFFE.....a very large rounded gentleman. Chris xx

  • Re: Anybody heard of...... by Chris (Member 10220786) on 14-Jun-2010
    JEAN......I just looked at the photos again & I now recognise Hilda....She had longer hair when I knew her - what a fashion change. Do you remember the another Secretary - she must have been in her late 50's when I was there. I feel that her surname began with 'M' but I just can't recall it now. Chris x

  • Re: Anybody heard of...... by jean edward (Member 10247075) on 15-Jun-2010
    Chris, yes I remember the name Sutcliffe but can't put a face to it. There was another secretary a Mrs. Hurford - well into her fifties, she had a son called Peter.
    My sister Nellie used to work in Invoicing, down the road in the main building I dont suppose you knew her?
    As you say Miss Phillips was a sweet lady, very quiet, nobody EVER called her anything but MISS PHILLIPS.

  • Re: Anybody heard of...... by Chris (Member 10220786) on 15-Jun-2010
    JEAN......thank you - yes it was MRS HURFORD. I've been racking my brains to recall her name. I can see her in my minds eye. She was PETER CLARKS secretary when I was there. So many memories - I am amazed at the way you can remember so much. I don't remember a Nellie. Do you remember Jan Jansen - she worked upstairs in the new building.

  • Re: Anybody heard of...... by jean edward (Member 10247075) on 16-Jun-2010
    Chris, you are right Mrs Hurford was Peter Clarks secretary I had forgotten about him. She and my sister were very good friends, think she had been very kind to my sister in the early days of her working there. Yes, sister worked with Miss Jansen always called Jan she used to be in charge of the Invoicing Dept I believe.
    Those days are long gone, but I did work there for 5 years or so and can s... more >>

  • Re: Anybody heard of...... by Chris (Member 10220786) on 16-Jun-2010
    JEAN......at the end of each month my SALES figures had to tally up with Jan's invoices. Most times they did, but if they didn't we both had a hard task to find out why. All done with adding machines & hand written books! Those doing STATS today wouldn't know where to start! Computers do it all for them.

  • Re: Anybody heard of...... by Michael Braden (Member 10097376) on 16-Jun-2010
    Chris: i take you've heard of the old saying: "To err is human, but it takes a computer to really foul things up.

  • Re: Anybody heard of...... by Chris (Member 10220786) on 16-Jun-2010
    JEAN........sounds good to me & so true!

  • Re: Anybody heard of...... by Chris (Member 10220786) on 16-Jun-2010
    WHOOOOOOOOPS.......thanks for that Mike - I didn't read the message properly & I thought Jean was replying re the computers. What a joy this site is - reminding us all of our happy times. Chris x

  • Re: Anybody heard of...... by jean edward (Member 10247075) on 16-Jun-2010
    Michael - love your adage on computers, so true they can be frustrating

  • Re: Anybody heard of...... by jean edward (Member 10247075) on 16-Jun-2010
    Chris I bet your job would have been a breeze with a computer, but way back in the 60's they probably would have been very unreliable - and the size of a house too. Remember when mobile phones became popular they were the size of a brick. And who would have thought we would carry our phone around in a pocket or handbag lol.

  • Re: Anybody heard of...... by Michael Braden (Member 10097376) on 16-Jun-2010
    Jean: what you say about the size of early computers is so true. In 1961 I went to work at the London Hospital Medical College in Whitechapel.Not long afterwards, the London Hospital installed its first computer. It occupied a small building-next to the VD clinic as I recall!

  • Re: Anybody heard of...... by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 16-Jun-2010
    jean my husband worked npl science research teddington when left grammer 6th form....huge computer whole room.....like that one benchley pk during the war..colossas did they call it...never be perfect though..network supervise by humans...otherwise disaster all work lost....power cuts....new buildings workmen cut cables by accident.......servers switches and jargen....very expensive and have to be... more >>

  • Re: Anybody heard of...... by Chris (Member 10220786) on 16-Jun-2010
    JEAN, yes the job in STATS would have been a breeze with modern day computers but to be honest I loved my job there. So rewarding & a sense of real achivemnent when it all went right at the end of the month. Even when it went wrong I used to love to dig & delve to solve the 'blip'.......as I have said before - HAPPY DAYS !!! Chris x

  • Re: Anybody heard of...... by jean edward (Member 10247075) on 21-Jun-2010
    Hi Chris, when I worked there was a girl called Pauline doing stats i've been trying to remember her surname, I just know it was short. She lived in Hayes End - prolly gone by the 60's tho.. She was into ballroom dancing.

  • Re: Anybody heard of...... by Chris (Member 10220786) on 21-Jun-2010
    HELLO JEAN - no sorry - I don't recall a Pauline. Dave Davies (a Welsh man in his 40's) was in charge of Stats, he was called Dave by everyone but Dave was not his first name. A bit like Jan upstairs. He had the neatest handwriting I'd ever seen & the Stats Books were a work of art. Chris x

  • Re: Anybody heard of...... by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 21-Jun-2010
    photos board7 and board2......canine freestyle dancing dog display by richard curtis on google goes around country..10july at n green fete...3 cooper family on bbc memories war on google whole page on norwood village green.southall..

