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Addington, the Parade c1965
Addington, the Parade c1965 Ref: A219080
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Year: 1969
Being born at Stanwell Moor living there A memory of Stanwell Moor, Middlesex The year I was born at Ashford Hospital my mother and father were tenants at the Hope public inn. June and John Nicholson and June's mother Beatrice Porter lived there and brought me up. Mrs Porter had once lived at Cheltham Villas, then the Hope pub. After 9 years here they moved to 130a Hithermoor Road for 10 years and then 19 Benen-stock Road for 10 years which is where I married my husband from, and we were married in Stanwell Church on the green. If anyone is reading this who knew or remembers me or any of the family please email me. We are now living in Plymouth, Devon. Thank you. We have lots of fond memories. Last edited: 24/05/2007 14:28 by Claire Manville |
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Year: 1950
Memories of Stanwell A memory of Stanwell, Middlesex I am a Stanwellian but I have lived in Sussex for 40 years. My memories of the village are the large mansion in Oaks Road almost opposite the entrance to the recreation park, now sadly owned by the airport! I was born at 1 Hymans Cottage, Oaks Road, long since pulled down. There was a large mansion as you go oout of the village towards the moor, right on the bend, it was called Stanwell Place, we kids back then called it Stanwell Palace, reason being it was formerly owned by the King of Iraq. We believed it was used as a meeting place by Winston Churchill during the war, like everywhere else pulled down after falling into disrepair, became a gravel pit, the gate house still stands. On a visit 18 years ago I went to my old junior school Lord Kynvetts, at least this one has not been pulled down, it's a listed building but sadly no longer a school. I was allowed in though and spoke to a young woman. I managed to tell a little bit of history, it was nice but at the same time depressing, we are always told never go back! Pursers Farm is a block of houses, in my youth it was a working farm, also Sherman's Farm and Cotterall's, all ceased. I remember when Heathrow was a tiny place because from Stanwell side it was fields, and the borstal boys from Feltham used to work on them. But when I think of Stanwell, it's still a village to me and not a place ruined by the airport. I almost forgot the fair coming to the village green, their caravans and wagons parked down Oaks Road and along the High street. This was the one time of the year when when the people from Stanwell Moor and village people got together, it was terrible when it was a Sunday, them days it was not allowed, one stall was put up but that was it, not like today. The buses that came from Staines turned around at the village green, no going down Bedfont Road, and there was not a Claire Road, that estate was still fields. Towards the middle 1950s they built Claire Road to house people from Bristol who were coming to work on the now much larger airport, enough said ... Last edited: 27/10/2008 09:46 by Darryll Seabourne |
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Year: 1954
First Day of School A memory of Egham, Surrey First Day of School Arriving at Egham Hythe Infants School, aged 5, and being placed in the care of Mrs. Spenser. There I remained for one entire term. Most of the faces in the classroom were new. Some of the names heard for the first time. Rex Aldwinkle, Richard Howard, Christine Addison, Jennifer Shore, Christine Vass. I am amazed that I remember these names as we were only in the same class one term. Mrs. Britton was the Headmistress. Wherever I went she seemed to be there. Was the school really that small? At break I learned about cigarette cards. I am now in my fifty third year of collecting them. I own over one million of them. Brooke Bond had just started issuing cards in tea packets - Frances Pitt's British Birds. And then it was Wild Flowers, Out into Space, Bird Portraits, British Wild Life and so on. Well I have them all, every variation ever issued, different papers, different backs, error cards. And I have all the foreign issues too. South Africa, Rhodesia, Ireland, Canada and the United States. I have all the albums too. With the cigarette cards as well, my collection fills two rooms in my house. And