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Middlesex memories
1940's
We moved into Colindale avenue in 1943 shortly after the tube station was bombed. My father was a guard on the northern line. I spent many happy days with my many friends playing in the police college grounds on the anti aircraft guns that were there. Together with my best friend Douglas who lived in Booth rd we wandered for hours in the "back". An area of waste land behind the lower part of the houses in lower Sheaveshill Avenue. When the hospital was hit by a V1 in July 1944 our house which was next door to the hospital entrance was badly damaged and we were evacuated. Dad had chickens in the back yard and together with his allotment we ate well despite severe rationing. He used the Anderson Air Raid shelter in the back garden for growing mushrooms.
I went to Hendon County Grammar School travelling to Hendon Central daily on the Underground.
They were carefree days despite the war and we walked,unafraid ,for miles around... Read more
1940's
We moved into Colindale Avenue in 1942 shortly after the Tube station was bombed. I and my two brothers spent many happy days playing in the park opposite the station. I still keep in touch with friends that I made 60 years ago and we remember the long walks that we made around the aerodrome past five ways corner to Mill Hill and back through Burnt Oak. I later played cricket in Sunnyhill Fields for a local amateur team. The "back", an area of wasteland behind the houses in lower Sheaveshill Avenue and the tube line was where I had my first kiss!
When the hospital was hit by a V1 in July 1944 we were evacuated to Cambridgeshire as our house was very badly damaged. fortunately the Morrison Table Shelter saved our lives.
Despite the war we had a carefree life walking for miles and staying out in all weathers.
I left in 1959 later migrating to Australia in 1961 with my wife and family. unfortunately I have not... Read more
1940's And 50's
We moved to Colindale Avenue in 1942 shortly after the house was repaired from bomb damaged. Friends were quickly made and I spent many happy days playing in the park opposite the Tube station. The Police grounds were also a spot for games and we played on the anti aircraft gun that was near to the aerodrome.
Dad had an allotment on the side of the Underground which gave us access to the Police training grounds. In 1944 a Liberator bomber crash landed and that became a "toy" for us.
After the hospital was hit by a V1 flying bomb we were evacuated as our house was badly damaged from the blast. I remember the American airmen who were stationed at Hendon Aerodrome marching up the road to help those who were in the hospital. Unfortunately several people were killed.
I saw my very first TV set in the hospital. It had been presented to the nurses before the war and ,of course, I had no... Read more
Childhood Days
We moved to Colindale Avenue in 1942 shortly after the house had been repaired following a bomb hitting the tube station. I remember the acres of allotments stretching from Colindale ave to Colindeep lane past the British museum newspaper library. The good times that I spent with friends playing in the small park next to those allotments and the Titanine paint factory. The many lomg walks that we took up Colindeep Lane, over the tube lines and under the railway lines fron St. Pancras to the north. Playing cricket in sunnyhill fields and walking around Hendon Aerodrome to Mill Hill past five ways corner and then down through Burnt Oak , along Booth Rd and then home.
The war years and playing on an antiaircraft gun in the police college training fields. the V1 that hit the hospital in July 1944 and our subsequent evacuation to our Grandmothers in Cambridgeshire. The American servicemen stationed at hendon and the chewing gum that they gave to us kids.
We walked and rode... Read more
Taylors on Port Hill
This is where my father (1924) and grandfather (1896) were born, their cottages were just round the corner slightly further up the hill, Gt Grandfather (1844) rented 2 cottages for his family of himself, his wife and 9 children, when Grandad married he evntually moved to the cottage near where the car is with his wife and my Dad. It is larger so it was as he got a little better off!
The wooden stable buildings next to the Reindeer pub they rented for storage for their business of wholesale fruitereres and greengrocers.
They also had the use of the pub yard.
Swimming Lessons
I went to Roe Green school, living in Princes Ave. We had to walk across the grass to the pool to have swimming lessons, very cold water, but great fun. Funnily enough my sister and I have been recalling our lives in the area recently. She went to Kingsbury County, while I went to Orange Hill, all the shops have changed og course but the basic layout is still the same. It appeared countrified back then.
The church is where our parents married , we were christened. A lovely church.
I would be interested to hear from anyone who lived in the area then.
Plume Family History
Having researched my family tree recently, I discovered that my great great great great great grandparents came from Great Amwell. Their names were Edward Plume and Mary Veers. They lived there for many years and had nineteen children. I visited Great Amwell today for the first time, and thought it was a very pretty and peaceful place. My Plume ancestors are buried in the churchyard on the right hand side of the path leading to the church. I do know that Edward was a collar maker and had a property and land near to or in the village, and also a business in Enfield, which he left to my great great great great grandfather Jeremiah. I would love to know if anyone knows where the property stood, or has any knowledge of any later history of the Plumes in Great Amwell. I would have thought that maybe some of the many children they had may have descendants still living around the area. I do know that Jeremiah was a... Read more
