One Of The Boys

A Memory of Hounslow.

On a Sunday a crowd of boys and girls would meet at the Sky High milk bar at the Bell end of the High Street. After a few milk shakes we would then go to the pictures, either the Regal or the Alcaza and sometimes go to the other end of the town to the Dominion. Another cinema was the privately owned one called the Empire, locally known as 'the bug hutch'. There was a clothes shop called Rego's and just after the war they were selling t-shirts, but they were then called 'sloppy Joes', at 2/6d each. I have fond memories of Hounslow as I was born and bred there and lived there for 35 years. I went to Hounslow Town school, infants and juniors then to Bullstrode School until I was 14 then went into the printing trade. I now live in High Wycombe but nothing will ever replace Hounslow, it holds so many good memories before, during and after the war. I would like to get in touch with anyone who live in Hounslow between 1938 to 1958, perhaps we could share some memories.