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Went to secondary modern school,from 1953 to 1956.lived at Bishopbridge,remember going to picture house in market place,head teacher at school was mr Vickers,also teachers were Mr ward ,Mr Fox,Mr Holgate,Mr Halton,Mr Linnell.my form teacher was Mrs Carey.,Mrs Smith,Mr Smith,oh they were the days,life used to be different in those days,you had to find your own games to play in those days ,not the I.pads & mobile phones the,.
We lived at number 3 Fraser Crescent from 1958 until 1962. My father was an airman at the time. My brother was born in the prefab in 1960. Imagine my delight to recognise myself in the photo. I am the taller girl in the patterned dress on the right of the picture.
Mum's rule was that I must not go through the gate without her. As you can see, we are standing beside the road. This is why I am not facing the front. ...see more
Hello Audrey and Yvonne! I'm new to my iPad so was amazed to come across your memories! I lived at 24 Manor road next door to you Yvonne with my mum and dad John and Winnie Ellis and my big brothers John and Peter. We all went to crescent road! I remember playing cars with your brother David across the coal bunkers when we were very little. I also remember it being incredible that you all ...see more
My grandmother lived in a flat in the Eagles building behind Collins the butchers. In the 1951 picture, the girl on the bicycle could easily be me! I would have been 10 then and my coat was a light green with black around the collar, and I had a bike with a basket. I spend much time in the rec: on the swings, swinging high enough to see over the fence into the bowing green. I attended a dancing ...see more
My aunt has a letter written by Ada Balshaw to her parents from "British School" Patricroft in 1882 - when she would have been about 10 yrs old. Does anyone know more about this school, does it still exist? And I would be grateful to hear if anyone knows more about Ada
The house on the right of this picture was owned by the Parker family who lived there and ran a Post Office, drapery and grocery store next to the house from 1902 until the 1950s. Members of the Parker family continued to live there until the late 1990s. My father, Hugh Caley Parker moved there in 1942 at the invitation of his uncle who could no longer manage the business and I have many happy memories of growing up in the house with my parents and brother and sister.
I was born in Chapel Street, in 1947. My uncle, Len Gray, had a newsagents in the town, near the bus stop by the Old Post Office, as was. My Grandad used to sell papers on the Five Ways and as a girl I would stand with him, and later progressed to having a paper round, down Corbett Road. I worked as a Saturday girl at Timothy Whites in the photo - and we used to get the 282 bus at 6 oclock back ...see more
My name is Brian Nevillle and I came to Buckland in the 1950s I was captivated and must admit it was some of the happiest days of my life. I remember Mrs pod bury and a beautiful young lady whose name was Doreen I fell in love strait away and was so stupid to let her go. I wonder where she is now .i hope she is still well I have visited in recent years and each time lovely memmories and sad regrets are intermingled.
I was only a toddler at the time but my Granddad, who I lived with, used to take me to the park when he was going to play bowls with his friends. I used to sit in my pram and take it all in. This was during the war years.
My family moved back to Stafford in 1940. Dad would go off on his bike to English Electric most mornings and did Home Guard some nights, it was quite a sight him on his bike, two rifles over his shoulder and he was 17 stone, big man ! He even found time to captain the English Electric cricket team and be landlord of the Royal Oak !
I would take my little brother to school on the Midland Red. Later I played rugby ...see more
Granny married George Norbury ( she already had 4 children including my Dad ) so they all lived over the ' shop' in High Street. ( 1920s )
Before the war ( it was winter ) I was born, it says Market Square, always thought that was a cold place to be born in mid winter ! May be that's why I now live in sunny Australia !
I went back and lived with Granny in Stone till I was called up for National Service. ( 1950s )
We moved to the Mitre Oak Inn about 1935 just before it was pulled down, then we lived in a bungalow to keep the licence going until the new Mitre Oak Hotel was opened in 1936. Soon after there was a fire and the brigade came and put it out !
Uncle John married Muriel from the chicken farm.
