Smiths from Southall by Richard Owen (Member 10243967) on 20-Jan-2010
Hi. Does anyone remember my relatives from SOuthall in the 1940s/50s/60s? My grandparents were Eddie Smith and Mary Smith (nee Crabtree). Born born around 1920/21, they lived in Southall for years, Montague Road, Stratford Road, Spencer Street. My nan was Henrietta (Hettie) Smith and she lived there, in Saxon Gardens. She died in 1975 aged 85. My mum is Patricia (Pat) Smith and was was born i... more >>   
  • Re: Smiths from Southall by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 21-Jan-2010
    edward smith 7 tudor rd near saxon 1914....ed smith 3 buckingham terrace havelock rd near ..1914...arthur james smith saxon rd southall 1914.see historial directories post office list free on google..best wishes

  • Re: Smiths from Southall by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 21-Jan-2010
    nice photos inside gas wks..hayes bypass at opening.aec.canal etc etc..google...pictures southall in ealing your local web 4 pges

  • Re: Smiths from Southall by Michael Braden (Member 10097376) on 26-Jan-2010

    Richard, have you tried FriendsReunited ??

 
Local transport books by keith williams (Member 10241513) on 19-Jan-2010
Further to my posting about the Shepherds Bush - Uxbridge tram book pulished by Middleton Press, a look on their website reveals other tram and also railway books "Paddington to Ealing" and "Ealing to Slough" Also West London Branch Lines which includes the Greenford, both Uxbridge and the West Drayton to Staines West Branches. Loads of old photos and info.
Middleton Press are now at Midhurst, W Sussex
  
  • Re: Local transport books by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 19-Jan-2010
    lots photos of all things on the hayes site...barry has some there...probably trams as well

  • Re: Local transport books by Michael Braden (Member 10097376) on 19-Jan-2010
    Keith: mention of the West Drayron-Staimes West branch brings back memories of my dad. He was a keen angler, and many is the time I went with him. We had to get up at the crack of dawn, so that da could get a workmans ticket! If I remember correctly, the River Colne ran by the station.

  • Re: Local transport books by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 21-Jan-2010
    KEITH pauline len everybody...site...20th century lovely old tree....several videos utube and lots photos.......and trams,,,, ...etc

  • Re: Local transport books by Pauline Sykes (Member 10235828) on 21-Jan-2010
    Thank you Yvonne for those lovely photos. It was so good to see the old "Feathers" pub and Ealing Broadway station as I remembered it. I worked just around the corner from there in 1946-48. I see that Ealing Town Hall hasn't changed - except for the advertisement outside giving directions to "Macdonalds". We held all our EMI dances there in the late 40's. It was also great to see Ealing Broadway a... more >>

  • Re: Local transport books by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 21-Jan-2010
    I lived there 5half yrs.got bus along acton high st job..and worked london from the station central line,,walk up eaton rise...no huge shop mall then..just bentals john sanders my cousin worked in material section..library at green ...park.mattock lane theatre..fresh coffee grind shop there many yrs....tony and I went in feathers..abc tea shop sold bread cakes in window was opposite..taxi rank on ... more >>

  • Re: Local transport books by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 19-Feb-2010
    pauline old town hall percival hse not changed.good architecture//weddings inside.steps for photos..but new civic centre to west corner now many yrs...recently 2nd one opened up next to it..glass etc.....1900s small tree later photo larger. 1980s new undercover mall with library,,,,behind sanders......all through yrs busy there.......people still have it as main shop centre as always have....inter... more >>

 
soccer by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 19-Jan-2010
1946 to 1950 southall soccer.thanks ron.aec clubteam 1949 1950   
 
NORTH ROAD by Chris (Member 10220786) on 17-Jan-2010
My parents owned RMT at 45 North Road - a shoe repair shop; as well as repairing shoes
my family made CHAIN MAIL for many films in the 1950's........IVANHOE - THE BLACK KNIGHT are the films I remember. Mum hired a lot of the local housewives to knit the armour with string to patterns she made up - father & grandfather then dyed the suits brown, sprayed them with silver paint & ironed them to m... more >>
  
  • Re: NORTH ROAD by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 17-Jan-2010
    that is so interesting and so lucky they were to have your mum and everybody.1953 sept to dec.pinewood says ladd bit of drunkard..janet leigh.tony curtis.peter cushing,patrick troughton later dr who.

