Cowley, Church Road c.1960
Photo ref:
C581007
Photo ref:
C581007
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A Selection of Memories from Cowley
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Cowley
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Curious to see if anyone ever reads these memories- before I submit any!! Hate to be reader of my own memories!
GEOF JONES
EX Cowley!
Travelling from Uxbridge along Cowley Rd, on the right hand side just before Ferndale Crescent, stood a detached double fronted 3 storey house in a large neglected garden. It was plain Georgian architecture and had a large cast iron and glass Victorian palmhouse added on. The palms had long since burst through the roof and the rest of the vegetation was overgrown and pressing against the the glass panes. ...see more
We lived briefly in Ferndale Crescent (nr 35). This was defined as Uxbridge then but the boundaries were never quite clear and have become even more blurred with the march of time. It must have been around '57 when we moved in and the same year I think was the Grand Opening of a petrol station on Cowley Rd, on the Uxbridge end of the crescent. It only had 2 petrol pumps. I remember the banners and flags across the ...see more
I was born and brought up in Cowley. We lived at 169 Oxford Road which now belongs to Emmaus I believe. Across the road was a large old cottage which during the war was used to house evacueee and the Post Office was next door.
When I was young I belonged to the Better Britain Brigade. I have photos taken in St James Hall if anyone is interested, with Fathers Whye and Beacham. I attended church at both St James and St ...see more
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