Around 1938 the CO from RAF MU Hartlebury came to live with us with his wife Grace. He was promoted, they asked me what I would call him now. I said FRED. and he was 'Fred' for many years after that.
I would often go to Kidderminster with my father, he would go there to do ' The Banking' he was about 30 years old, ran the new Mitre Oak Hotel at Crossway Green and played cricket for Hartlebury 1936. In later years, I was back from National Service in Egypt, the dance at the Black Horse on a Saturday night was a bit of a draw ( 1955 ). Remember the policeman on traffic duty in the middle of Kidderminster.
I worked here from 1963 until 1967 as an apprentice chef, it was quite grand then. Does any one reading this know of anyone else who worked there between these years?
There were two managers in my time Irwin and Lyons, a barman called Luigi, a head waiter called Victor. The head chef for part of that time was André Lys.
I'd be pleased to hear from anyone.
Malcolm
Pantyfedwen, as I remember it from 1971, was the women's Hall of Residence for the College of Librarianship, Wales. By the time I lived there, briefly in the Autumn Term of 1971, it was in the process of being decommissioned, as the College had built new Halls of Residence on the Llanbadarn Campus, in Aberystwyth, although the opening had been delayed. For this reason, it was suffering from a fairly extreme form of ...see more
My family have been in the village for over 100yrs, grandfather and father cut the hair of most of the male villagers from the 20-60s it was short back and sides for all.. My Grand daughter "Alice" is now carrying on the tradition. Being a mobil hairdresser around the locality. My Father was also the village cobbler.
I have lived here for 75yrs now so memories come flowing back when we hear your names. We ...see more
does anyone know or remember a jack jones.he had a sister maggie they lived in llanddona with there parents.jack married ellen williams they had 6 children.ellen lived in monfa cottage with her mother mary williams and her 2 sisters jenny and florrie.ellen and jack moved to bangor.there 2 daughters vivian and jean lived in llanddonna untell there twenty,s..jack and ellens other children were.jean,florance glyn.john ...see more
,I must have been about six years old when we moved from Gypsey Road in Welling, to a new house in Hurlingham Road, Number 40, by the Pantiles. A year later WW11 started, and we spent our nights in the damp Anderson shelter in the garden. I remember a big crater outside the fish and chip shop down the road where a bomb had landed, and the underground shelters where the whole neighbourhood spent nights, ...see more
My family lived in Westbrook Road, off West Town Lane, Brislington, from early 1949 until April 21 1958, when I was just over 11 years old. We suddenly left on that day and moved to Hertfordshire, and apart from one nostalgic return on my racing bike in my mid-teens I didn't come back again until 2009.
On that first return in the early 1960s it was like coming back to a ghost town, in that all the ...see more
Does anyone remember the holy cross school on the wallsend side of the burn bridge well that's were I went to school. We lived in holy cross and remember my grandfather coming to pick me up in his little red mini car , in them days it was a gravel road I fell and cut my hand still have the scare now.does any body remember the school or went the same time as me around 1960
A fascinating picture looking south from the church. The line of houses in Turner Street can be seen in the distance, also some in Norwood corner area where our family moved to in the late 50s. On the extreme right of the picture is one of the majestic elm trees, sadly gone now, due to the ravages of Dutch Elm disease. The trees were such a feature of the village landscape in those days.