  • Re: NORTH ROAD by Pauline Sykes (Member 10235828) on 17-Jan-2010
    How fantastic making the Chain Mail for Alan Ladd! Oooh, he certainly set our pulses racing at the pictures. Thought your mother looks marvellous - can't believe she's 95.

  • Re: NORTH ROAD by barry raymond (Member 10239180) on 17-Jan-2010
    Brought back memories re:Alan Ladd in the Black Knighjt.Think I mentioned before my dad's brother-in-law Jim Hole who lived in one of the big houses facing Norwood Green owned the film & stage prop hire in Witley Gdns. I think it's still there and called the Trading Post. Anyway when I was a young lad he gave me his swowd from the film, it was actually made of wood painted silver in an asbestos sc... more >>

  • Re: NORTH ROAD by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 17-Jan-2010
    fantastic starting to get chain mail now..tony try put it on flickr

  • Re: NORTH ROAD by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 17-Jan-2010
    chris pauline barry len..and all...ok on board2....2 lovely photos chain and shop...so good thanks chris...anymore please.....click comment under chain photo and get chris lovely words...description is often on photos..love from yvonne tonyxx.great if can see chris if mum well and pauline len fete..happy birthday lady you look great

  • Re: NORTH ROAD by Chris (Member 10220786) on 17-Jan-2010
    Thanks for uploading those photos on flikr - site 2 - Yvonne. I am so proud of my Mum. In the photo outside their shop she was 41 & my Dad was 43. My grand-dad who is also in the other photo retired at the age of 80 - he died aged 81. What a character he was & what a life he had!!!

  • Re: NORTH ROAD by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 17-Jan-2010
    thats the way to go enjoy your career and what he enjoyed .he passed away yr after.thats sad not bit more resting but he must have enjoyed to 80 his people and job..looks jolly man in photos.wished had popped in shop on way to school ..did not know..lovely load of the greats grandchildren..and this last little one making another great...gazette would love to celebrate them..photo new baby 2010....... more >>

  • Re: NORTH ROAD by josie (Member 10235627) on 17-Jan-2010
    The Lord Allemby Pub Allemby Rd which is not far from North Rd is boarded up,regards Josie.

  • Re: NORTH ROAD by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 17-Jan-2010
    allemby josie.wonder how long...pubs all over places.boarded..supermkt beer cheaper..restaurant pubs thriving...allemby they all used..put jubillee pk and dormers 1950s on flickr..if you have any I can put on for you..best wishes...tony just said bbc computer says heavy snow wed london.but rain thurs....I have put grandad builder on phots

  • Re: NORTH ROAD by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 17-Jan-2010
    josie have put RT Warren photo on flickr for your uncle...and joan thick blonde hair and daughter suzanne blonde long thick hair ..for pauline..1958approx bognor beach.with angela age 3

  • Re: NORTH ROAD by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 17-Jan-2010
    josie 7 photo northola you spoke of on our flickr and some snow shots...chris tine came to dormers from north rd family same time as us
    she remembers all names as I do etc etc

  • Re: NORTH ROAD by Vince Jackson (Member 10004627) on 17-Jan-2010
    Boy even more memories, I remember delivering milk to the shoe shop (circa 1967) and they fitted quarter irons to my first pair of Gibsons (circa 1972) happy days. Long gone are small family buisnesses with family hsitory and heritage, it was people like your family which made Britain GREAT.

