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 Pinner, Parked Cars c1960 (ref: P296030x) |
Year: 1960
The Queen's Head pub
Although the view is intended to show parked cars, I am looking past the VW Beetle and the Austin A35 van and gazing fondly at The Queen's Head! Many is the pint of beer or cider I have drunk here since the 1960's although I didn't really get interested in beer until after I left Pinner Grammar School in 1963. While I was at school I would cycle to and from my home in Hatch End past the pub! Posted: 07/11/2008 13:03 by John Howard Norfolk |
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 Pinner, Bridge Street c1955 (ref: P296012) |
Year: 1940s
Pinner Fair
I was born in Ruislip Gardens in 1939, we were moved to Pinner in 1940 due to the war and living next to Northolt Aerodrome. I lived in the area for 20 years before emigrating to Adelaide, South Australia in 1967. On a visit to UK in 1995 I was overjoyed to find that the fair was on on the very day I visited and I had a pint of Benskins best bitter (my old brew) in the Queen's Head to celebrate. My main memory as a child is of going to the annual fair every year. As the road was closed to traffic the buses had to turn round near the Vagabonds Hall. The Helter Skelter was always positioned on the forecourt of the old Red Lion and they had all the side shows with the Siamese twins (pickled piglets) and the bearded lady, two-headed snake etc. in front of the Langham Cinema. The 98 bus to Ruislip and the 98b to Uxbridge terminated at the Red Lion as did some of the 183's. My grandfather was married in the church at the top of the High Street whre they always had the crousel with the fairground organ in the centre on fair day. My mother worked in Woolworth's on the biscuit and sweet counters. Gordon Tomlinson. Last edited: 29/10/2008 14:12 by First Name Last Name |
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Pinner, Bridge Street c1955 (ref: P296012) |
Year: 1900s
Pinner Connections
"All buses going to Pinner in the 1950's had the destination "Pinner Red Lion" as there was an old pub of that name on the corner of Love Lane and Bridge Street." That old pub was where my grandmother was raised. Both my great grandfather and great-great grandfather were licensees of the Red Lion. Posted: 08/08/2008 06:04 by Geoff Drew |
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 Pinner, High Street c1960 (ref: P296029) |
Year: 1958
Pinner in the 1950''s
I remember so many of these shops. Bosworths was - I think - a dress shop managed by relatives of my good friend John Walker. A few doors down near the corner was the Victory pub and around the corner a bike shop where I got my punctures repaired for three shillings! This happened frequently as I rode my bike for six miles every day to and from Pinner Grammar School from my home in Hatch End. Further up the hill was a gents hairdressers and next to it a lovely antique shop - I remember going in there and buying a set of silver tea spoons as a present for my mother. On the opposite side of the road there is the Queen's Head pub - little changed in centuries I imagine! Last edited: 18/06/2008 10:28 by John Howard Norfolk |
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(ref: AF54662BL) |
Year: 1956
Pinner Red Lion
At the top left of this view is The Red Lion. The pub is no more. The name became so well known as the forecourt was the turning circle for London Transport buses on route 183. Passsengers would ask for "Pinner Red Lion" even years after the pub went and the conductors (!) always knew what you meant. I first saw the Red Lion on my bus journeys between home in Hatch End and Pinner Grammar School which I joined in 1956 at the age of 10. I imagine that the drivers and conductors nipped in for "a swift half" when the inspector was not there! I never once went in there myself - by the time I was older and interested in beer the Red Lion was demolished and replaced by shops called Red Lion Parade. That may be their postal address but I can't believe older Pinner villagers use the name. Residents with memories of the 1950's and even further back say "where The Red Lion used to be!". Last edited: 28/01/2008 12:06 by John Howard Norfolk |
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Pinner, Bridge Street c1955 (ref: P296012) |
Year: 1956
183 bus to the Pinner Red Lion
All buses going to Pinner in the 1950's had the destination "Pinner Red Lion" as there was an old pub of that name on the corner of Love Lane and Bridge Street. The bus in this photo has continued its journey having passed The Red Lion and is lumbering up Bridge Street towards The Langham Cinema at the top of the hill (the photographer is probably standing on the pavement in front of either the cinema or the adjacent post office). Perhaps it was a 183 going to Pinner Green (destination "The Bell") or to Northwood - or maybe a 98 or a 209 going to Hatch End and on to Wealdstone bus garage (209) or North Harrow (98)? The Red Lion is no more, having fallen victim to developers, and the only remaining clue to its existence is that the modern row of shops at the bottom of Bridge Street is named Red Lion Parade. If you now get on a bus and ask for Pinner Red Lion all you now get is a funny look but it used to be the most common destination for Pinner village. The pub forecourt provided a turning circle for 183 buses. The post office at the top of Bridge Street supplied large numbers of local teenagers with casual work at Christmas and I can remember several weeks of 5am starts in the delivery office sorting my bundles of letters and cards for my round. Happy days - and all for two shillings and fourpence farthing an hour! Last edited: 28/01/2008 12:12 by John Howard Norfolk |
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 Pinner, The Queens Head c1955 (ref: P296014) |
Year: 1966
A Traditional English Pub!
The Queen's Head is little changed - maybe a horse trough on the pavement but the front of the building is pure English village pub! It was the starting point for many a village pub crawl and some fun times pushing wheelbarrows of tipsy teenage friends on charity fundraising days in the 1960's. Some of the black and white photographs of these adventures can still be seen hanging on the wall in the gents at the back of the pub to this day! Little did I realise back in 1966 that forty years later I would still be calling at the Queen's Head but instead of pushing a wheelbarrow I would be playing an accordian for the Whitethorn Morris Dancers! It has been a popular venue for morris dancers and mummers - particularly on St George's Day - April 23rd. Posted: 08/01/2007 17:14 by John Howard Norfolk |
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 Pinner, High Street c1955 (ref: P296002) |
Year: 1956
The gents'' barbers in Pinner High Street
This 1955 view of Pinner High Street brings back my memories of haircuts after school. About half way "up" the High Street on the right is a gents' barbers. During my schooldays at Pinner Grammar School from 1956 to 1963 I would stop at the barbers' shop every two weeks (!) on my way home. If I cycled furiously I could get to Pinner before the 209 bus and therefore beat the queue. If my distant memory serves me accurately I paid 10d when I began in the first form in 1956. My mother would give me a shilling with very strict instructions that I was to tell the barber to keep the change - this I think was due to her own years as a ladies' hairdresser in the 1930s and 1940s when she relied on tips. The Pinner barbers obviously did not like cutting childrens' hair as they allowed any adults to go straight to the front of the queue. Sometimes I would wait nearly an hour if I was really unlucky and the 209 bus beat me to Pinner plus any adults who walked in at 5pm and were cut before me! And of course those men who popped in to buy those essentials for "the weekend" which made the barbers stop work and rush to their till at the front of the shop. I was too honest - I should have withheld the 2d tip to show how dissatisfied I was with my long wait! Last edited: 05/04/2008 14:14 by John Howard Norfolk |
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