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Leather Repairs in Butterfly Lane Near Letchmore Heath
I have been a piano accordian player with Whitethorn Morris for almost 30 years and sometimes I need help in getting repairs done! In the summer of 2004 I managed to snap the leather straps of my accordian - not through any accident, just simply the wear and tear of many years music! I found a local man to help me: the replacement straps were made by a local leatherworker craftsman – Gary - on a farm in Butterfly Lane, Elstree.
I am very pleased with both colour and comfort and can recommend him for any bespoke leatherwork or repairs. Just remember to allow enough time as he loves to keep you waiting while he talks! My wife, Elizabeth, and I were there for more than an hour on the first visit, and about two hours when I went to collect the straps – his bill included an accordian lesson from me!
Its a real joy to find such rural crafts are still kept alive... Read more
The Three Horseshoes
What a strange name for a pub! This has been the venue for much morris dancing over a great many years as the Three Horseshoes fronts on to a typically rural English village scene: an odd shaped green, a war memorial and a duck pond.
I have been playing my piano accordian for Whitethorn Morris for almost thirty years and for much of that time our dancers - including my wife Elizabeth - have made merry with music and dancing on the pub forecourt. This year, 2008, we celebrated the dance team's 31st "birthday" with a celebration dance at the Three Horsehoes followed by tea and cakes in the village hall. It was a beautifully warm sunny day at the end of September and great fun. The villagers came out from their cottages to watch, the pub served good beer and fine food, the ducks quacked loudly on the pond and conkers and horse chestnut leaves lay thick on the ground. Lovely memories of a day spent with... Read more
Radlett Prep
I attended Radlett Prep between 1958 and 1965. It was located in a converted three storey Edwardian house on the corner of Hillside Avenue and Aldenham Grove, and has since been converted back to a private residence. Aldenham Grove was close to the nearby Aldenham Lodge mansion which was located at the top end of The Drive near what is now Lodge End. Aldenham Lodge had become a hotel which advertised all post-war mod cons including "...television, billiards, riding from our own stables, Swimming (club membership) and fully licensed Saturday Dinner Dances". Radlett Prep held exciting summer swimming galas in their substantial outdoor pool. The whole edifice was sadly demolished in 1964, putting an end to those sun-drenched grand galas with its reward of small bags of plain crisps with tiny blue bags of salt. Radlett Prep's Edwardian House was built on land sold off by the owners of Aldenham Lodge in 1910 for development. Radlett Prep was owned and run by a Mr and Mrs Bishop who lived in... Read more
Nostalgic Memories of Radlett
I was born in London in 1954 and loved visiting my grandparents who lived in Rose Walk. My first memory during the late 50's was the sight of Radlett Station, it was always well tended, with large painted tyres filled with flowers. The lady station mistress knew my sister and I, and would help us down from the train where we'd meet our lovely grandma. It was a long walk to the other end of Radlett, but how we loved staying there. I remember going shopping with grandma, the cobblers, fishmongers, the greengrocers (who had a rough collie, Sheba?) They'd deliver all her fruit & veg. Visits to the Co-op I think it was, a mini supermarket, where in the meat section you'd buy the meat and get a ticket, which was handed to a woman through a little window of her office where you'd pay. The pub near their house was the cat and fiddle, and just past that was a lovely bluebell wood, which led to the park.... Read more
School Days
I am not quite sure of the year, but I attended Radlett Girls School which was at the bottom of Loom and the A5. I used to walk to and from school, sometimes through the village and up Aldenham Road. I passed shops and old Mr Allen who was a cobbler would be sitting in the window mending shoes and would wave to me. My birth family have lived in Radlett for over a hundred years the surname is Picton and all but one have moved away. I love visiting Radlett as it brings back many memories, like balancing on the tiny wall outside the Post Office and on a Saturday buying a pennies worth of stale cakes from Freestones. They made my wedding cake, after I had been to the library, generally getting a big book about Marmalade the cat. I worked in Olney's the shoe shop on The Terrace from 1966 to 1969 and my boss taught me all I needed to know about shoe fitting. I enjoyed... Read more
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