Nostalgic memories of Hounslow's local history
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Displaying Memories 91 - 100 of 125 in total
In the '50s and '60s we lived at the 'bottom' end of Hanworth Road, near the Crematorium, so most of our shopping was done either in Feltham, or more locally "up at the Mount". (The shops by the Rex cinema).
When it came to clothes shopping though, especially shoes, we always went to Hounslow.
Every other shop in Hounslow was a shoe shop (literally!).
After Saturday morning pictures Mum used to drag us up one side of ...see more
About 1963 I used to visit the Odeon and was allowed to play the Compton Organ. I became friendly with Don Galloway (the second projectionist) who also played the organ. He emigrated to South Africa in around 1965, and we lost touch. I remember he played for the cinema shows occasionally. Another friend of mine, Ron Rogers of High Wycombe, was resident organist at one time.
If I am right, this was a confectionary shop on the junction joining of Hanworth Road and Cromwell Road. Can anyone shed more light on this? What happened to it later?
I was seconded to 10 Signals Regiment in November 1971 from my Territorial Army engagement with 39 Signals and spent the best part of a foggy, cold and hard working long month training with their NCO's on the Regular Army "Junior Detachment Commander Course".
10 Signals were based in the Beavers Lane Camp which by amazing coincidence was just a hundred yards or so from ...see more
The premises are not actually the town hall but actually the council house of Heston and Isleworth borough council.
Note from the editor:
On the British Listed Buildings website it says 'Former Town Hall. Built as the 'Council House' for the Heston and Isleworth Urban District Council.'
Can anyone shed further light?
Does anyone remember the Hounslow Welsh Society which used to meet in a room in the grounds of Hounslow Hospital? My surname was Richards then & my Dad was a producer of the amateur dramatics & we also had a choir...I lived on the Great West Road where I was born, went to Springwell School & then to Heston Junior & Senior School, but we left in 1953 to move to North Wales....happy ...see more
I lived in Connaught Avenue, and went to Grove Road school (up to 1963).
I had 3 local friends. One lived on Hounslow Heath in a prefab (now Frampton Road). We weren't allowed to go to the fairs there. I did see grass snakes though!
Near there on Staines Road, opposite the Hussar pub, was a dairy and also a haberdashers in the same parade of shops.
On Staines Road on the other Munster Avenue junction was another parade ...see more
Does anybody out there remember the infamous gang murder near Inwood Park? I don't know about you, but it brought the Hounslow we all knew to an end. No more Joachims coffee bar, no more Ricki Tik Club, Hounslow became a ghost town!
I think we all grew up a little bit when it happened.
Driving through Hounslow today, I can't believe it was my home town. It was a fun time in those days.
Hounslow high street on a ...see more
Osterley Park became within striking distance of my Hounslow home once I had a bike and from about the age of 12 (1960) would cycle there with a school friend with our bottles of pop and jam sandwiches, to roam the grounds and generally explore. As long as we were home by the time the street lights came on we had the freedom I don't think children of today have. I remember on one of these jaunts on a hot summer ...see more
Who remembers Inwood Park paddling pool and boating lake? The lake was more of a circular water course around a central island but you could use the little paddle boats - operated by handles that turned the paddles, if I remember rightly. The pool had a toddler and baby end but the section for older children was barely 12 or 15 ins deep at most so warmed up beautifully on hot summer days. I think it was eventually closed down for health & safety reasons - now why doesn't that surprise me!