  • Re: Anybody heard of...... by colin taylor (Member 10255565) on 15-Dec-2010
    Hi
    i work at crown cork southall from 1973 to 2002.
    Can you tell me the name of the web site that you talk about, the one i have is www.kismit.demon.co.uk/
    it seems to have closed down.
    colin

  • Re: Anybody heard of...... by jean edward (Member 10247075) on 20-Jan-2011
    Hi = Just type Apex site or crown cork in Google, that should get it

 
Find my family tree by ann Ridgway Scheu (Member 10247105) on 8-Jun-2010
Robert Cordery lived in Cranford Lane born in 1859,he was a bricklayers labourer,at the age of 14 he witnessed a fight outside the rising sun pub,a couple of days later a man who was punched in the face and hit his head on the ground died. Robert and a few others had to attend the old Bailey and give account of what they saw. Robert was to become the father of 6 children,one of his daughters Mary... more >>   
  • Re: Find my family tree by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 8-Jun-2010
    yes old bailey george timberlake was at front of his house by rising sun several my family lived in those dwellings there aglab and brickmakers...he witnessed fight and is mentioned old bailey.cranf lane...my nans gdad

  • Re: Find my family tree by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 8-Jun-2010
    they often married each other along there..mine just there were worley were tyler langley wallbanks meads ackers.etc.1851 to 1970 along there...before that from brickfields hayes ag lab greenford and before were from bucks .see church bks on archives heston and st johns southall green..baptisms marr burials

  • Re: Find my family tree by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 8-Jun-2010
    ann...see free site .. in google
    ....know old face southall.lots photos...and comments..they say ada corderly clarence st

  • Re: Find my family tree by Karen Connolly (Member 10214339) on 4-Aug-2010
    My mum's maiden name was Cordery and she lived in Clarence Street, Southall. William Cordery and Matilda Cordery were her parents. She had a brother called Bill. Am researching family tree at present and have quite a bit of info on Corderys - originating in Cranford Lane. Please let me know if I can help.

  • Re: Find my family tree by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 13-Jul-2011
    karen the court case old baileyon google codery...my nans gdad was witness george timberlake his front gate .agra cottages by rising sunpub......were cranford lane 1850 to 1900.s....came from botwell..family timberlake baptised 1798 greenford....he and wife died 1900 and 1913 buried heston church.....cranford lane springwell rd barnard cottage 1900s to 1980..wallbanks lindsey meads holder.little f... more >>

 
brent pk bunny pk by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 4-Jun-2010
many southallians etc seemed to walk it..just read our tube metal bridge leeches you mentioned dilys..realise is bowles bolls bulls bridge..named after john bowles owned dormers manor at time eliz 1st....was the roman crossing point of the brent river,,the stone marker of it was found in the hermitage thatch cottage old gdns hanwell.....photos on board7........photo of old 1900 wood bridge instead... more >>   
 
Humphreys' of South Ave & Hillier's & Evans' Regina Road by zehra (Member 10248428) on 4-Jun-2010
Hello all...

I am conducting mostly family research but also in order to write a book (eventually) but am trying to get more than just names and dates. I think that since many of you are from the Alexandra Road side you will most certainly remember the HUMPHREYS from South Ave. They had 14 children. My grandmother Joyve still lives there and my aunt still lives in South Ave Gardens.

I am... more >>
  
  • Re: Humphreys' of South Ave & Hillier's & Evans' Regina Road by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 4-Jun-2010
    dates would help..my aunts lives south ave gdns..1936....when first married.....maisonette they shared....schools of where yours went and dates would help you..also friends reunite..have most streets..and school sites members there free..and where they worked people on places site there.......best wishes

  • Re: Humphreys' of South Ave & Hillier's & Evans' Regina Road by zehra (Member 10248428) on 4-Jun-2010
    Thanks Yvonne. Of course, sorry should have mentioned some dates.

    The Humphreys's lived at 32 Regina Rd from 1947 - 1959 with 9 children.

    1959 onwards they lived in South Avenue. The childrens birth dates range from 1948 -1968. I believe they all attended Tudor Rd and then Dormers ... more >>

  • Re: Humphreys' of South Ave & Hillier's & Evans' Regina Road by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 4-Jun-2010
    regina rd school nearby was clifton rd. pub photo of men was 1925 so before them.old oak on our photos 30 local men..kealey tongs biscuit factory.brent rd across from regina at western rd...by regina was the tube ..h sanders toothpaste tubes factory...............south ave gdns could be north rd primary.nearby...shackleton rd hall was along there and lady margaret rd..then on to dormers..no humphr... more >>

  • Re: Humphreys' of South Ave & Hillier's & Evans' Regina Road by Charles (Member 10271275) on 3-Mar-2012
    I was in the same class as Thelma at Clifton Road Junior School, and we shared a desk. Thelma was the first girl I was sweet on. I think it was for her birthday that I took my collection of farthings to the bank and exchanged them for two shillings, which I then bought her a box of chocolates with. I went to her house in Regina Road a few times, I think we played board games, and once or twice whe... more >>

 
TOP LOCKS by DENIS SEXTON (Member 10247112) on 1-Jun-2010
At Top Locks bank holiday Saturday how its changed new houses everywere Quaker Oats very deserted looks as tho some of it has been knocked down. old lock keepers house still the same. Still good to go back.   
  • Re: TOP LOCKS by Janice Johnson (Member 10240407) on 1-Jun-2010
    My mother worked in the offices at Quakers for quite a while in the late 1960s. Brave of you to have ventured down Memory Lane but it would have made me cry!

  • Re: TOP LOCKS by Carol (Member 10177475) on 2-Jun-2010
    My freind Christine Wilkins brother John started cooking for a little while at Quakers I remember him cooking bacon and eggs,this was late 60's, he ended up being a chef with his own restaurant so Chris tells me. He used to go to Featherstone Boys.

  • Re: TOP LOCKS by Phyl Hutnell (Member 10234816) on 2-Jun-2010
    My late sister-in-law worked at Quakers for many years, and one of our senior church members worked there too, with my sister-in-law. I think they were a good firm to work for. Small world, isn't it.

