Greenford Gardens

A Memory of Greenford.

We moved to 1 Greenford Gardens in 1936 from Northolt; it was a great place to grow up. Spent most of the time in Ravenor Park playing football/cricket, went to Bethams then Costons Junior with Mr Blount the Headmaster who lived in a large house in Oldfield Lane, right next to the school. Next was Stanhope Senior where a Mr Robinson (rubber neck) was Head. Saw the devastation when a German plane let his bomb`s go up around Rosedean Ave. The cottages on village Green were still occupied and Reg`s Bar was the place to get icecreams. Remember friends, Kenny Blair, the Davisons, South, Crew. My sister lived at No1 until she died in 2001 and it has now been rebuilt. Joined the Aladdin Cricket Club that played next to the factory on the Western Ave and when it shut down to go to Wales we moved to Pyrene CC in Woodlane, Osterley. When married, we moved to Eastcote and from there to Melbourne, Australia, very happy memories.