Living In And Near Heston In The Early Sixties

A Memory of Heston.

I spent most of my early life just on the borders of Heston and southall, as my father was a male nurse working for the ministry and our house came with his job, back in the fifties, I and my mum and dad lived at boundary close, norwood green up until the early sixties when my dad retired and we moved to Heston, my parents bought a house in Hogarth gardens Heston a lovely road with nice neighbours, I was already attending the Heston secondary school, where I stayed on an extra couple of years to finish a commerce course, learning to type and use shorthand, with our teacher mrs. joyce. our headmaster was mr. whitley at that time, can remember many people from school, some names can't remember but some I do such as, jean tait, gwwen evans, gweneth Thomas, carol gooding, stella clements, Pamela davis and many more. susan hynes and myself used to go to Heston swimming club one night a week and her dad would give us a lift home to boundary close, on his motorbike and sidecar. I also remember the riding stables there was three in the area, mary delares at norwood green the wolf stables with jimmy styles and the lamb riding stables with Sylvia coles. used to go to st. marys church in tentelow lane, sunday school, and used to march there in the morning once a month with the brownies and girlguides, as I was a browny then. I remember all the shops at Heston and the sweet shop on the end of the parade where susan and I would buy some sherbert and liqurise after having spent a Saturday in the swimming baths.
My grandparents lived on the great west road at lampton, my grandmother used to breed and do obedience classes with her Alsations, and had her dog training lessons at osterly village hall. I now live in Northumberland. but miss the old days of Heston and surrounding area
janet smith