Cowgate Road.
A Memory of Greenford.
I was born in Cowgate Road, Greenford in 1938. About 1950 we moved to Ruislip Road.
I remember playing in the park at the end of the road and visiting the river Brent nearby which of course was out of bounds to us little ones. During the war, 1939 to 1945 we had to sleep in our air-raid shelter at night because of the bombing. I do remember seeing a V1 or doodlebug as wecalled them which was a very scary sight and the very strange noise it made was even worse especially when the engine stopped and you knew it was coming down near you. We heard lots of bombs and some were quite close to us.
Two of my friends in those days were were Derek Little and Maurice Ashbrook, I wonder if they remember me.
Cowgate Road was quite small and nobody had a car. The milk was delivered by horse and cart from United Dairies which was at the end of the road. At the other end of the road was a park with the river Brent flowing through it. During the war the park was used to grow corn and wheat etc. Now I think it is a golf course.
I can share many more memories of my time in Greenford and I will add them as time permits.
Other friends I can remember of that time are Terry Forum and Ray Hodgkinson.
Paul Gardiner.
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