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Newgate Street maps
Historic maps of Newgate Street and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Newgate Street maps
Newgate Street photos
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Potters Bar| Cheshunt| Turnford| Wormley| Broxbourne| Hertford| Hatfield| Waltham Cross| Forty Hill| South Mimms| Hoddesdon| Welwyn Garden City| Bengeo| Enfield| Hadley| Rye House| Cockfosters| Oakwood| Waterford| Grange Park| Amwell Hill| Nazeing| Great Amwell| High Barnet| Barnet| Bush Hill| Bush Hill Park| Stanstead St Margarets| Lemsford| Waltham Abbey
Newgate Street area books
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Fond Memories of 1950s Goffs Oak
I was born in 1945 at the end of the Second World War at was then 3 Park Villas, Goff's Lane, the home of my grandmother, Alice Emma James. House renumbering during the 1950s resulted in the house becoming 393 Goff's Lane. I was delivered by the district nurse, Nurse Gilbert from across the road. My mother had been evacuated there with my sister, Doreen, in order to escape the bombings of East London and we all returned to London when I was 6 weeks old. My sister went to St. Mary's Church and the local school. The house was also the home of my aunt, Lillian Hill and my uncle, David James. Lillian worked at Cuthbert's Seed Merchants further along the lane and David worked at Steven's Nursery in Burton Lane. My memories of the place start from about 1950 when undertaking visits during school holidays. Growing up in East London meant that Goff's Oak was my first introduction to the country. In those days the village was very quiet with... Read more
Goffs Oak 1965 +
A 20 year old new mum and a brand new mobile home at Goffs Oak House in the heart of the village! Surrounded by huge trees, lawns and winding paths, the bassinette pram - what else after all? - was eased 2 feet down through a narrow door into the garden each morning for baby Sally's appreciation of trees, birds, squirrels and sunshine! Her baptism at the local country church drew family and friends, baby clinic in the village hall opposite, meeting another mum, older than me whose father had taught my father at Chatham House School, Ramsgate in the 1930s! A very sweet GP nearby, so necessary in such circumstances. Nursery Trades down the road - extensive greenhouses stretching across nearby fields, walks in country lanes. The Jones family with same age baby and a huge red setter called Dino! The LLoyd Jones family with another same age baby, both becoming my daughter's first friends! Always wondering what went on in the Baptist Church,... Read more
John Cull
I am trying to find details of my grandfather's nursery business in the Chesthunt area. He had long retired in the years I lived with him in Flamstead House in Flamstead End. I have managed to fit in many details but nothing has shown up about his Nursery. I think he sold out to one of the big local names. Any information would be marvellous.
Oakmere
I have found a painting of Oakmere House, Potters Bar dated 1935. I believe the house is now a Beefburger Resaurant. There is a clearer view of the house from across the lake, there is the large pine tree & smaller trees on the right of photp, the trees & bushes on the left have not yet grown. It is an interesting painting relating to a modern photo. I can be contacted on 07752033574 if you are interested.
Oakmere House
I am trying to find out any info on Oakmere house.
Was it a Convelecent/hospice in the 1950's?
I may have had a relative that stayed there in the past and would be grateful for any info.
Oakmere House
As a young boy, together with some of my friends we went fishing in the lower lake and one winter, 1938 or 1939, we went ice skating on the lower lake. In those days I lived in Park Avenue. Also, during the Second World War, Oakmere House held dances. I went to one or two when on leave. I think that the owners of the estate, pre-Second World War, were named Forbes. After the war the park was open to the public.
The Ritz Cinama
At the end of Darkes Lane, on the corner of Byng Drive, the Ritz Cinema was built and opened in 1934. My father was the cinema foreman from then until 1939. It had an elevated organ and songs were played on it with the words displayed on the cinema screen. In spite of numerous air raid warnings, as far as I know, it never closed. The National Anthem was always played at the end of the evenings show.
The cinema was eventually closed and converted into a supermarket.
