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Brookmans Park maps
Historic maps of Brookmans Park and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Brookmans Park maps
Brookmans Park photos
We have no photos of Brookmans Park, although we do have photos of these nearby places:
Potters Bar| South Mimms| Hatfield| Hadley| High Barnet| Barnet| Cockfosters| Welwyn Garden City| Whetstone| Lemsford| Borehamwood| Oakwood| Colney Street| Cheshunt| Forty Hill| Radlett| St Albans| Sandridge| Grange Park| Southgate| Enfield| Elstree| Hertford| Winchmore Hill| Bush Hill Park| Bush Hill| Bengeo
Brookmans Park area books
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Memories of Brookmans Park
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Hertfordshire memories
Oakmere
I have found a painting of Oakmere House, Potters Bar dated 1935. I believe the house is now a Beefburger Resaurant. There is a clearer view of the house from across the lake, there is the large pine tree & smaller trees on the right of photp, the trees & bushes on the left have not yet grown. It is an interesting painting relating to a modern photo. I can be contacted on 07752033574 if you are interested.
Oakmere House
I am trying to find out any info on Oakmere house.
Was it a Convelecent/hospice in the 1950's?
I may have had a relative that stayed there in the past and would be grateful for any info.
Oakmere House
As a young boy, together with some of my friends we went fishing in the lower lake and one winter, 1938 or 1939, we went ice skating on the lower lake. In those days I lived in Park Avenue. Also, during the Second World War, Oakmere House held dances. I went to one or two when on leave. I think that the owners of the estate, pre-Second World War, were named Forbes. After the war the park was open to the public.
The Ritz Cinama
At the end of Darkes Lane, on the corner of Byng Drive, the Ritz Cinema was built and opened in 1934. My father was the cinema foreman from then until 1939. It had an elevated organ and songs were played on it with the words displayed on the cinema screen. In spite of numerous air raid warnings, as far as I know, it never closed. The National Anthem was always played at the end of the evenings show.
The cinema was eventually closed and converted into a supermarket.
The Potters Bar
Before 'The Potters Bar' was built, the site was occupied by 'The Railway Hotel', a red brick building. This was demolished in the 1930s and replaced by the present building and called 'The Potters Bar Hotel'. This pub was very popular during the days of the Second World War, with sing-songs and amateur entertainers mostly on a Saturday night. It was also very popular with the American forces stationed nearby.
Memories
My mother Gwen Clayden worked at the Ritz cinema during the war years, and spent many evenings on the roof doing fire watch. As a teenager in the mid sixties I remember many shops along Darkes Lane including Woolworths opening (in the late 50's I think) Delmars Record Shop and the Embassy Club. Boddies Sweet Shop, Baldwins Bike Shop and a very old fashion chemist on the corner of Manor Road. Thurleys Toy Shop, Singer Sewing Machines, Mc Fisheries, De Sallas Barbers, Wilsons Menswear, the Post Office in a motor cycle shop and Cobbs Bakers.
Blue Star Furnishings
Does any one remember the Blue Star Furnishings shop at 29 Barnet Road.
I was a friend of Mr & Mrs Filer and their daughter Marion who owned the shop and they lived in a flat over it. I used to visit them quite regularly during 1962 but lost contact in 1963 and have been unable to trace when they moved or where they went.
Can anyone help please?
