Nostalgic memories of Kingsbury's local history
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For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.
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Displaying Memories 31 - 40 of 66 in total
We moved to Roe Green Village in 1940 having been bombed out in the East End. My father was stationed at Mill Hill Barracks following his return from France. He found us a place to live in Goldsmith Lane, Kingsbury. We spent the rest of the war years in the village. We had our share of the bombing and I can remember a bomb falling in our back garden and my Dad was so upset that it had destroyed his well kept lawn, ...see more
I remember the pool very well as it was only a stones throw from the old playground which had a giant slide. The sad thing is, that one of my old friend's had an accident when the pool was closed and hit his poor young head on the edge of the pool. Sadly, he passed away and I remember the pool never reopened after his accident.
I lived in Woodland Close throughout my childhood and started at Kingsbury Green Primary School in 1959. The classrooms were brightly painted, and the smells of plasticine, paints, crayons, pink (carbolic) soap and school dinners pervaded everything. The pathways via Old Kenton lane and Slough Lane seemed endless, and I used to pick up acorn cups on my way into the classroom. Mrs. Wren was the Head Teacher at ...see more
I too went to Tyler's from 1959 to 1964, staying on for a fifth year and doing my GCE's. I remember my first science lesson with Mr King and how he introduced us to the "rough book" which we used to write down the science notes he dictated and then, when we wrote up experiments in our Science book, how we had to underline the title exactly one eighth of an inch underneath. He was very strict but very fair. When we ...see more
I also went to Tylers Croft Girl's School, from 1959 /1963 I can't remember much about my time there, other than the first teacher I had was very young, I think her name was Miss Fielding - she married not long after I started but don't recall her married name. I like netball, hockey, but some times the bigger girls would hit my ankles with the stick. Also recall making an apron for cooker lessons - it was green ...see more
My mother sang at the Clay Pigeon in the nineteen forties. Her name then was Margaret Joyce Goldman. She met my father, Robert Shillinglaw and they married. I believe they lived in Eastcote for a while. Margaret came from Greenford Road. She later worked for Coles pram and toy shop in Greenford.
If anyone remembers her, I would love to know as she is now deceased.
I am her son, Barry Dady
Hello, I used to go to this cinema on Saturdays, to the shop next door for my sweets with my friends, 'hay ho' good old days. Across the road there was a ladies clothes shop, this is the shop where I got my first job after leaving school in 1963. I loved my time there, Mrs Drouter was the owner of the shop (I'm not sure if this is the right spelling of her name - sorry). When I first started my new job we had to ...see more
Hi, I served my apprenticeship at L.E. Westwood (now Kingsbury Printers) at Kingsbury Green, behind the garage and car sales yard, 1949-1955. Prior to that, as a boy, I worked at United Dairies, helping the milkman (Mrs Eaton). For all day Saturday I used to get the princely sum of sixpence, talk about slave labour! I recall on one Saturday whilst collecting the milk money a chap gave me two one pound notes ...see more
I remember the war time in Kingsbury - I lived in Deanscroft Avenue. Do you remember Mr Phillpot the local plumber - I am his daughter - I married in 1958 and moved away. Dad served in the ARP during the war time and was based at Eton Park (I think that is the name) does anyone remember him?
I was born in Brampton Road 1950. I went to Roe Green School. I remember Standford's the little sweet shop where we could buy four shrimps & four black jacks & four flying saucers for 3d. I would go to a house in Brampton Road and play with my friend Johnny Eaton, his big sister was often there Shirley (Goldfinger ) but didn't know at the time she was a star in the making. My big ...see more