Nostalgic memories of Hendon's local history
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For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.
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Being born in the front room of 7 First Avenue (which runs between Finchley Lane and Victoria Road) in September 1945 and living at that address until 1970 approximately, but my mother (Mary) and Father (Len) lived there until their death in 1985, one could say, that makes me an 'Old Hendonian'. I remember all the cinemas mentioned and the parks that were all our playgrounds. I worked for George and Colin ...see more
I am 93. During WW2 I used to go to Hendon's excellent public library in the evening after school to do my homework. It was a half hour walk from there to where we lived in Kingsbury.
I lived at 11 Lodge rd 1950/1960 the photo brings back so many memories as my dad was projectionist at the ABC Golders Green but only ever remember the cinema on corner referred to, as the Odeon, there was also the Classic (now shops) & the Gaumont (now a gym). Lodge Rd, as I remember, had an express dairy & stables at the bottom next to a flour store that served the lovely bakery on the corner, the electric co was at ...see more
This photo would have been taken at the north end of Brent Street just below where the road divided to go round some big old trees. It is looking towards Parson Street beyond the junction with Church Road and Finchley Lane. As a schoolboy in the early 1960s, I would catch the 83 bus home from the stop on the left-hand side of the picture. The fare was a ha'penny half, as I remember. The shop with the awning just beyond the ...see more
Even though I was born a good ten-years after the second world war, Hendon was my home town. I loved it there. I attended Algernon Infant and Junior school, then onto St Mary's in the Downage. I always loved Hendon, but on a visit there to attend a funeral, I was shocked to see the state of the town. There was no feeling of community, all the shops in West Hendon were either boarded up or shut. I couldn't wait to ...see more
In the 1900s the site of the 'Fountain' (Frith H397067) was then known as 'The Burroughs Pond' and was/is sited at the crossroads of The Burroughs, Station Road and Watford Way, back then it was open ended at ground level so that horses could stop there for a drink; if they were towing a cart then that could be driven through too.
In the 1920s when the Watford Way was built up and improved for motor traffic the ...see more
The hotel was situated on Brent Street, the North side of the A406 North Circular Road in Hendon. I had a friend whose mother was Scottish, and his father was German with the surname Krupp who was Head Waiter at the hotel; at the start of the Second World War he was interned to the Isle of Man for the duration of the war.
In 1943-44-45 I used to deliver early morning newspapers to the hotel.
Re the ...see more
During the Second World War 'Lord Haw-Haw' announced over the wireless from Germany that the clock atop of the Hendon Technical College was showing the 'Wrong Time!'.
I am too young to know about this building but I found a stamp print of it and I am trying to find out about this building and what happened to it.