  • Re: NORTH ROAD by keith williams (Member 10241513) on 17-Jan-2010
    Sad about the pubs. Another chapter of our social history is closing. In EVERY recession, there is always one industry that never comes out of it, This has always been the same from the demise of turnpikes, canals etc theough every other recession that has seen the end of steam boilers, sealing wax, carbon paper, typewriters etc. This time it will be pubs. Enjoy them while you can. A... more >>

  • Re: NORTH ROAD by keith williams (Member 10241513) on 17-Jan-2010
    ............and yes of course Vince, milkmen were another casualty of a previous recession when the big Co's got their way and were allowed to sell fresh milk in supermarkets. All these labour intensive type delivery systems (such as the CORONA MAN) could not be sustained with the higher minimum wage and the price of deisel, road tax etc. Nearly everyone in West Ealing had milk delivered by ... more >>

  • Re: NORTH ROAD by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 17-Jan-2010
    express dairy hillingdon and ruislip south big express depot but gone several yrs ago....so many hanwell west ealing ealing broadway canal etc photos on our two different flicka boards now keith everybody

  • Re: NORTH ROAD by keith williams (Member 10241513) on 17-Jan-2010
    Yes Express Dairy VERY big in Ruislip, (farm??), but had Greenford Delivery depot. Also they had a "model farm" by the river twixt Richmond & Petersham. Co-Op milk had their own siding and milk dock by West Ealing Station. Train load of milk tankers delivered there every weekday pulled by special train from Pembrokeshire (Neyland I think) Unigate had their milk trais deliver to Wood Lane... more >>

  • Re: NORTH ROAD by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 17-Jan-2010
    yes 2 big farms prior and the other 1887 farm ..old house with date on still there but foxes bats in it falling down,,,by polish war memorial..plenty cow fressions out in green belt fields still there a40 western ave

  • Re: NORTH ROAD by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 17-Jan-2010
    josie chris tine....photos now dormers on our flickr...trevor bayliss at reunion...boys school2000...as chris says baylis also at north rd school 150 yrs celebration she attended..teachers at dormers return wish had known loved to have gone,,,,did not have computer then did not think of course millenium reunions..

  • Re: NORTH ROAD by keith williams (Member 10241513) on 17-Jan-2010
    Unigate were of course United Dairies in those days. They had last dairy delivery (to the schools) in Hanwell by old milkman (his name was Mr Grinter) with horse & cart ended about 1954. Co-Op milk always very watery as Pembokeshire very wet and few real dairy cow breeds there. The huge long milk trains left from Neyland for West Ealing every day but were made up of tankers coming from ... more >>

  • Re: NORTH ROAD by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 17-Jan-2010
    RON COX thanks your soccer dormers 1946 photo flickr...is that you about 4/5th along back standing,,,come on dont be shy ha....good photo..great thanks,,,do schools reunite free site they add photos free

  • Re: NORTH ROAD by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 17-Jan-2010
    walking to work last yr as several times truck drivers etc ask way...french milk.driver..hello is this way ...outside total french petrol station...I said oh ask in there please...m25 brings all forein lorries etc from southampton or dover.......apparently the supermarket plastic pints now everybody gets lasts week in fridge is all from france etc

  • Re: NORTH ROAD by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 17-Jan-2010
    ron you all lok 13 dormers 1946..is it back field ar dormers..suppose all the hses had been built along there then.those bungalows my best friend lived...trevor baylis the well known inventor was at dormers late 40s early 50s.he was at reunion 2000.and teachers..miss morris mrs grey mrs foot of 1966 I know have passed away we were friends with foot to the end,..baylis the clock ..tv presenter..liv... more >>

  • Re: NORTH ROAD by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 17-Jan-2010
    acton ealing 1901 tram on wire great picture thanks is that you ron

  • Re: NORTH ROAD by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 17-Jan-2010
    thanks aec soccer 1949 about 40 men on it know any len and everybody...type comment

  • Re: NORTH ROAD by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 17-Jan-2010
    thanks aec soccer 1949 about 40 men on it know any len and everybody...type comment

  • Re: NORTH ROAD by Ron Cox (Member 10234401) on 18-Jan-2010
    Yes Yvonne thats me at 14yrs. In the AEC photo I am right in the middle,8th from LHS back row, aged 17yrs.
    The Dormers photo was taken in the playing field behind the school.
    I came across the tram picture and connected with the one in southallboard2 and thought it might be of intrest. How far the trams ran along the Uxbridge Rd I do not know but during the war a bomb dropped at the top of Saxon... more >>