WE MOVED INTO [WHITEHALL]WHITEHALL LANE ABOUT 1964 AND STARTED DOING CAR REPAIRS IN THE SMALL GARAGE AT THE BACK.UNTIL. I HAD THE [NEW GARAGE BUILT ]ON MANCHESTER RD. MOT STATION..SOLD IT IN 1996/7 AND MOVED TO SCOTLAND .ONE SON AND ONE DAUGHTER STILL LIVE .IN BLACKROD.TOO MANY PROPERTIES THERE NOW .TOMMY BARBARA MEARS
I was born in a house named Edinburgh in St James Ave, The Homesteads. I went to the infants school and remember a lovely teacher by the name of Mrs Quinn. In the junior school I remember a dragon of a teacher by the name of Miss Naylor. When we relocated to the new secondary modern school I recall walking home cutting across old the sand pit and the fields to The Homesteads. I have loads of memories ...see more
Anyone who knows me can get in touch via e -mail janicew83@yahoo.com or by Facebook , bye for now
I grew up in the village and my best friend was Marlene Webber , I remember the infants school with the cherry trees at the bottom of the playground , we were always pinching them ( can't stand them now, probably cos ate so many Ha Ha ! ) Also used to play in Ken Rowes garden, he had a swing and an old train carriage , remember a live band playing there once it was great HAPPY DAYS
My name is Terry Gosling, I was born in 1940 in St Stephens Road. I attended Grove Road school and after went on to Bulstrode School. I have lost touch with most of my school pals, Reg Pope is still in touch though. We both joined the Royal Navy. My first Saturday job was in a large grocers in Bell Road I cannot remember the name. Another pal was Billie Smith, his family ran the wet fish shop in Bell Road. I fondly ...see more
I fondly remember "Barrowell Green swimming pool. After the war it was on weekly visit.
Now hears a thing opposite the pool was a old derelict house who lived there? and what happened to the house?
During the school holidays all the kids of the village would head to Bazil Point there in the corner by the James's Fishermans hut we would spend the day swimming messing about in the boats as the tide came in, making rope swings from the trees on the banks. As the tide came in we played and swam, in the gully as the tide went out we would play in the big pools behind the training ...see more
I went past 53 herbert road today it is now a house. I stoppped for a while good times remembered I also went to number 26 where my grandparents lived , now an empty house.
I wasn't born there but the years I spent in Rumford were some of my happiest. We moved there in 1960, my parents bought a house in the very centre of the village which also had a grocery shop attached. It turned out that I was the only girl actually living in the village although there were only a couple of other children near my age in the village surrounds. Rumford didn't have its own church
a ...see more
My Dad wrote of his time at Hutton Residential School. This is what he wrote:
September 1939 - January 1949
I was evacuated in September and on my arrival at Block 2, I nearly had my head knocked off by my cousin, Joey, with a cricket bat. I saw him playing and went haring out to speak to him just as he was hitting out a delivery. During my three and a half years there I learnt a lot and we had ...see more
I was born in Muswell Hill in 1960 and lived in Hampden Road. I went to Nursery and Primary School at Hollickwood School in Sydney Road. Spent many happy hours as I grew up sampling all the different ice cream flavours in Maude's Ice Cream parlour nearby! As kids, we would also dare each other to run through the Bus Garage without being seen and to try and sneak on a bus whilst it was being washed! I used ...see more
How well I remember the camp fires at Buckmore Park although the pictures shown were taken a liitle more than 10 years after I went there. It was there we sang songs and shanties and the one that stuck in my mind the most was Ging Gang Gooly Gooly Gotcha. I recently taught my 2 year old granddaughter part of this as she likes singing so much. I never really thought much more about this until my daughter-in-law told ...see more
My name is Nigel Baugh, I lived in Buildwas until the age of 21 when I got married and moved out. My parents still live in the village at the top of the road. Life was good, play around, up the woods making dens, riding bikes down the road at brake neck speeds and getting a clip round the ear off the folks, which never did us any harm. Sadly time has moved on but nice memories
I was born in 1958 and lived in the flats in Bancroft Road. From around 1963 to 1966 I went to Warrington Road Infants School . I remember it as being a big dark gothic looking place that even then seemed hundreds of years old . Does anyone else have any memories or pictures ? The headmistress of the infants was called Mrs Roberts I think , she was very tall ( I was only five though ! ) and always wore a blue smock that seemed very shiny . My name is Kevin Bradley.
Hi, I was born in Wombwell at my Grandparents home in Cemetary Rd.
