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Plume Family History
Having researched my family tree recently, I discovered that my great great great great great grandparents came from Great Amwell. Their names were Edward Plume and Mary Veers. They lived there for many years and had nineteen children. I visited Great Amwell today for the first time, and thought it was a very pretty and peaceful place. My Plume ancestors are buried in the churchyard on the right hand side of the path leading to the church. I do know that Edward was a collar maker and had a property and land near to or in the village, and also a business in Enfield, which he left to my great great great great grandfather Jeremiah. I would love to know if anyone knows where the property stood, or has any knowledge of any later history of the Plumes in Great Amwell. I would have thought that maybe some of the many children they had may have descendants still living around the area. I do know that Jeremiah was a... Read more
Used to Live Here
Used to live at 7 Sharpcroft.
Dad-Sydney Perham, mum-Gwendoline, myself-Brenda, brothers John and David. It was the corner house.
Attended Hare Street Primary School from here.
Taylors on Port Hill
This is where my father (1924) and grandfather (1896) were born, their cottages were just round the corner slightly further up the hill, Gt Grandfather (1844) rented 2 cottages for his family of himself, his wife and 9 children, when Grandad married he evntually moved to the cottage near where the car is with his wife and my Dad. It is larger so it was as he got a little better off!
The wooden stable buildings next to the Reindeer pub they rented for storage for their business of wholesale fruitereres and greengrocers.
They also had the use of the pub yard.
1940's
We moved into Colindale avenue in 1943 shortly after the tube station was bombed. My father was a guard on the northern line. I spent many happy days with my many friends playing in the police college grounds on the anti aircraft guns that were there. Together with my best friend Douglas who lived in Booth rd we wandered for hours in the "back". An area of waste land behind the lower part of the houses in lower Sheaveshill Avenue. When the hospital was hit by a V1 in July 1944 our house which was next door to the hospital entrance was badly damaged and we were evacuated. Dad had chickens in the back yard and together with his allotment we ate well despite severe rationing. He used the Anderson Air Raid shelter in the back garden for growing mushrooms.
I went to Hendon County Grammar School travelling to Hendon Central daily on the Underground.
They were carefree days despite the war and we walked,unafraid ,for miles around... Read more
1940's
We moved into Colindale Avenue in 1942 shortly after the Tube station was bombed. I and my two brothers spent many happy days playing in the park opposite the station. I still keep in touch with friends that I made 60 years ago and we remember the long walks that we made around the aerodrome past five ways corner to Mill Hill and back through Burnt Oak. I later played cricket in Sunnyhill Fields for a local amateur team. The "back", an area of wasteland behind the houses in lower Sheaveshill Avenue and the tube line was where I had my first kiss!
When the hospital was hit by a V1 in July 1944 we were evacuated to Cambridgeshire as our house was very badly damaged. fortunately the Morrison Table Shelter saved our lives.
Despite the war we had a carefree life walking for miles and staying out in all weathers.
I left in 1959 later migrating to Australia in 1961 with my wife and family. unfortunately I have not... Read more
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