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Dreams of Heaven
My memories are of the ending of the war, the German one in the Second World War. My family and I went to a VE party down the Greenford Road in Kings Avenue, I was about 7 years old at the time and while I was dancing with my elder sister, my elastic broke in my knickers and I was trying to hold them up and trying to tell my sister what had happened and she took not the slightest bit of notice of me and carried on dancing. The music was provided by a man an a piano dragged from someone's front room, and, apart from the worry of my knickers, that evening was one of the best memories of my life, my family was together and all was right with the world. Eileen
My Memories of Greenfordin The 1950s And 1960s
We actually lived in Northolt Grange but our cousins, the Barltetts, lived in Stanhope Road, Greenford (does anyone remember them?). I worked from the age of 8 or 9 for Ron and Stella Valente who owned Toni Milk Bar (very near the police station end). What at fantastic couple they were, they named me 'Corporal', I was like their son (they had not children) and I was there till I left school at Vincent Secondary in Northolt. I used to actually make the ice cream when I was 11 and serve it at the window, as well as serving coffee and sandwiches inside. Ron had, I think, 6 or 7 vans, and he had a white Zephyr car, reg. no 230 XMD, how strange I can remember that! Can anyone remember the coffee bar? There was another one on the Greenford Road called 'Creamery Fare'.
We used to stay with my cousins, me and my brother Andy, their names wer David, Steven, Carole and Brenda, does anyone remember them? We... Read more
Dear Greenford And Friends.
I remember Girl Guides with my friend Wendy Hobson at the Holy Cross Churches and Evensong at 6:30PM on Sundays. Yes Wendy, I remember after the 9AM mass we would go over to Bethem hall after service to set up for Parish Breakfast. Also, my mother would take us up to Greenford Broadway to buy some sweets, and she would buy some lovely smelling bread. I, and my two sister, Joan and Ann would walk back with eager anticipatin. I have may memories of my home town and I am still in contact with my God mother's sone Philip Green who still lives in a flat with a beautiful view of the Holy Cross Churches even now. When we came back from schol holidays, my sisters and I would go accross the road to visit with my dearest God mother.
We had pantomines in our 1st Greenford girl guides and Wendy and I were in Alladin and My Joan sister played Alladin, Wendy was the... Read more
Greenford And Northolt
I remember Greenford so well. I was born in Ealing in 1943, and moved to a prefab at Invicta Grove in Northolt in about 1950. Greenford was just a bus journey away from home, and a walk on a sunny day. I remember the Expresso coffee shop just round the corner from Woolworth's. I used to go in there every month to get my 'top of the pops' album. I also worked at Greenford Glassworks, as a windscreen fitter on the Greenford Road. I remember the market where the buses turned round. I used to change buses there on my way to see my grandparents in Hanwell. Every weekend we would go to either of the two cinemas there. One we called 'the flea pit', on the other side of the road was the bank. The other one was where the supermarket is now. I also used to go to the live show watching all the pop stars of that time, Gene Vincent, Marty Wild, The Tornados...you don't see shows like that any more. There... Read more
Cuckoo Estate
Has anyone got any photos of the prefabs on Cuckoo Estate? I would love to see them. I lived on the estate as a small child and my memories are vague, it would be nice to refresh them. Also just outside of the estate I seem to remember an avenue with trees either side, at the end of the avenue was an old building with what i can only presume had old dungeons or cells. My brothers and I used to play in this building, can anyone shed some light on what this building was?
Lisa
Lisa, papers at Ealing local history library, Ealing Broadway...yes, all mermories...music shop, Oldfield, there to 180 at least litten pub went...all little greengrocer,stands,,,by stanhope..sainsbury was there for new one open day 1975...pipe shop on corner opposite closed market,,,,,postoffice fishchip shop..shoe repair corner by buses at brent bridge,,flooded 1980ish police in row boats..no cars get through costons flooded again.....old corner parafin ironmongers old there to 1980ish..opposite police station..hills ravenor.carnival fete....................library.............shoe shops bakers sweets.....butchers along front..cafe bus men used.......................woolies.............greenford hall.church...up rd church bombed 2nd war and mornington rd lunchtime weekday no airraid warning bombed.....stanhope old primary school top mansell rd.........keats around kings rd cherry double blousy dark pink thick heavy blossom....
Things I Remember
Greenford market, that's where the buses terminated. If you were quick you could jump off the back of a bus at the corner when it turned into Windmill Lane, that way if the bus was going further than the market it saved you walking back - always good if you lived at Stanhope Road. There was a fruit stall opposite the market as well as the big one on the Greenford Road. Does anyone remember the little fruit stall next to the sweet shop by Stanhope School? I had many a jubbly from that sweet shop. You could get milk in pyramid-shaped cartons from there too. They had a machine outside on the wall that sold bread, I only remember that because many a time going past it I found change that people had left in it (right next to a sweet shop, go figure!). We got Mickie Milkshakes from a machine on the Greenford Road. How about Boxalls, I think it was called that, thats' where we went for... Read more
Millet Road
My grandparents moved to no 7 Millet Road - the Allinsons - lovely bungalow, lots of memories. My parents, me and my children all spent a lot of time there, my brother bought it in the end till they moved out.
