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Nostalgic memories of Rickmansworth'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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Displaying Memories 11 - 14 of 14 in total

My Homes
I lived in the high street from 1947 till about 1963 first at No37 then at No65
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Added 29 January 2008

Ah, Summer !
Each summer we would set off, my mam and dad and I and the dog, Raq, in our 1938 Morris 8 to travel from Hartlepool to Rickmansworth to stay with Uncle Charlie and Aunt Sally Charters who had the grocery shop in Norfolk Road (number 55, I think it was). It was a huge adventure every year, setting off at 6 a.m. and travelling down the A1, stopping for tea on the cobbles at Biggleswade, just beneath the house martins' ...see more
Rickmansworth, the Splash, Bury Road c1955
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Added 15 January 2008

Saturday Morning Pictures At The Odeon
School days were OK but on Saturday morning the walk/run from Croxley Green down into Ricky was always an adventure. We would go down Scots Hill or down the track opposite the church at the bottom of the Green and come out by the cinema we called the flea pit. Then a short walk into the town.  Normally what seemed like hundreds of children would be gathered at the rear of the Odeon  waiting ...see more
Rickmansworth, High Street c1950
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Added 15 December 2006

Walking In The River
From the concrete slab bridge by the watercress beds to the park near Scots Hill we would wade in the river with bare feet, I was only nine years old then. The river bed was a fine golden grit that was easy to walk on. The water was always clean and clear with minnows and bullheads in abundance. We frequently saw Kingfishers darting into the water for the minnows. The water weed waved in long flowering ...see more
Rickmansworth, Chess Valley 1903
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Added 13 December 2006