  • Re: TOP LOCKS by Janice Johnson (Member 10240407) on 2-Jun-2010
    My mother managed to get a council house swap because of Quakers - a chap living in a council house in Letchworth made redundant got a job at Quakers and wanted to transfer to a house in Southall, another chap in Letchworth wanted to transfer from a flat to a house but stay in Letchworth, and my mother wanted to move away from Southall into a flat (still with me?) so all three got permission to mo... more >>

  • Re: TOP LOCKS by davo (Member 10030212) on 4-Jun-2010
    Hey sis , glad you found your way on here at last. I remember John Wilkins. You and his sister Christine told me there was a ghost in his room ( just for a joke )and you threw me in there and there was this masive train set on the floor .

  • Re: TOP LOCKS by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 4-Jun-2010
    related is terry wilkins of southall born 1947 ish..now lives west ealing..best wishes australia brother and sister

 
TOP LOCKS by DENIS SEXTON (Member 10247112) on 1-Jun-2010
At Top Locks bank holiday Saturday how its changed new houses everywere Quaker Oats very deserted looks as tho some of it has been knocked down. old lock keepers house still the same. Still good to back tho.   
  • Re: TOP LOCKS by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 1-Jun-2010
    good for you denis get back...old oak pub and junction arms pub still there further along..wolf pub told opened again but lamb up for sale....plough of hundreds yrs there food etc if you janice etc can manage church fete there 10 july....3 bridges and hanwell high flight locks there..aec and iron bridge have office businesses along there now..southall library open saturday..and manor hse grounds b... more >>

  • Re: TOP LOCKS by DENIS SEXTON (Member 10247112) on 1-Jun-2010
    Thanx Yvonne also did Southall Rec. open air baths gone spent happy hours there as a kid. had a look my aunt and uncles house 2 Lea Rd Sawyers if anyone remembers Tube gone.

  • Re: TOP LOCKS by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 1-Jun-2010
    tube was still there 1970s...started early as well gordons rd before1900s...h g sanders the tube factory firm ...many worked there paint fold tubes toothpaste tubes..complaints on google inspector toxic fumes ali...1970s....my dads brother died there pneumonia toxic to lungs they payed compensation 1936 it payed for carved stone verse etc grave..........................frith photos site on google ... more >>

  • Re: TOP LOCKS by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 1-Jun-2010
    section of my family hetherington 3 generations lived there at gordons so many yrs if sawyers knew hetherington...photo of 1925 old oak pub all men on it if your uncle...easter charabanc trip...on our photos boards...copy of photo hung by pub bar many yrs people went in saying my gdad on it.......my gdad is on it by landlord jo dines in white shirt.gdad moustache youngish looking dark hair age 30i... more >>

  • Re: TOP LOCKS by DENIS SEXTON (Member 10247112) on 1-Jun-2010
    Sawyers lived Lea Rd. approx 1934ish to 1968 moved Croxley Green nr Rickmansworth about that year. Which church is the fate on 10 July. Denis

  • Re: TOP LOCKS by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 1-Jun-2010
    1934 yes hetheringtons there she was born in hse 1924...and there to 1990s..next to lea rd.....norwood green fete 11am to 5pm...phylis on oursite here table of teas....our table memories photos bks etc....plough pub food refreshments lots seats garden large............church open dressed flowers ...archive on display.........several would like to go but distances.....several have said they going i... more >>

  • Re: TOP LOCKS by DENIS SEXTON (Member 10247112) on 1-Jun-2010
    ps Certain I can remember my aunt Philys mentioning the Hetherington a number of times.

  • Re: TOP LOCKS by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 1-Jun-2010
    yes they were there so many yrs ..3 generations......1900s....albert hetherington the grandfather...nice quiet people only one child daughter iris...she had 3 daughters....people always knew their neighbours my aunt spoke of all names her local people all her life when look up census or anything see all the names she used to speak of...nans next door neighbour helped birth her babies etc 1915 time... more >>

  • Re: TOP LOCKS by Ricky Singh (Member 10242207) on 1-Jun-2010
    I grew up on Quaker Lane which is just near Bridge Road and the Quaker factory. Only a few products are made at the factory which include Sugar Puffs and Harvest chewy Bars. Much of the factory has been knocked down and only 40-ish people work in the whole of the Quaker factory.
    Glade Lane has changes since Top Locks estate was built and has lost much of its character. The old cottage on the... more >>

  • Re: TOP LOCKS by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 1-Jun-2010
    denis 1943 onwards keith bailes on friends reunite street roads section free site,,,,loads on it for regina rd

  • Re: TOP LOCKS by DENIS SEXTON (Member 10247112) on 1-Jun-2010
    Thanx for that Ricky it certainly has i remember pushing and pulling the barges as kids on the Quaker canal spur in the mid 1950s.

  • Re: TOP LOCKS by DENIS SEXTON (Member 10247112) on 1-Jun-2010
    Thanx Yvonne,

  • Re: TOP LOCKS by Janice Johnson (Member 10240407) on 1-Jun-2010
    I can remember the little cafe selling strangely coloured 'penny drinks' and 'penny lollies' - goodness knows what was in them but didn't seem to do us any harm.

  • Re: TOP LOCKS by DENIS SEXTON (Member 10247112) on 1-Jun-2010

    Janice there was a small shop on the bend in North Rd. going towards the Beehive sold lollies and drinks like that for a penny.