  • Re: NORTH ROAD by keith williams (Member 10241513) on 18-Jan-2010
    Ron, the trams ran from Shepherds Bush to Uxbridge from their depot in Hanwell Broadway

  • Re: NORTH ROAD by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 18-Jan-2010
    thanks ron 8th will look..uxbridge to shepherds bush trams..pauline says crossing lines not easy shoe get caught..but bomb broke the line..field back dormers nice big..we sat out hot sun revise exams..run track did relay long jump hurdles...and bash in mud at hockey leathal sticks..thanks photos any more...2000dormers reunion did not know or would have gone.trvor baylis invented a clock.late 40s t... more >>

  • Re: NORTH ROAD by keith williams (Member 10241513) on 18-Jan-2010
    Shoes sometimes got caught in the lines, yes, but more often it was cycle wheels as the slots in the tramlines were just the right size to get caught. There was even a road traffic sign in some places (but not on Uxbridge Road as far as l know) saying "Tram pinch" where lnes merged, Uxbridge Road route was number 7 which became 607 when the Trolleybuses took over. About 5 or so years ago a b... more >>

  • Re: NORTH ROAD by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 18-Jan-2010
    will try look for book..ealing council for while now keep thinking return trams...residents mainly say no..thank info keith best wishes you and partner...good tram photos on our flickr and one unique one I found cricket match field church spire in background brent river flood plain hanwell greenford.......hope snow not so bad now

  • Re: NORTH ROAD by keith williams (Member 10241513) on 18-Jan-2010
    Have just seen on Middleton Press's own website. They have a couple of dozen or so local area tramway books, The following one is still in stock > >

    Tramway Classics
    Shepherds Bush and Uxbridge Tramways
    including Ealing
    ISBN 978 1 9... more >>

  • Re: NORTH ROAD by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 18-Jan-2010
    thanks keith also going to library today see what got...that nice big metropolitan suburbs was good few yrs ago....got some uxbridge ones bringing all and phot prints to fete july...more people are trying to come barrys extensive local hist soc collections sounds great...dilys mike bring your bks and elect roll..great

  • Re: NORTH ROAD by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 18-Jan-2010
    ron you have prince william over there.but new zealand...his long time partner kate middleton of her mother her grandmother aunts..southall clarence st 1900s.hard life poor..near gas works...kates mum went off be air stewardess met airline chap..now own business millionares..seem good girl kate keeps quiet..thats great

  • Re: NORTH ROAD by Pauline Sykes (Member 10235828) on 18-Jan-2010
    Thank you Yvonne for the photos of Joan and the children. It was sad to learn how ill she became. As you say it's a pity there were not a lot of photos taken in those early days. Just the odd one or two.

  • Re: NORTH ROAD by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 18-Jan-2010
    yes my funny little camera 1958ish...was completey plastic brown case .my aunt payed spastics charity for yrs ,,and it came in post some thankyou gift..put film in took it to dormers took some photos of the girls...all snall bw..they so happy larking about gt photos have put some on dormers site///but tiny square photos...tony has scanned put on computer and I see their faces for first time in 50y... more >>

  • Re: NORTH ROAD by Pauline Sykes (Member 10235828) on 18-Jan-2010
    All this talk about milk, etc. reminded me of my first job at 14 when I worked at Cow & Gate Milk Depot in Greenford, right by the Western Avenue Roundabout. I was only a Junior Clerk, but enjoyed the environment of the large stables at the end of the cobbled yard where several horses were kept under the care of one lady and two stable boys. A very large Scammell would arrive every morning and all... more >>

  • Re: NORTH ROAD by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 18-Jan-2010
    just saw photo in daily express of postman recently wearing chains criss crossed under his shoes..said to tony wish had studded shoe sole of some sort grip the ice..never been car driver so lifetime walking and bus.milk we get once week now supermarket and if car it goes in boot..most lasts week in fridge etc...my local cousin husband milkman all his life and now well into his 60s...horses cows in... more >>

  • Re: NORTH ROAD by barry raymond (Member 10239180) on 18-Jan-2010
    When I were a lad we never had a fridge, used to keep the bottles of milk in a bucket of water. Two of my neighbours both worked for Daltons Farm Dairies, down Hayes End Road, near the Heinz building. They worked there for years and were still using horse-drawn even when I was young. I once asked one of them what time he started work, he said I actually start at 4am but I have to get in at 3 to catch the horse!

