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Historic maps of Cryers Hill and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Cryers Hill maps
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The Most Interesting Gents Barbers in The World
Probably just behind the photographer was an old fashioned mens barber shop. All the old men would go there for a haircut and mums would take their sons too. What the mums never knew is that when you sat in the alcove to have your hair washed there were numerous naughty pictures that could only be seen from in there. I wonder if any boy ever told his mum what he'd seen?
Shopping in Hazlemere in The Sixties
I was born in Curzon Avenue in 1953 and moved to Amersham Road in 1958. From a very early age my mother used to send me to the crossroads to do the shopping for her. Every Friday after school I used to go to Fords the grocers with my shopping list for the week, collect all the goods, pay for them and then walk back via the sweet shop to spend the 3d (that's about 1p) that my Mum gave me. Fords had a grey van which they used to deliver the goods to our house. Often the shopping arrived home before me! Fords was, in the Sixties, one of the earliest supermarkets and had various offers. My Dad won a mini in a Heinz soup competition in 1962 and the prize included a case of all 57 Heinz varieties which he gave to Ernie Ford to distribute to his customers. Hazlemere had good choice of shops at that time including the post office & newsagents, a record shop, a... Read more
Eastern Dene
Does anybody know anything about the history of Eastern Dene / Western Dene? I was told about the zoo that once stood on the site of the park primary/middle school, but I hear that a battle took place on Eastern/Western Dene. I lived in the Dene when I was a boy of 12 years old. My mate and I were digging a hole in the back garden, when we came across some bones. We thought that a dog may have buried them, only to discover what we think were in fact human bones. I also dug up a brass door knocker which I took to High Wycombe museum. It was photographed and recorded, and a plaster mould of its face was taken. The face resembled a cat's face and whiskers. I still have it somewhere! If anybody reading this can help me with this history on the battle I would be grateful as this has interested me since then.
More About Hazlemere Cross Roads
I lived in Rushmoor Avenue until I was 8 (1957-65 )and then in Eastern Dene (1965-1974). When I was small, I used to accompany my mother on her shopping trips to Hazlemere crossroads (usually on foot). The chemists was called Seymour's. I think there was an off-license next to Seymour's and then the furniture shop which also sold records. Later on there was a chinese restaurant - near the Newsagents. I also remember the "Singing Kettle" café next to the garage (although I never went in). I went to primary school in Tyler's Green and used to come home on the bus. We had the same bus conductress for many years - her name was Nora. When I was 13 or 14, I had a Saturday job in Maggie Mae's which was run by a very nice old lady called "Auntie". In the afternoon, I used to take her dog for a walk and pick up a fresh cream Victoria sponge cake from Fords for our tea. There was a... Read more
PIGLET
We came to live in Downley Road in 1987 at The Barn which was in a bit of a state in those days. Wife, daughter, me and three cats. The very first memory I have is of our first weekend here when we thought we would quickly nip out to the back of the common to get our bearings for half an hour, and trudging back exhausted four hours later after getting hopelessly lost!
We spent the best part of 4 years improving and renovating during which time daughter Kim left and got a flat. Angie got a job at Bradenham Manor and the ship sailed on.
Naphill is a very nice place to live with some very decent people and we were very happy here. A retreat from the week's business. Someone actually told me that if you lived in Naphill, you'd made it!
Sadly Angie my wife passed away in 1994. Over the ensuing years I have changed jobs and come to terms with living... Read more
Childhood
My memory of Little Kingshill: I went to live with my aunty and uncle Mr and Mrs Kitchener in Ashwell Farm Cottage. My uncle worked up on Ashwell Farm. I used to sit out in my pram eating a bowl of veg. I went to Little Kingshill Schol, I loved it. Also I remember Daphne Heather in Heather's store. I remember Mrs Busswell, head of the school, also giving myself the best black eye ever by walking into a door at school. I would love to hear from anyone with more memories. EILEEN NEWTON
The Chequers
At the age of 16 I remember picking cherries on the trees (still existing in the photo and just shown to the left of the picture) while being too embarrassed/shy to acknowledge the presence of my first "girlfriend", Valery, on her bike below.
The Chequers was my fathers local from the mid twenties until the mid eighties. He hardly missed an evening's visit during the whole of that time, so the Chequers became a rather "looming" object throughout my childhood, rather like a third (naughty) parent. But it did provide the odd Vimto and packet of Smith's crisps in the late forties/early fifties.