  • Re: TOP LOCKS by Michael Braden (Member 10097376) on 1-Jun-2010

    Denis-there was a similar "tuck" shop on the corner of North Road and School Passage-Goldswains, but usually referred to as "Baxters". Thhey sold bubble gum, liquorice sticks, 1d coloured drinks, Spanish Wood, to name but a few. Ironical that they were only yards away from the school dentist!

  • Re: TOP LOCKS by Don HemmingsDon (Member 10246079) on 1-Jun-2010
    Denis you mentioned Southall Baths.i learned to swim there when I was in the Cubs.Cement and very cold water.We went to Heston as soon as old enough unsupervised

  • Re: TOP LOCKS by DENIS SEXTON (Member 10247112) on 2-Jun-2010
    Hi Michael thanx, yes i remember the tuck shop spent 2yrs north rd. 1954/56 before Dormers wells 56/58.

  • Re: TOP LOCKS by DENIS SEXTON (Member 10247112) on 2-Jun-2010
    Hi Don thanx, yes i remember it was very cold even in summer we also whent to Heston baths much warmer.

  • Re: TOP LOCKS by Carol (Member 10177475) on 2-Jun-2010
    Just thought I would mention I also swam at Southall rec pool and I have an old cine movie my dad took that was back in the late 60's in the photo is myself, Eddie Gates he is now in the Forces, Mick Buckley and few others, Anne Locke and I used to practice diving into the icy water, but we all had fun, I remember the frothy tomato soup from the little shop and the smell of suntan lotion Ambre Sol... more >>

  • Re: TOP LOCKS by DENIS SEXTON (Member 10247112) on 2-Jun-2010
    Hi Carol do you remember the big fountain at one end

  • Re: TOP LOCKS by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 2-Jun-2010
    pathe film of southall pool on google and know old face southall..heston still open the library next door to it.and park behind..yes myself and cousins learnt to swim there oblong little floats etc...little shop sweets post office opposite beehive..all dormers used it still there...photos all north rd parade shops on our photo boards

  • Re: TOP LOCKS by Phyl Hutnell (Member 10234816) on 2-Jun-2010
    Yes, we used to go to the swimming pool in the Rec too during the holidays. I do remember the fountain at one end. Then bought a bun from Parkers the bakers in Western Road when we came out. Graduated up to Heston Pool when we had bikes and cycled there. It was a good meeting place during the school hols.

  • Re: TOP LOCKS by thompson (Member 10241148) on 2-Jun-2010
    Re. Southall Swimming baths, Southall Swimming Club Members have a Friends Reunite Site.
    We members used Heston, Ealing and Acton Baths in the winter months. Flexman's Coaches used to take us to these pools, all had fish and chips on the coach from Acton; what memories!!

  • Re: TOP LOCKS by Pauline Sykes (Member 10235828) on 2-Jun-2010
    Yes I remember Southall baths being freezing cold. My finger nails used to go blue very quickly when I got in and remember the lifeguard made me get out a couple of times because he said I had been in a long time! Must have been poor circulation. Much warmer at Heston baths though.

  • Re: TOP LOCKS by Janice Johnson (Member 10240407) on 2-Jun-2010
    No wonder I've never learned to swim! Had a couple of trips to Southall baths in late Autumn, quite cold both in and out of the water.

    Dennis - I remember the tuck shop in North Road that you mentioned. Sold great cream buns for a penny too.

    Michael - Goldswains was the first shop that I remember ever being able to buy sweets from after the War - black jacks or fruit salad four-... more >>

  • Re: TOP LOCKS by Pauline Sykes (Member 10235828) on 2-Jun-2010
    I never learnt to swim at Southall or Heston baths either. When I lived in Langley, I paid for lessons at Hayes Swimming Baths in my thirties. Even so, I still only managed a width and that was only in water that I could stand up in! My dad couldn't swim either.

  • Re: TOP LOCKS by Chris (Member 10220786) on 2-Jun-2010
    Janice........the BOOT MENDERS was owned by my parents & grandfather. My Mum is now 96 & lives with us.....I remember the HURDWELL's too. We used to live in Grove Terrace down the alley just along from the shops. I remember taking Mum's ration books to Goldswains to buy sweets. MRS BAXTER confiscated them & sent me home to get my Mum. I had actually taken the 'shove-halfpenny coins' to spend!... more >>

  • Re: TOP LOCKS by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 2-Jun-2010
    uxbridge lido outdoor pool of 30s etc...has just been refurbished .tall round fountain still kept...changing rooms cubicles wood doors down the side....olympic size all looks nice there park road going up towards uxbridge rd,,,off centre shops uxbridge

  • Re: TOP LOCKS by DENIS SEXTON (Member 10247112) on 2-Jun-2010
    Yvonne only whent to Uxbridge lido once very nice but whent to Ruislip lido more.

  • Re: TOP LOCKS by Ron Cox (Member 10234401) on 2-Jun-2010
    I remember Southall Swimming Pool as most of you have said as being very cold. After going in and turning blue getting a cup of Bovril to warm up.I still have my certificates for swimming the length and lifesaving gained while at Dormers Wells. I learnt to swim in the Cut at Spikes Bridge. The filter fountain and filter system at the end of the pool was built by a firm called Candy Filters, I app... more >>

  • Re: TOP LOCKS by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 3-Jun-2010
    best wishes ron and denis..yes ruislip lido still there beach over back miniature train...the grass and icecreal palour teas is still grass seating square but pub restaurant keeping the facade deco curves shape..bus stop still outside roll up towel jump the bus...loads duck swans cormorants used to be water ski ramp..training some of our competition people..but gone now.oxo or bovril after the bat... more >>

  • Re: TOP LOCKS by DENIS SEXTON (Member 10247112) on 3-Jun-2010
    In 50s it was packed with America airmen and there familys at weekends from near by airbase.