  • Re: NORTH ROAD by Pauline Sykes (Member 10235828) on 18-Jan-2010
    Yes Barry, we were exactly the same. Didn't have a fridge and kept the milk in a lovely big stone larder in a bucket of cold water covered with a wet cloth. Sometimes if the milk became sour my mother would put it in a muslin bag which dripped over the sink for what seemed an eternity, and eventually became a cheese. It wasn't to everyone's taste, but it wasn't ever wasted.

  • Re: NORTH ROAD by DENIS SEXTON (Member 10247112) on 30-Apr-2010
    My fist job before I left school was in Stowells off licence on north parade in the late 50s the manager was George Barker who came from Brentford

  • Re: NORTH ROAD by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 1-May-2010
    denis our member christine had mum dad gdad north rd shop the shoe repairs...old photos of them and inside shop on our board...mike braden member lived north rd many yrs

  • Re: NORTH ROAD by DENIS SEXTON (Member 10247112) on 2-May-2010
    Thanx Yvonne I remember the boot repierer in North Rd, we also keept our milk in a bucket under the kitchen sink.

  • Re: NORTH ROAD by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 2-May-2010
    chris mum now 95 and very well lots gt grandchildren....it was her dad and grandad that ran shop for so many yrs,,,,did chain mail for alan ladd ivanhoe film made with ealing films shepperton or local..they came to shop ask..them to make the chainmail armour metal links...looks gt in film...upo castle used cardiff butts castle elaborate lord butt payed for castle massive cost out of poor coalmin... more >>

 
2nd flickr photos site......southallboard2 by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 16-Jan-2010
dear josie all...put 2 photos dormers on 1950..groups kids.country dance ,nativity..school   
  • Re: 2nd flickr photos site......southallboard2 by Ron Cox (Member 10234401) on 17-Jan-2010
    Yvonne I have tried many times to get the 2nd flickr site without success.Maybe a more detailed layout required for those living in Ozz.

  • Re: 2nd flickr photos site......southallboard2 by davo (Member 10030212) on 17-Jan-2010
    I am having the same problem. Maybe there is a conspiracy going on against us downunder ha ha ha

  • Re: 2nd flickr photos site......southallboard2 by Chris (Member 10220786) on 17-Jan-2010
    Me too - I can't find the second site. HELP PLEASE, thanks.x

  • Re: 2nd flickr photos site......southallboard2 by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 17-Jan-2010
    2nd site....type in the left top......www.flickr.com.............top right says sign in....click it.............in ID type..........southallboard2@yahoo.co.uk..........password.......so type middlesex..........click sign in............then up comes photos says photostream........let us know if successful.....look forward to all your photos..kindest regards always..esecially OZ

  • Re: 2nd flickr photos site......southallboard2 by Chris (Member 10220786) on 17-Jan-2010
    Thanks again Yvonne - you are a star; especially on this site, what would we do without you.

    Chris x

  • Re: 2nd flickr photos site......southallboard2 by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 17-Jan-2010
    thanks did you see both boards photo now,,tony and I went round xmas took some photos...wait to receive your ones now...will put on....says download click that and then so your photo folder where saved ...highlight your photo...and click insert.....keep having a go...everybody takes a while

  • Re: 2nd flickr photos site......southallboard2 by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 17-Jan-2010
    pauline cinema poster says 1954 a ladd knight on our flickr now...your heart throb..read about his life on google mth ago....several of the stars moved into hollywood from other states all different backgrounds...if they had the looks and those marvellous voices...buried the hollywood site photos stones

  • Re: 2nd flickr photos site......southallboard2 by Pauline Sykes (Member 10235828) on 17-Jan-2010
    Thanks Yvonne - just had a look on Southallboard2 and then I had a quick look on Google but don't remember the film "The Black Knight". Mind you, I got married in 1954 and I know my husband wasn't too keen on Alan Ladd. (Say no more)! My friend Mauvine and I would probably have been drooling over him earlier in our teens. I would think, however, that the famous sword which Barry has inherited would be worth a lot.