it all started that fateful day in 1954. I wonder if any readers recall this period of our lives. Is anyone else still collecting? I enjoyed Egham Hythe School. The lessons were very interesting and I always flourished. There seemed to be a much richer environment than at home. Yes that day started a journey that ended 20 years later when the Duchess of Kent conferred a Doctor of Philosophy degree on yours truly, and along the way the Queen Mother conferred a Bachelor of Science degree on me at the Royal Albert Hall. What a debt of gratitude I owe not only to Mrs. Spenser, but to Mrs. Edwards, Mrs. Corney, Mrs. Nicholls, Miss Brown, Miss Greene, Mr. Radford and Mr. Bullock. What wonderful teachers. And Miss Denyer and Mr. Hooper who taught Music and Sports. I used to live in Stephen Close and we all walked to school. There were so many of us coming from the Council Estate. It ended up that there were four of us from Stephen Close in the same class. Along with myself there were Chris Simkin, Jeff Hall and Janet Bavage. In the same year from Stephen Close there were Carol Hollick, Jennifer Usher, Malcolm Waine, Robert Phillips, David Bolton, Joey Griffith, Mick Tedder, and George Wells. And from the Estate were Roger Aldworth, Christine Powell, Valerie Yorke, Elizabeth Devey, John Hooper, Keith Capaldi, Ronnie Scammell, Andy Kirton, Terry Cox, Mick Costello, Richard Howard, David Hart, Christine Hayes, Bob Woodcock, Roger Prior, Nicholas Jones, Pat Kimber, Marilyn Cutter, Paul Orchard, Susan Hammond, Angelina Bentley, Jennifer Shore, Jean Parfitt, Hazel Markley, Brian Hill, Christine Addison and more whose names escape me. Stephen Close must have provided 10% of the intake in 1954, and the Estate close to 50%. No wonder that all of the extra classrooms were added. Sadly I only know the whereabouts of only a few of those contemporaries. Malcolm Waine and Tony Courtney are in Hampshire, Penny Andrews is in Scotland, Chris Simkin is in Fareham, Paul Edwards is in Egham, Richard Howard is in Datchet, Valerie Yorke is in Lincolnshire and Paul Orchard is in St. Leonards. How enjoyable it would be to meet them all once more. How about a 50th Anniversary Reunion for the class of 1960 in 2010? Posted: 09/02/2008 00:22 by Keith O'Brien Last edited: 13/11/2008 00:51 by Keith O'brien |
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 Egham, the Roundway c1950 (ref: E27002) |
Year: 1965
Egham A memory of Egham, Surrey I can remember Mullen's the Chemist, sawdust on the floor in the butchers which I would scoop up in a pile with my feet, the map where you could press a button and it would light up, the steam trains passing as I swung on the swings, Auntie Winnie at the sweet shop, buying second-hand scooters and peddling them home into The Crescent, going to the phone boxes outside the post office, Dr Sam Taylor and his Ford Zephyr - with the blue painted waiting room with just a bench I think (my memory may be playing tricks on me), being lifted to post mail in the letterbox down Grange Road, a plane on fire as I walked home from St Cuthbert's at Englefield Green . . . Last edited: 12/12/2007 16:38 by Deborah Roberts (nee Sellars) |
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Egham, the Roundway c1950 (ref: E27002) |
Year: 1965
Magna Carta A memory of Egham, Surrey The text to the Egham photographs calls Egham uninspiring. What it may lack in architectural merit (although there are gems if you look closely, perhaps an architect would care to enlighten the readers) is more than made up for by its place in history as the location for the signing of the Magna Carta by King John in 1215. This took place at Runnymede. There was a major celebration in 1965. This took place on the field just below the American Bar Association Memorial, one of three to be found in Runnymede, the others being the RAF Memorial and the John F Kennedy Memorial. The JFK Memorial was once damaged by the IRA who tried to blow it up. Appropriately the Magna Carta celebrations largely took place on Runnymede itself. There were jousting displays and various activities. I still have my replica Magna Carta written on fake parchment. Freddie Mills the boxer was supposed to attend. However, he died in mysterious circumstances which made headlines for days. Last edited: 29/05/2007 09:39 by Crispin Lancaster |
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