  • Re: TOP LOCKS by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 3-Jun-2010
    the us airbase west ruislip down by ickenham...went few yrs ago..the had school there etc for their families children living there all through yrs...flattened land housing estate said for their...uxbridge airbase just keeping the museum of churchill s plotting battle britain bunker...rest be built on..houses.........raf northolt very modern now....wide open entrances all new buildings..queens flight etc there

  • Re: TOP LOCKS by DENIS SEXTON (Member 10247112) on 3-Jun-2010
    Went down in Uxbridge plotting room mid 50s with Southall A.T.C still secret then.

  • Re: TOP LOCKS by Pauline Sykes (Member 10235828) on 3-Jun-2010
    Well done Ron on your swimming achievements. Like you, my two brothers also learnt to swim in the "Cut". Not the most salubrious of places, but in those days that's how it was with all the local kids together enjoying themselves, plus it was free!

  • Re: TOP LOCKS by Michael Braden (Member 10097376) on 3-Jun-2010
    Denis,
    Were you in 1846 squadron in Southall?? ( I was 1942-1946)

  • Re: TOP LOCKS by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 3-Jun-2010
    open every yr was one yr sept....uxbridge plotting table etc..husband I went free tour very good indeed....google has photos of this...bunker behind post office kings hall area south rd..built 2 nd w war 50s cold war....but got rid of when school built on site old entrances in playground area..north west hq 51 e control..hambrough primary school built there 1983ish

  • Re: TOP LOCKS by DENIS SEXTON (Member 10247112) on 3-Jun-2010
    Yes Micheal 1846 1956/58 should have kept on and gone in R.A.F. Yvonne that was the civil defence bunker I mentiond at Kings Hall across from dentist

  • Re: TOP LOCKS by Michael Braden (Member 10097376) on 3-Jun-2010
    Denis-was the CO "Dicky" Down?

  • Re: TOP LOCKS by DENIS SEXTON (Member 10247112) on 3-Jun-2010
    Michael I seem to recall he was A.T.C long gone from Fetherstone Rd now.

  • Re: TOP LOCKS by Don HemmingsDon (Member 10246079) on 3-Jun-2010
    I was in ATC inthe 40's Got a special service number for National Service.Also got tofly out of Heston when I was 16. We also swam in the Cut.

  • Re: TOP LOCKS by Don HemmingsDon (Member 10246079) on 3-Jun-2010
    I was in ATC inthe 40's Got a special service number for National Service.Also got tofly out of Heston when I was 16. We also swam in the Cut.

  • Re: TOP LOCKS by Michael Braden (Member 10097376) on 3-Jun-2010
    Don-my Service number was 3090565-I think the opening numbers signified ATC membership. We went to heston a few times-flew in De Havilland Dominies as I recall.

  • Re: TOP LOCKS by ROY KILLICK (Member 10253249) on 21-Oct-2010
    The "Dickie" Down mentioned was M.G. Down, M.B.E., He was the Head Master of Featherstone Senior School. He had, I believe, the honorary rank of Wing Commander during the Second World War and received his M.B.E. for organising military sports or something like it. He had lived many years at Church Road, Southall, and passed away in the seventies. His deputy as Head Master and in the A.T.C. was R.G... more >>

  • Re: TOP LOCKS by Michael Braden (Member 10097376) on 31-Oct-2010
    Roy-have just spotted your entry on Dickie downe-thanks. I was in 1846 squadron 1943-1946. Some names: Alan Grimsdale, Ron Carey, Pickford.Bowles

 
May 24th by Michael Braden (Member 10097376) on 24-May-2010

I have just been pondering todays date-then it hit me.Good Heavens-Empire Day. As I recall we got a half days holiday from school.
  
  • Re: May 24th by Janice Johnson (Member 10240407) on 24-May-2010
    Do you remember the song we sang on Empire Day? I recall that we made little flags and sat in our desks waving them. Can only remember the last line "Three cheers for the red, white and blue". This was while I was in the infant class, possibly 1946.

  • Re: May 24th by Pauline Sykes (Member 10235828) on 24-May-2010
    Yes, I remember Empire Day and the song we sang "I vow to thee my country all earthly things above, entire and whole and perfect" etc. etc. I think there is some controversy about singing this song nowadays, but we were all little children, and we all felt proud to sing it then.

  • Re: May 24th by lilian pizzichini (Member 10248065) on 24-May-2010
    I've read some of these messages and threads. They're really moving and fascinating, too. I'm doing research on Southall's history that incorporates members of my family who moved there in 1941. Does anyone remember Emily Elsie Kingham, Dorothy Kingham, Rita Ann Kingham and Laurie Kingham, or Rene and Kenny Kiffin? Rene and Kenny lived on Woodlands Road from 1941 onwards. Or is there anyone out th... more >>

  • Re: May 24th by Phyl Hutnell (Member 10234816) on 25-May-2010
    Hi Janice, are you the Janice I went to North Road School with, and we got in touch some time back through Friends Reunited? Yes, I remember Empire Day and recall once playing Britannia in the school celebrations, but that would have been when we were in the Juniors.

  • Re: May 24th by DENIS SEXTON (Member 10247112) on 25-May-2010
    I seem to remember the last Empire day was 1954 the year I left Lady Margaret Road school for Dormers Wells.

  • Re: May 24th by Janice Johnson (Member 10240407) on 26-May-2010
    Hi Phyl - Yes, I'm the same Janice! Remember the classrooms known as the Huts? I was in Miss Adams class in the Huts at the time that I remember celebrating Empire Day while sitting in our desks and waving our flags as we sang. Had quite a lot of sickness during my time at North Road so probably missed out on a lot of things that you might remember.