  • Re: 2nd flickr photos site......southallboard2 by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 17-Jan-2010
    yes valuable..they have museums in holywood stage set items costumes etc..debbie reynolds has j garlands red sparkly shoes wizard oz..displays........titanic cameron....had all set film pieces etc huge display wembly and actors performing etc whole day there...amazing..costumes..kate winslett had several copies wet dress for struggling down corridors and out on ice.....the magic of a film but li... more >>

  • Re: 2nd flickr photos site......southallboard2 by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 17-Jan-2010
    tony just found on daily mail......sequel fools horses next sun .bbc1..9pm..rock and chips..sorry if that makes you hungry barry.......john sullivan written it...all boys age 16.trigger boyce denzil .2hrs...del boys father .mum usherette at cinema they called her marilyn munroe looks..freddie frog played by tall nick lyndurst himself biological son of him
    1988 to 1996 series..lovely jubbly plonke... more >>

  • Re: 2nd flickr photos site......southallboard2 by barry raymond (Member 10239180) on 17-Jan-2010
    Pauline,wish I did still have that sword,disappeared many moons ago, probably got broke. While on the subject of uncle Jim's film prop hire business, they also supplied the huge clock for 'Beat the Clock' on Sunday Night at the London Palladium with Bruce Forsythe.

  • Re: 2nd flickr photos site......southallboard2 by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 18-Jan-2010
    thanks len excellent youtube film knight ladd 15mins...was going be called lochinvar...ivanhoe and camelot...castle vikings invade...ladd at blcksmith forge..making great sword..sword fight group///plantagenat costumes ladds nice horse...blonde ladd hair curles under a hair roll at neck..medieval ..music good..dr bubble youtube..no chain mail this bit..ladds brown leather jerkin......

  • Re: 2nd flickr photos site......southallboard2 by Hestonian (Member 10243893) on 18-Jan-2010
    I've only just registered on the message board. I really want to see some old Southall photos on flickr, but for the life of me I don't know how to! (Yes, there's loads of new Southall photos, but I don't want to look at them.)
    Right, I read your instructions, but when I click "sign in" on flickr, as I use BT Yahoo it seems to think I'm trying to log in as myself, and asks me for my own password!... more >>

  • Re: 2nd flickr photos site......southallboard2 by Hestonian (Member 10243893) on 18-Jan-2010
    Managed to sort it, eventually, by using Internet Explorer and signing in there. Flippin' computers!
    Had a browse of the photos, good old ones, and some of the newer ones make interesting comparison.

  • Re: 2nd flickr photos site......southallboard2 by Dilys Boot (Member 10061138) on 19-Jan-2010
    My son has put a few pics of Southall on Facebook (are you an old face of Southall). Some of you might be interested.

  • Re: 2nd flickr photos site......southallboard2 by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 19-Jan-2010
    thankyou dylis and son..they are all so very good so many..some 1945 1950 and far back how marvellous of you to kept so well,,you must get some people recognise all those faces...len pauline everybody you must see,,,spikes park,new and Ve day party,,my aunt sisrosewillans and uncle nobbygeorge ackers moved in your new buildingphoto south ave gds shared masionette 1935 when new built...nanada acres... more >>

  • Re: 2nd flickr photos site......southallboard2 by Pauline Sykes (Member 10235828) on 20-Jan-2010
    Seeing that photo of Hanwell Brent fields and the spire of the church really took me back. We had an old pram which was used for transporting all sorts of things when it was no longer used for wheeling babies about. I often took several of my brothers and sisters to what we called "Hanwell Park" - now caled the "Bunny Park". The older ones walked, while the youngest was in the pram. We all walked ... more >>

