Nostalgic memories of Greenford's local history
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Displaying Memories 41 - 50 of 54 in total
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, 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 ...see more
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 ...see more
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.
My grandparents from both sides all lived in Ravenor Park Road from the 1940s onwards, Ernest and Phyllis Warren, my mum's parents lived about 5 doors away from Aubrey and Muriel Thurston, my dad's parent's, and that's how my parents met. Ernest had a haulage company which was situated in Greenway Gardens.
I remember playing in Ravenor Park and roller skating down the hill, and the rag and bone man doing his rounds ...see more
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 ...see more
I was born in Perivale and lived with my parents and grandparents in Greenford Road (no.283), just 2 doors along from Croyde Avenue. My Nan and Grandad owned the sweet shop in Greenford Market, where the buses used to start and finish from (Windmill Lane). My Dad was a bus driver at Southall Bus Garage and his buses would terminate there. I often used to work in the sweet shop with them on a ...see more
Wow! Thanks for those memories. A million miles away in rural East Anglia, remembering growing up in Greenford. Stanhope Infants and Juniors, Mr Bishop, Mrs Avery, anybody went there remember them? Sainsburys with, indeed, that decorated floor. And that certain smell of cheese, coffee and other delicious stuff. Yes, the covered market in Windmill Street - I used to go there every week for a ...see more
I lived in Locarno Road from 1954-1974. I remember clearly going to Saturday morning pictures at the Granada (later known as Tescos) and getting an ice cream from Creamery Fare afterwards. We used to go to Greenford community centre on a Friday evening to the disco. Ravenor Park was a favourite meeting place for friends. Toni's coffee bar seemed such a grown up place to go. I think I only ever had milkshakes. I ...see more
I was introduced to Morris Dancing in 1979 and remember my very first outing to play my piano accordian with the dancers of Whitethorn Morris was in December 1979 outside two pubs. I was a beginner and needed to read the "dots" of my tunes with a music stand in front of me - something I would not dream of doing now! The pubs were the Ballot Box on Horsenden Hill and The Black Horse towards ...see more