  • Re: May 24th by Phyl Hutnell (Member 10234816) on 26-May-2010
    Hi Janice. Yes, I remember the huts. In winter they were heated by old "donkey" boilers, and they used to put the frozen bottles of milk on them to thaw - ugghh! I also remember Miss Adams, but mostly when we were in the Juniors. She used to stand you at the front of the class and whack you across the knuckles with a wooden ruler as punishment - very painful! Still, probably not as bad as Mr Blanc... more >>

  • Re: May 24th by DENIS SEXTON (Member 10247112) on 26-May-2010
    I spent 2yrs at North Rd huts 1954/56, do you remember the smell of wet coke on these stoves. I had a look a a few weeks ago long gone now.

  • Re: May 24th by Janice Johnson (Member 10240407) on 26-May-2010
    Yes Phyl - I had a tin of beads too and enjoyed swapping and collecting - and I used to enjoy playing five stones too. My brother can remember seeing a boy coming out of Mr Blanchard's study hardly able to walk with blood running down his legs after a caning. And I was given the ruler on my hands in the first class of the infants by Miss Wright - and Miss Hanvey was another one who used to hit out... more >>

  • Re: May 24th by Janice Johnson (Member 10240407) on 26-May-2010
    Dennis - Any boy caught playing on the coke heap was caned during my time at North Road (I left in 1950). Had a look at Southall 8/9 years ago and was allowed a short tour of the school. The Infants department was changed drastically, having been knocked through and made brighter, was surprised at the high wire fencing and the security locks on doors/gates which says a lot about the place these days, I suppose.

  • Re: May 24th by Janice Johnson (Member 10240407) on 26-May-2010
    Just remembered the old toilet block called the 'offices' when I was at school, pretty disgusting, and being placed at the bottom end of the playground, every child got a good soaking while running to and fro on a wet day.

  • Re: May 24th by DENIS SEXTON (Member 10247112) on 26-May-2010
    Hi Janice yes I remember the caneings for the coke, and the tiolets also the schools clinic was in the shool wasnt it. regards Denis

  • Re: May 24th by Michael Braden (Member 10097376) on 26-May-2010
    My goodness what memories you good people have aroused!I went to North Road Infants in January 1934. For the first year I was in classrooms in the building destined to become the Medical Centre,including the school dentist. I then moved to the huts, and in my first year there we had a party to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of King GeorgeV.In my second year my teacher was Miss Adams, who taught the ... more >>

  • Re: May 24th by DENIS SEXTON (Member 10247112) on 26-May-2010
    I remember mum once takeing my to the school dentist North Road never wanted to go again.

  • Re: May 24th by DENIS SEXTON (Member 10247112) on 26-May-2010
    There were also huts in the corner of Lady Margaret Road playground and a climbing frame we called Jungle jim in 50s anyone remember.

  • Re: May 24th by Janice Johnson (Member 10240407) on 26-May-2010
    To go to the school clinic was to put a child off the dentist for life! Rows of sinks with half-conscious children draped over, bleeding and vomiting, after extractions. A filling was hair-raising with slow and noisy drill and a cocaine injection to numb the pain! It's a wonder we aren't all toothless drug addicts!

  • Re: May 24th by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 26-May-2010
    yes janice was extrememly bad.....shock had yrs later as adult in quite nice area...and treated so gently politely by kindest dentist..had never known such good dentists exsisted......opposite grubhams northcote ave 1950s clinic...sit rows chairs...go in huge room ..alone....gas mask over.extraction or fillings with nothing as terrible....only young first time.I struggled bit...told off so nasty... more >>

  • Re: May 24th by DENIS SEXTON (Member 10247112) on 26-May-2010
    talking of dentists does anyone remember A one in South Road called Lyinthwaite (not sure of spelling) dirty dingy waiting room and filthy surgery.

  • Re: May 24th by Michael Braden (Member 10097376) on 26-May-2010
    Denis:was your dentist perchance a scottish lady??

  • Re: May 24th by DENIS SEXTON (Member 10247112) on 26-May-2010
    Hi Michael no a man he lived up the line I think he was jewish hence not sure of spelling, he was nearly across from Kings hall.

  • Re: May 24th by Pauline Sykes (Member 10235828) on 26-May-2010
    I started Tudor road school in the Infants in 1936. Our headmistress was a Miss Hannett, a spinster getting on in years. She had great delight in caning the boys in the hall - I can still see her now with her lips firmly pursed together while she whacked the swishing cane on the open palms of the boys' hands several times. I had to watch while she caned my brother who was younger than me, but he d... more >>

  • Re: May 24th by Dilys Boot (Member 10061138) on 26-May-2010
    I remember having what they called Sun-Ray treatment in the medical hall at North Rd School.
    I had been away to an open air school The Ogilvie School of Recovery in Clacton for some time and after I was well enough to return home I had to have this treatment,stripped down to vest and knickers and wearing dark goggles had to sit in front of the lamp for what seemed like ages. Then back to classroo... more >>

  • Re: May 24th by Janice Johnson (Member 10240407) on 27-May-2010
    Hi Dilys - I had sunray treatment at a hospital in Ealing, think it was King Edward VII (probably no longer in existence). It was feared that I'd got TB but after various tests and x-rays, the diagnosis was severe and prolonged bronchitis and the sunray treatment did the trick in putting me right again. I think I had every childhood ailment as well as rheumatic problems but hey! I'm still here.

