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i went to wheatley primary with Mr Evans the head ,remember walking in classes for dinner in bell lane, then going to wheatley secondary school can remember standing in entrance hall waiting for the Head Mr Anson to ...Read more

A memory of Wheatley by glyn.plested

Walking along the London Road, in all weathers to the primary school in Church Road, Dodds shop opposite and if we had been good we could buy a penny sweet or a jamboree bag. We had our dinners in Bell Lane, all sat on benches, ...Read more

A memory of Wheatley in 1966 by Susan Matthews

Brent Street was a typical suburban or small town high street. There were no really large stores but a selection of individual shops. The range of shops was remarkable with several grocers, bakers, greengrocers, ...Read more

A memory of Hendon in 1948 by John Barnes

On the 1887 map of Alconbury and its surroundings, there is a reference to the area between Alconbury and Alconbury Weston on Alconbury Brook as being 'Liable to Flooding'. This would have also applied to ...Read more

A memory of Alconbury in 1950 by Barry W J Chandler

I use to live in Bell Lane at Braycrest. It was a pair of houses built by Jack Hylands I was told. They owned property in the Warrington area and would go out every Friday evening to collect the rents. They had a dog - white chow ...Read more

A memory of Thelwall in 1966 by Ally Whittaker

My brother Don Quarterman sent me to this web site. What an amazing collection of photographs! So I have to talk about two that show the house we grew up in, Mulberry Cottage. The earlier one shows ...Read more

A memory of Wheatley in 1953 by Philip Quarterman

The stretch of road we see is called Bell Lane.  Bell Lane curves back to Bristol Rd. The big house partly seen in the distance is Bell House which has quite a history.To it's left goes Bell Holloway (still fairly unaltered) and to ...Read more

A memory of Northfield in 1930 by Donald Cook

I went to a school called Fedsden Hall, in Roydon in Essex, in 1950-53. It was a wonderful place run by Mrs. Katherine Clare. Mrs. Clare lived in a big, beautiful Georgian house on the property, with her husband, who I ...Read more

A memory of Roydon by canadagoose

I used to live in Bell Lane from when my parents moved there aroudn 1960 and moved out in 1977. This corner was known as Rachel's Corner and it was said that Bell Cottage was haunted. Rachel hanged herself on a tree after her lover didn't ...Read more

A memory of Thelwall in 1971 by Ally Whittaker

I lived at 11 Lodge rd 1950/1960 the photo brings back so many memories as my dad was projectionist at the ABC Golders Green but only ever remember the cinema on corner referred to, as the Odeon, there was also the Classic (now shops) & the ...Read more

A memory of Hendon by Alan Davis