  • Re: 2nd flickr photos site......southallboard2 by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 20-Jan-2010
    have photos me age 3/4 bunny pk...1950s you may have walked through prefabs estate..nice gardens we had....ours prefab near entrance path greenford rd..hedges high as through path..golf off one side...ahead leeeches at big tubes curved bridge..some paddled in river stream there....tea icecream little parlour still there...maze there now..wallabies etc...peacock...but rabbits giant ones and ordinar... more >>

  • Re: 2nd flickr photos site......southallboard2 by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 20-Jan-2010
    1948 was it prefabs built of 1950..probably just field there before as walk through from dormers.......dormers junior school had path up side went mill pond way to greenford rd.and bunny pk......being eldest my younger cousins,,,had to take them out while all washing copper etc work mother nan doing....so twin pram and in the middle the 3rd sister .mad charlie walked or ran off side,,,,I tote the ... more >>

  • Re: 2nd flickr photos site......southallboard2 by keith williams (Member 10241513) on 20-Jan-2010
    You have reminded me - when we were kids in the '50s, that part of the Brent was notorious for leeches (we called them bloodsuckers), but l can not remember ever seeing one!!

  • Re: 2nd flickr photos site......southallboard2 by Dilys Boot (Member 10061138) on 20-Jan-2010
    We used to paddle in the Brent and often had leeches stuck on our legs,didn't bother us much though.

  • Re: 2nd flickr photos site......southallboard2 by Dilys Boot (Member 10061138) on 20-Jan-2010
    Have put a few more photos on flickr.Some North Rd school class photos. Maybe some of you may recognise some people on them.

  • Re: 2nd flickr photos site......southallboard2 by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 20-Jan-2010
    that is good of you dilys....marvellous north rd school 1937 1944 1949..allendale 1955 beehive interior,,,,,,so lucky on our flickr really lovely thanks

  • Re: 2nd flickr photos site......southallboard2 by Pauline Sykes (Member 10235828) on 20-Jan-2010
    I can't remember if there were prefabs there or not, Yvonne. This would have been in 1941 in the summer holidays. What I forgot to say was that on the way back we collected frogs' spawn in the streams on the other side of the Greenford road through to Dormers Wells. Then there were masses of tadpoles in an old tin bath in our back garden. I think our cat was responsible for catching some of the little frogs.

  • Re: 2nd flickr photos site......southallboard2 by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 21-Jan-2010
    thanks pauline 1941...must have been still fields both sides greenford rd..with.golf east and mill pond woods west side extending north up to white hart pub and cemetery windmill lane..... open grass lane ..1948ish prefabs.they were nice then gardens...built for men coming back from war marriage nowhere to live..eastend bombed out,,,,,like you tadpoles.cat.tonys dad built pond hounslow heath tadpo... more >>

  • Re: 2nd flickr photos site......southallboard2 by Michael Braden (Member 10097376) on 21-Jan-2010
    Pauline and others. Pre and during WW2 I did that walk from Dormers Wells Lane to Hanwellpark many times. Just as one approached the Greenford Road,there was the Mill Pond, with lots of water fowl, Sticklebacks and other fish.Mention of the golf links reminds me of Mr FK Green, the History master at Southall tech. He was a keen golfer, and golf balls were in short supply. He offfered (I think) a s... more >>

  • Re: 2nd flickr photos site......southallboard2 by Pauline Sykes (Member 10235828) on 21-Jan-2010
    Michael, I've often wondered the same thing since I've been on this site whether any of us rubbed shoulders in all the favourite places we used to congregate. That Dormers Wells' woods were a particular favourite of ours. I remember when we got our shoes and socks wet, we used to whack them on a tree and hang them up to dry before we got home. This suggests that we had some really hot summer days!... more >>

  • Re: 2nd flickr photos site......southallboard2 by davo (Member 10030212) on 22-Jan-2010
    I found some video of Southall that my father had transfered from the old 8mm cine film( spelling) . I will have to get it converted to DVD so i can post it on Flickr . It was taken about 1967 not long before we moved to Australia.
    It has some of the pool at the Rec and of me marching down the streets of Southall when i was in the J.T.C .( junior trainig corps )also some of King street , Elmfield... more >>

