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Christmas Deliveries: If you placed an order on or before midday on Friday 19th December for Christmas delivery it was despatched before the Royal Mail or Parcel Force deadline and therefore should be received in time for Christmas. Orders placed after midday on Friday 19th December will be delivered in the New Year.
Please Note: Our offices and factory are now closed until Monday 5th January when we will be pleased to deal with any queries that have arisen during the holiday period.
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Hayes Novelty Stores
A Memory of Hayes.
I lived over the toyshop in Coldharbour Lane from 1942 to 1954. I went to Townfield Infant School and then to the Juniors, but passed the 11+ and went on to Ealing County Grammar School in 1948.
Our toilets were open to the sky and the boys would compete to see who could pee over the wall! My friends in school were Peter Cooper and Kenny Phipps who had a twin sister. They moved away quite young. I used to walk to school up Coldharbour Lane or if I had a penny I would get on the 140 for the short ride. Sometimes I would walk with the farm labourer and his horse and cart on their way to the farm.
After I went to Ealing to school I would travel home on the 607 trolleybus, and walk round the corner to get the 140 or 120. The stop was by the hedge surrounding St. Christopher's Approved School, and I could see the boys working in the gardens in their brown shirts and shorts,
Anyone out there remember me?
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