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Aylesbury, Kingsbury 1921
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By this time, one of the houses has become a shop. The Red Lion on the left is now the Hobgoblin. In the centre of Kingsbury is the drinking fountain installed in 1914; it was removed in 1929 when a bus station was erected in the Square, and later re-erected in the Vale Park (see Chapter 2). Beyond is a World War I tank: it was parked here in 1920, but when it was being dismantled in 1929, it exploded - so it must have still contained some live ammunition for all those years.

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Pearks Stores
Pub was the Rockwood, not Rockwell. I worked at Pearks Stores, 56, Kingsbury, from 1958 to 1964. My first manager was Cllr. Eric Bentley, an 8th Army veteran. He moved down to the West Country and opened a hotel. Kingsbury was then the Bus station with buses going to such places as Windsor, Northampton, Bedford etc.
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My grandfather was steward of the Victoria Club in Kingsbury. My parents owned Towerseys, opposite the Vale. My other grandad, Rowland Towersey, was a basket maker with a shop which, during the war, became Bucks Bullion. Then it moved to the High Street in the 50's. The pub in Kingsbury is Rockwood not Rockwell, I could go on forever... Are you Mr Caton related to the Caton who became Mrs Len White and ...see more
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The WWI tank was removed because little boys used to enter and use it as a toilet. It exploded when the welder went to work on it because there was still petrol in the fuel tank, not ammunition. The welder flew across Kingsbury and landed, dead, in front of Ivatt's shoe shop (the signs are still up on the wall). The Rockwell has reverted to its original name (thank heavens), why are pub names changing all the time? The Hen & Chicks became "Big Hand Moe's", look what happened to it!
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