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Historic maps of Kingsbury and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Kingsbury maps
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Dear Dear Old Kingsbury
Oh so many memories! Where does one start? Looking at this photo I remember the milk dispensing machine outside the Express Dairy shop. I think it was 6d you'd put in, and after a lot of rumbling, out would come a small 'bottle' of ice cold milk (glass too!). Of course we all remember Saturday morning pictures at the Gaumont, where us boys would try to sit next to our favourite female; after being let in through the back door!
I remember well the Welsh Harp rubbish dump, where most of us (having no money) would go to get bits to build a bike. If you were lucky you'd build one with 'cowhorn' handlebars and race it around the cinder track in West Hendon Park, near the old (now gone) swimming pool. The Welsh Harp, yes, how many of us nearly drowned on the rafts that we'd make to 'sail the seven seas?' The Welsh Harp seemed like the seven seas to us little folk then. What a wonderful place... Read more
Fryant School - Church Lane - Wartime...
I remember the war time in Kingsbury - I lived in Deanscroft Avenue. Do you remember Mr Phillpot the local plumber - I am his daughter - I married in 1958 and moved away. Dad served in the ARP during the war time and was based at Eton Park (I think that is the name) does anyone remember him?
From When I Was Born to 15 Years of Age.
I was born in Brampton Road 1950. I went to Roe Green School. I remember Standford's the little sweet shop where we could buy four shrimps & four black jacks & four flying saucers for 3d. I would go to a house in Brampton Road and play with my friend Johnny Eaton, his big sister was often there Shirley (Goldfinger ) but didn't know at the time she was a star in the making. My big sister and I used to play with our home made bows and arrows opposite Woolworths - in the trees before the shops where there. I enjoyed Saturday morning pictures and still have a picture from the local press of my mates and I reading a telegram from Lord Rank on the celebration of the 18th anniversary of the Gaumont Club for boys & girls. Went on to Tylers Croft and enjoyed my days there, I was a good gymnast then and so Mr Williams or Mr Symonds would let me... Read more
Amateur Dramatics
Remember doing 'Billy Liar' in church hall. Any other thespians out there?
Kingsbury Green
Corner of Kingsbury Road, Church Lane and Buck Lane. I remember it well with Bryant's newsagent on the corner.
Holy Innocents
Holy Innocents in Kingsbury Rd, adjacent to Oliver Goldsmiths Primary School. I attended there and brought my daughter back from Australia to be christened in Holy Innocents.
Kingsbury 1938 -1951
Wow, what a page to have. I lived in Kingsbury from 1938 when I was born till the family moved to Canada in1951. My first school was Roe Green. When the 2nd world war ended, all those that lived on the other side of Kingbury Road were sent to Old Church Lane Primary. There was a tuck shop on the lane where we use to buy ice cream wafers and licorice root. After Church Lane I went to Claremont Secondary Model off Kenton Road and then it was off to Canada. I still can't figure why we moved. We had a nice house, my Dad had work, but we did. I could go on forever. Kingsbury pool in the good summers. The wire baskets we put our clothes in, laying on those "huge" tarmac steps picking our initial in the tar with our clothes tag pin. Getting plain bread and jam at the windon on the left side of the dance hall for a penny and finally buying bryllcreem from the... Read more
An Old Book
I purchased this nice old book in a town in Australia today, and inside there was a little certificate: "Holy Innocents Kingsbury Sunday School Prize - Awarded to Richard Francis - Ist Prize - Boys Division, Class I, Christmas 1903" and signed by the vicar (A G Locke? I think it says). I just found this very interesting and was wondering if anyone had any other information about it. (I'm a historian; I love these kinds of things.) I was also wondering if this was the church in question. I think it is the only church named such in such town, but still. :) (The book is 'In The Wilds of Florida' by W.H.G. Kingston, by the way.)