  • Re: May 24th by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 27-May-2010
    yes edward hosp gone now..1980s or so built the new hospital ealing hospital.with tower block wards hig...next to what was old st bernards....princess elizabeth child ward at edwards had the nursery rhyme tile panels.....photos of all on our photo boards site....several of us had tonsils out there....sunray and malt codliver oil tonic to build child up.. clacton ogilvy convelesce..vitamin aenemic ... more >>

  • Re: May 24th by Janice Johnson (Member 10240407) on 27-May-2010
    I absolutely loved cod liver oil and malt! Also was given Scotts Emulsion, Parish's Food and Fennings Fever Cure during my childhood. Any of those ring any bells?

  • Re: May 24th by Pauline Sykes (Member 10235828) on 27-May-2010
    Yes, I too loved cod liver oil and malt. My mum had a huge jar up on the high shelf in the scullery. Too high up for us to get to! I'm not sure whether it was for my brother who had rickets and had to have two operations on his legs - (once because they hadn't been set properly) or whether it was for my mum who had TB when we were all young. At any rate, we got some occasionally. Taking cod liver ... more >>

  • Re: May 24th by Pauline Sykes (Member 10235828) on 27-May-2010
    Does anyone also remember Syrup of Figs which we all had to take once a week to keep our bowels open? Also, White Horse Oils. My mum used to rub this on my legs at night when I woke up crying with the pains. I loved the smell of that and it hsd a warming effect. It was said to be caused by "growing pains". Nothing that drastic though.

  • Re: May 24th by Michael Braden (Member 10097376) on 27-May-2010
    Denis: Sorry, I meant your school dentist. Strange though, when I came our of the RAF in 1948, I had to find a dentist in the then new NHS, and mine was up South Road, more or less where you say. There were two brothers, Jewish, and the older one was Theodore. I however saw the younger one,whose first name I forget.(Was their surname Berry??)

  • Re: May 24th by Phyl Hutnell (Member 10234816) on 27-May-2010
    The school dentist at North Rd was a Scots woman, and I remember some of the sinks were red - so you couldn't see the blood! The toilet block was something else - used to freeze up in winter and then we were often sent home.The boys and girls were in separate playgrounds when we got to the Juniors. There were the coke heaps and the bike sheds at the bottom of the playgrounds. Mrs Hanvey took, was ... more >>

  • Re: May 24th by DENIS SEXTON (Member 10247112) on 28-May-2010
    I dont remember a berrys dentists the one we whent to was across from the civil defence near Kings Hall it was demolished in the 60s I think very dark victorian house.

  • Re: May 24th by DENIS SEXTON (Member 10247112) on 28-May-2010
    PS. smoked Passing Cloud cigs in pink pack.

  • Re: May 24th by DENIS SEXTON (Member 10247112) on 28-May-2010
    Janis i think wire fence & locks go for most schools today not just Southall. regards Denis

  • Re: May 24th by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 28-May-2010
    yes students pupils staff just their swip card to go in....dont want strangers just wander in,,,school in responsibilty of children when not with parents there.....visitors sign in book..firedrill all accounted for..etc....

  • Re: May 24th by Michael Braden (Member 10097376) on 28-May-2010
    Phyl; Yes, the Scottish lady was the one i remember.(Pre-war her predecessor was a Mr McCleod, and the clinic was in the Featherstone Road area.)Curiously, I learnt some history of the Scottish lady in the 1970's.One lunch time at the medical college where I worked, I was having a coffee, and got into conversation with a chap who was a dentist-he came to the college once a week to lecture on Denta... more >>

  • Re: May 24th by Janice Johnson (Member 10240407) on 29-May-2010
    I was first taken to the dentist when I was three years old and can remember a black mask being pushed onto my face and later walking home with a cloth (actually my dad's hanky) over my face. The dentist was named Parker East and was over a shop somewhere near to Woolworth's. The last time I went to the school dentist was in 1954 for a very slow and very painful drilling and filling of two teeth. ... more >>

  • Re: May 24th by jean edward (Member 10247075) on 3-Jun-2010
    I also went to Mr.Berry the dentist on South Road. I thought he was marvellous aftering suffering the dentist at North Road school. I went there from 1936 and have a photo of thewhole classof 1937 - coronation year, with me sitting under the picture of King and Queen. I always remember John Hand - he was the bad boy in the class!!

  • Re: May 24th by Michael Braden (Member 10097376) on 3-Jun-2010
    Jean Edward-I was at North Road Jan 1934 until 1940. We must have trod the same turf in those years

  • Re: May 24th by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 3-Jun-2010
    jean if anybody can help you put photos on our southallboard6 site......year now we have all been looking at all our photos several many yrs ago at north rd school on our 6 photo boards...thanks..if you knew pam marg akers kids then

  • Re: May 24th by jean edward (Member 10247075) on 4-Jun-2010
    Yes Michael, we were probably in the same class - the photo I have shows about 50 kids in my class.
    I will get my daughter to help me put the class photo on flicker this weekend - Im not to good with photos.

  • Re: May 24th by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 4-Jun-2010
    dear jean and daughter if help needed let us know here and can take you through it all photos from everybody gratefully recd..wonderful...

  • Re: May 24th by Michael Braden (Member 10097376) on 4-Jun-2010
    Jean-Amazing! If you want to contact me directly,my e-mail address is Michaelptf@aol.com
    Look forward to seeing the photo-who was the teacher?

  • Re: May 24th by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 4-Jun-2010
    jean .everybody. today southallboard7..there 200 spaces photos you can all enter your photos ......have put southall bunker cold war behind south rd on etc etc..thankyou

  • Re: May 24th by DENIS SEXTON (Member 10247112) on 4-Jun-2010
    COULD SOMEONE TELL ME HOW TO GET ON SOUTHALLBOARDS.

