Nostalgic memories of South Harrow's local history

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For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.

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I lived at 49 Kings Road South Harrow from the age four, my parents name was Lambourne. I attended Roxeth Manor School with my elder sister and younger brother, spent 20 years in Kings Road when in 1968 got married. My father was a Milkman in Northlot, at the weekend and school holiday l helped him and really enjoyed from when we had horse drawn cart then battery. My Mum worked at the local variety ...see more
My grandparents ran a cafe in South Harrow in the 1950s. They were called Thomas and Stella Parsons. We think it was called Parsons Cafe but it may have been called Belmont Cafe or something else in entirely! My dad, Tom Parsons, used to help out there too. Does anyone remember it and remember the name? Any memories most gratefully received.
In the mid 1960's i worked as a mechanic at Contim Motors on Shaftsbury circus. During the lunch break, i walked up the hill and had my lunch in the cafe, (since demolished) , that was next door to the police station. The cafe was run by a Mrs. Smith and her daughter, Tina does anyone recall the cafe's name ?
I remember me and my brothers were all dropped off at the Cinema in South Harrow on a Saturday morning. It used to be early, so we could go in the sweet shop to get all our sweets. You could get four sweets for a penny. We used to be given sixpence each somgotmquite a few sweets. Our parents used to do the food shopping across the road. I seem to remember there was a Fine Fare shop. There was big metal ...see more
I remember South Harrow very well my mum and I would go there every Saturday to do the shopping and we would both carry it back walking to Reading Road. I used to go to Saturday morning pictures at the Cinema in South Harrow it’s probably a bingo place now or it’s been demolished. There was an Express Dairy where you could buy milk. One year they had a fair on the vacant block near to the bridge ...see more
I loved at 375 Northolt Road from 1949 till 1970. I went to Wheldon Park junior school and Roxeth Manor boys school leaving the later in 1966. I played cricket for Roxeth and football for Roxonians. My grand parents bought the hose from new and it was in our family until 1977. I remember the old Express dairy opposite and the school at the back of the school. I had a sporting connection with Roy Haynes who worked at the butcher a few doors down the road.
I was born in 1946 and lived all my young days in Shaftesbury Avenue going to Grange Primary and then Lascelles secondary. Some years later I worked as a disc jockey in the Birds Nest attached to the Shaftesbury pub and then went on to be co-manager. Would love to hear from anyone else who went to Lascelles around that time or who remembers the Birds Nest
On our trollies, Ian and Terry Barnard from the laundry gates, trying to turn into Alma Crescent, Many many more memories, playing in the bombed out buildings on the corner and more ......
Hopefully this - my school until 1946 - is still standing. I attended during the war, and clearly remember the reception class at the end of the building (where we had to have a sleep each afternoon). Also the Air Raid shelters in the playground where we sat during a raid and sang songs like' ten green bottles', and I remember the teachers sitting there knitting!!. Surprisingly, I walked to school at the age of ...see more
I lived in Victoria terrace from 1946 when I was born. I had many very good friends who lived around that area. People like Derek Howard, Keith Randell, Bruce Humphies, Graham Thomas. Girl friends were Carol Smith, Rita Man, Shelia Moore, Christine Welsh, Christine being my only ''girl friend'' the rest were friends. I met my future wife in West street with her best friend Shelia Moore. We all went to ...see more