Kings Langley, High Street c.1955
Photo ref: K95023
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Photo ref: K95023
Photo of Kings Langley, High Street c.1955

More about this scene

When Frith's photographer visited Kings Langley in the 1890s, cattle wandered freely along the High Street; but by 1955, the motor car was firmly established as king of the road. He would have recognised the shops, particularly Coles the draper (left), which had been owned by Grays but was taken by Miss Florence Cole in 1911. Next door, in 1893, the newsagent's shop was held by the Rev Daniel Macmillan, Baptist minister of Kings Langley.

A Selection of Memories from Kings Langley

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 Kings Langley

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In 1946 we left Kings Langley, my parents having lived there since 1936. I arrived in 1937, so can claim to be partially raised there. I must have passed the village pound many times without realising what it was. My home was further up on the left in Common Lane, a house called Merrow Down. I liked it there and liked playing on the common. In winter it was a super toboggan run and everybody turned out to ...see more
My Mother Joan Simmonds was chosen to be Miss Ovaltine. She was dressed in a costume which is very similar to the famous one which adorns the front of the Ovaltine, and was used on the front of the tins for a while. She was put into a horse drawn cart in this costume, but I am not sure what the occasion was. Her two sisters, Freda and Frances also worked at the Ovaltine. Does anyone have any memories of this please?