  • Re: May 24th by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 4-Jun-2010
    denis...once you have got on it first then it is memory and comes up quick on google.........so in top left address bar type.......www.flickr.com..click enter under at right just there..................up comes flickr .................top right click word sign in.........................type southallboard7@yahoo.co.uk...............in the ID space....................no spaces continuous typing....... more >>

  • Re: May 24th by DENIS SEXTON (Member 10247112) on 4-Jun-2010
    Thanx Yvonne.

  • Re: May 24th by Pauline Sykes (Member 10235828) on 7-Jun-2010
    The photo on Southallboard7 of Beresford Road certainly brought back some memories for me of long ago. Although the road itself has changed, I remember quite clearly when I was five years old and started Tudor Road school in 1936, I used to go to school with older children from Bankside, and we always went through Beresford road. I couldn't work out why we went that way, but it was probably becaus... more >>

  • Re: May 24th by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 7-Jun-2010
    nice if you have mugetc now value......yes pub and down incline can see awkward..and up side bridge to get up....glad you liked photos ...google says little row shops along that way were popular with the neighbours there..

  • Re: May 24th by Pauline Sykes (Member 10235828) on 7-Jun-2010
    I'm afraid the mug went years ago, Yvonne. The spoon knocked around for a long time in the cutlery drawer and then that vanished too. It's a shame that things are not always kept. My grandad was a sniper in WW1 and he did some marvellous sketches which also disappeared. Funnily enough, my brother David ended up being an Art teacher.

  • Re: May 24th by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 7-Jun-2010
    shame about 1937 but that is many yrs hard to keep........gt about brother and gdad art,,,they say genes and if left side brain artistic centre sometimes left handed as well.....bbc and secondary school libraries we specialised art books etc etc....many yrs my favourite and all the london galleries and elsewhere..huge favourite of mine......just completing first w war of nans brother died etc etc.... more >>

  • Re: May 24th by DENIS SEXTON (Member 10247112) on 7-Jun-2010
    Yvonne did Nomandy 2004 60th all beaches marvelous Omaha cemetry breath takeing like to go back been twice now.

  • Re: May 24th by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 7-Jun-2010
    yes it was good to visit....museums along beach...memorials large to each beach....top cliff the huge american rows white headstones chapel in middle..went in caen 2004 august.think..just after you...coincidence small world...new museum just opened...huge area land..all new blocks flats...but deadly motorways by there..crazy french drivers.......speed terrible etc..........but not been to 1st w wa... more >>

  • Re: May 24th by DENIS SEXTON (Member 10247112) on 7-Jun-2010
    2004 we left Portmouth on the ferry Normandy on the 5th ferry full of vets, as we left port 4 destroyers followed formed up on each quarter of the ferry each from U.S, BRIT, FRENCH, CANADA escort all the way across the channel

  • Re: May 24th by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 7-Jun-2010
    must have been rare experience so many vets.atmosphere..good men....we thought be too crowded..so went august....got last car space tiny beach car park as it was..lucky to get in...found road round to pegasus only by luck had to ask elderly frenchman...went up to rangers far end cliff pointed out to sea ,,cape de hac....cannot remember name..lighthouse...very good museum of fighting around there.... more >>

  • Re: May 24th by jean edward (Member 10247075) on 8-Jun-2010
    My daughter put the Class of 1937 photo on Flickr but I cant find it there. Anyone else find it?
    I tried to send it to your email address Michael but it came back unknown!!

  • Re: May 24th by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 8-Jun-2010
    have looked flickr last couple days not seen it.....tried 7 /6 /5 ...could not see photo.......unless it is like the thompson one weeks ago....it went onthe first couple boards as a comment......accident that found eventually.......will try tonight look for it.......if daughter tries again....board7 copy whole as shown this page.......use upload photo click...then insert open.........thankyou

  • Re: May 24th by Pauline Sykes (Member 10235828) on 8-Jun-2010
    Yvonne - I've just checked Southallboard, plus
    1-4 and it's not on there either.

  • Re: May 24th by Michael Braden (Member 10097376) on 8-Jun-2010
    Jean-a million apologies!!! What I should have typed is:
    Michaelprf@aol.com
    Have checked it-OK!

  • Re: May 24th by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 8-Jun-2010
    just got in thanks for checking pauline will see if find it where found thompson 4 photos eventually..try tonight........when poss nice daughter ry again...len managed to get 6 on ok ships

  • Re: May 24th by jean edward (Member 10247075) on 10-Jun-2010
    I have sent the Class of 1937 to Michael, perhaps,if he is clever enough, he will post it for us all to see.

  • Re: May 24th by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 10-Jun-2010
    jean some memories on couple other sites google...frith photos memories southall etc...dave chapman worked crown cork........regina road on friends reunite free site....neighbours yrs they lived there memories...under places all southall roads etc............mike might .....forward....photo to len ...and len was able to get put on site...spaces on board 7 and several spaces on other boards...thanks

  • Re: May 24th by jean edward (Member 10247075) on 13-Jun-2010
    yvonne, I have sent the photo of the Class 1937 North Road infants to Len Goddard, hoping he might be able to get it on, if not anyone who wants a copy I can easily email you one if you let me know your address.
    I manage to get on to Southallboard 1 just by typing - in Google - Southallboards then clicking on one of three options that come up. Usually photostream/flickr.

  • Re: May 24th by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 13-Jun-2010
    glad you like photos jean...7 boards in all..