Nostalgic memories of Heston's local history
Share your own memories of Heston and read what others have said
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.
Why not add your memory today and become part of our Memories Community to help others in the future delve back into their past.
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Displaying Memories 1 - 10 of 21 in total
It was good to see people's memories of Heston, as I spent much of my childhood there. My father was manager of a branch of grocers called Platts Stores Ltd, Norwood Green, although we were on the corner of Fern Lane Heston and Crosslands Avenue which came under Norwood Green. There were 3 shops in our parade, Platts, a newsagents cum sweetshop and Stowells wine shop, where my best friend Sylvia Merton lived. I ...see more
I was born in 1956 when my parents (Dennnis & Ena Barr) lived at 10, Lime Tree Road, Lampton. Like someone else here, my paternal grandparents were in Hogarth Gardens and I started school at Heston Infants. My main memory of the school was getting the ruler across my hand for sticking drawing pins in a new bench in the playground! My parents divorced in the early 60s and Mum and I went to live with Nan in Cambridge Road, ...see more
I lived down fern lane at number 86, we moved there from cotingham in East Yorkshire when I was five, I went to norwood green infants and then junior school failed the 11plus and went to Heston secondary where I had the best five years of my life, not just at school but out of school with my pals, at the swimming baths and at the gravel pits as well.
I was born in West Middlesex hospital in 1953. At the time my parents lived with my grandparents in The Alders down Fern Lane. We lived there for at least two years until my brother was born and then we went to live with my aunt and uncle in Parkside Road in Hounslow. My cousins and my brother and I had many happy years there. We all went to Grove Road School and our spare time was spent at Inwood Park. I can remember us all ...see more
Born 1944 I grew up in a house on the Great West Road, between Springwell Lane and the Broadwalk. My first great adventure: a tricycle with which I nearly broke the legs of several pedestrians. Springwell infants' school on what had been Blackberry Farm and became a building site for much needed housing. Headmistress Miss Parnell (or was it Burnell? I never did know) - who gave us such a good start with her modern approach to ...see more
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 ...see more
Can anyone remember a film being made outside the Crossways Shops? Everyone had to stand in front of the shops and wait for cars to come along. We were told not to move or cheer or anything else. I remember standing outside the cake shop with my mum. I never did discover what that was all about.
Carrol Beasley (nee Baldry from Sutton Square, Heston)
I was born in West Middx Hospital in July 1942 and lived in Vicarage Farm Rd from then until about 1960. Went to Springwell Infants then onto Heston Junior School. Failed the 11+ so went to Heston Secondary Modern.Great teachers Mr Songi (woodwork)Mr Pusey (metalwork) Mr Parsons,Mr Thron and Mr Thomas the Headmaster. The summer before going to HSM I found my love of cricket in Heston Park.A lad named Jimmy Warman ...see more
This memorial stands at the junction of Heston Road and New Heston Road. The church is on the opposite side of the road. During the early 60s the mods on their scooters used to meet up at the church car-park in the evenings.
I remember Mrs Ballard at the hairdressers in The Crossways. I did some hair modelling for her at one time when she employed a hairdresser called Freda. We went up to London and Freda won a certificate with my hairstyle which was a bit space age. I lived in Sutton Square and went to Heston Infants and Junior School. I remember the summers in the 'back park' which had quite an amount of swings etc. We ...see more
