Buckhurst Hill, Horse Drawn Carriages At The Station 1895

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I was born in 1961 in Thorpe Combe hospital in Walthamstow and brought up by my parents in Forest Edge Buckhurst Hill. I consider myself very privileged to have lived there for the first 26 years of my life and have many fond memories of the town that few have heard of, and the people I knew there. My parents lived next door to my mothers parents - my grandparents- until I was around 7 and my ...see more

I was born in 1953 at 71 Princes Road, in 1955 we moved to 10 Church Road where I lived until 1969 when I left home. I went to Princes Road Boys school where Mr Carr was the Head and some of the teachers were Miss Gardiner, Mrs Waterland, Miss Sharp and Mr Rose who was a member of the magic circle. My first job was at Beldom Brothers in Queens Road where I worked until they fired me two weeks before ...see more

Hi David Rowe ,only just found this site ,so apologies. Re W&C French, you may have remembered my father and my grandfather working at Frenchies. My dad Ron Dent ,drove cranes and brought the first 20 ton mobile Coles crane to W&C ,he also drove the old Fodens ,which only went so fast ,so they used to throw them out of gear down hill so would even faster ,then he was on the Leyland or AEC 8 wheelers ,with ...see more

how strange to see your message as i lived next door at 34 (you 36) really new Micheal who was younger thhan me ? My Parents and yours were good friends for many years - I also went to Princes Road then the Brook left in 1962 Played football for St Elizabeths and then Tavern Uniteed on Sundays Had paper round from Toones 10/- per week