Enfield, The Old Market c.1960
Photo ref: E179038
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The timber market cross dominates the photograph; to its left is the King's Head with its tile hanging and timbering, a finely-detailed town pub of 1899 by Shoebridge and Rising. These architects specialised in pub design, and quality shines through; similar quality can be seen at The Crown, an exuberant pub in Cricklewood Broadway, and The Rising Sun in Chalton Street, Euston. To its right is the beautiful mediaeval parish church of St Andrew in its leafy churchyard, exhibiting features attributable to every period since the 12th century. It has been 'restored' more than once, but it is often open and a must for the town visitor. Having perambulated the town centre, much more is to be enjoyed in the walks to the north of the church.

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A Selection of Memories from Enfield

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 Enfield

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I went to Kingsmead Secondary School 1996-2001. It was exhilarating exploring the locked up ruins of the old outdoor pool next to our school. I loved imagining the fun and memories of past customers and wished we'd been able to experience it in its glory days. It was disintegrating and dangerous and we were young and stupid. The reconstruction of my imagined accident airing on the old programme 999 kept me out in later years, before it was torn down and replaced by restaurant car park.
I'm actually asking if anyone has any Memories , or knows of any stories about the Crown and Horseshoes in the 1930s . I'm writing the 'story' of our Family History and would love to hear anything at all about The Crown and Horseshoes during this time . If anyone knows anything about the old lady thought to Haunt the Pub , that would be wonderful too ! Thank you, Sally
Sometime back I moved into 87 southbury rd enfield,whitch is now a move on house for recovering alchoholics,i find the area quite intresting as it has a lot of history,such as forty halls,and the old bank,ect,but I was wondering does anyone know of the history of 87 southbury road, it looks like it was once 2 houses whitch were made into one,someone told me it used to be a care home before it was a move on house, any info would be appreciated.
My parents moved to Enfield in 1936 when I was 6 years old. we lived in Norfolk Rd Ponders End. I loved Saturday Minors at the Picture Palace ( The Plaza ) seeing Buck Jones the cowboy and Flash Gordon, It was damaged by bombing and never opened again as a Cinema, but there were so many others' within easy reach. Leaving school at 14 I worked at BERCO,s factory in ...see more