  • Re: 2nd flickr photos site......southallboard2 by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 22-Jan-2010
    thanks davo..look forward to it..southall rec built 1913 £1600..extended £4300 1931...120x 30 feet..3'..6'3" deep...my cousin charlie ackers there late 1950s.best wishes you and dad s film

  • Re: 2nd flickr photos site......southallboard2 by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 22-Jan-2010
    british film institute film of southall pool..on google .we have site member whos relative was superintendent there...history photos ruislip lido on google

  • Re: 2nd flickr photos site......southallboard2 by Pauline Sykes (Member 10235828) on 29-Jan-2010
    I was having another look at Southallboard2 Page2
    at the Advertisement of Twinings tea on the side wall of a house in Northcote Avenue. Firstly, I wonder what year that would have been - or thereabouts. I know my memories were only of the 1930's and can't quite picture whether it was at the top of the road. There would have been shops on the left-hand side of Northcote Avenue eventually, and ther... more >>

  • Re: 2nd flickr photos site......southallboard2 by Pauline Sykes (Member 10235828) on 29-Jan-2010
    Quite by chance, I think I have answered my own question about the Twinings poster. After I posted my message, I was looking on google for Posters and came upon GHOST SIGNS DRAFT CHAPTER FOOD AND DRINK. This shows the Twinings poster (on our Southallboard2 site) as being in Bowater Street West Bromwich with little Miss Barber on the front who was the front lady for a brand called "Barber's for Tea... more >>

  • Re: 2nd flickr photos site......southallboard2 by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 29-Jan-2010
    glad you liked the old early part 20th century huge wall paintings adverts..tend to be on corner...tall bare wall....many up north....len remembers bakery on west corner northcote there so about 30s......the wall is now replastered over ..so bet the painting still underneath....can see in photo taken 2005 roughly that..the old ancient plaster falling away in advert cant see end of crouch....so 200... more >>

  • Re: 2nd flickr photos site......southallboard2 by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 29-Jan-2010
    I took my photo of turog shop museum off because nobody seemed interested last 2 wks,,st fagan museum cardiff all peoples lives 100yrs and turnog was spillers cardiff....... my nan used bread board and serated edge bread knife parkers bread for decades..but saw her hold large tin loaf upwards length and slice top and downwards in her hands.carving across top bread as she stood there...bread jam as... more >>

  • Re: 2nd flickr photos site......southallboard2 by Pauline Sykes (Member 10235828) on 29-Jan-2010
    Yvonne, I think we are talking at cross purposes here. The Twinings advert on the wall is NOT in Northcote Avenue, but in Bowater street West Bromwich. You can see "Bowater street" on the sign underneath. The Fry's advert is NOT in the Uxbridge road but in Windmill Hill Bristol. It clearly shows the photos of both in the Site I mentioned.

  • Re: 2nd flickr photos site......southallboard2 by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 29-Jan-2010
    think try be quick because time consume......the turog couch 2 photos northcote ave,,,others to show like walls in other places,,,I was interested in all wall paintings...comments section under photo s describe....lucky to have the turog at southall..historic piece..hope to get reply from worshipful bakers ,bakers hall london..london prize award it says sept 1907

  • Re: 2nd flickr photos site......southallboard2 by Pauline Sykes (Member 10235828) on 29-Jan-2010
    Yvonne, I don't remember the Baker's wall with Crouch on it, but that's why I remember smelling bread when I was very young and why the wall was so warm when we walked past it with the crickets chirping. Thanks for that - another nice memory.

  • Re: 2nd flickr photos site......southallboard2 by Yvonne Butler (Member 10237916) on 29-Jan-2010
    yes of course the warm wall....len too remembered bakers there 1930s etc..,,,,the plaster would have been over painting for yrs probably..looks like they discovered it 2005 ish..when rerendering.and looked underneath..surely must still be there under new plaster..again hope....may only be few of those wall paintings left...having no comments on lloyds clifford evans etc put on few days ago...thoug... more >>

 
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