My Grandad was the manager of the Co-op grocery shop on high st. George Woolston.
My mum was born in Wombwell and her brother.
What i remember and loved was , my Grandad had a party each christmas for his staff , and the Salvation Army used to come and play in the street. they would play Silent night for my Grandma.we'd ...see more
I was born in newham hospital in 1981, and have fond vivid memories of helping my mum whilst pregnant with my Sister go canvassing for the borough council. I used to walk with my dad over the enclosed sewer embankment at the rear of Lonsdale ave towards the high street. I also used to get sweets from the shop near Brampton primary after school. We lived ...see more
I lived at High Dyke opposite Bewley's farm, I went to St. Pauls school and remember Mr T Moore the head teacher, farther down from our house was Trevaskis's shop which always smelt of firelighters, on the other side of the road was McCurry's shop next to the house where I was born. I remember going to Mr Bewshers house and giving him slices of bread for his geese and he would give us a couple of old pennies then we ...see more
I was born in South Ockendon Cliff Place (Julie Harding) I had 3 sisters Vera, Brenda & Margaret. We are all still living but old age is creeping up.
I remember some of the names mentioned. My close friends in Ockendon were Ann Pond, Margaret
Ponsonby, Janet Moore, Jane Padwick and Janice Young. Janice,s husband I hear from usually at Christmas time but unfortunately Janice died quite young. I went to ...see more
Grandma Annie Dann was the telephonist at the beginning of WW2.
She worked from her front room in Halesworth and had a large bell over her bed so that during the night she would run down to the exchange to connect the calls.
Is there anyone who can remember her?
John Greenacre
I married and moved to Bury St. Edmunds Suffolk in 1964. Lived for a while on Caravan site in Chedburgh, then moved to the caravan site in Eastgate Street. Worked for Childs Bakery, based at lower end of St. Adrews St. as a bread roundsman, driving a morris 1000 van. I then went to Betabake as a rounds man. Then Canon Foods, based on Eastern Way, then Brazil Foods. Then Harris Bacon Co. in ...see more
I now Friends reunited has closed down I was browsing the tintermnet and found this website, bit of a surprise
But anyway don’t know if anyone will remember me, Derrick
I used to live in Newbury Close, right next to the Vincent school gym and the girls play ground
My parents moved there in 53, their first and only home, they did eventually buy it
I had lots of happy memories living ...see more
I was sent to MBS in 1972 because i refused to go to school. All i did in my early days there was abscond. Hated the place!!! Full of bullies, if you were small or timid in Mobberley you were a target.
The staff were even worse too.
Used to hate the nights coming round, got many a slap with a dap, still don't know why he had it in for me.
The whole place was an endurance exercise in survival for many of the ...see more
There was a lot more green fields in the1940's. White gate farm was where the swimming baths are now.
there was Smith farm opposite the White Hart which had a pond outside and the cows were driven from a field which is now Baptist to farm entrance at the end of the Alders. There was also a field beside the legion and a grass patch in the front the legion until they joined manor park road with ravenswood.
Greetings all you Harold Hillians, today is Sunday 17 January 2016. 70 years ago, I will have been one of the 5,362 - from 13,687 recorded births in the first week of March 1946 - who became guinea pigs for the National Survey for Health and Development which monitored and catalogued the health and wellbeing of the nation.
See: ...see more
My great-grandmother, Gertrude Bowes (née James) was the Park Attendant in Kilburn Grange Park.
Her granddaughter, my mother, Margaret, spoke a lot about visiting her and the happy times she had in Kilburn.
A few years ago, I visited the park with my mother and she reminisced about the area. A lady saw us walking around and she asked us where we were from; when we mentioned Mrs Bowes, the Park Attendant, she remembered her from all those years before.
We moved to Haydock Ave in early 50's when mother became a receptionist for Dr Foots surgery. He eventually needed the property back for a resident doctor so we moved into a prefab in Rowdell Rd , after a few years these were knocked down and we moved to Islip Manor Road where both mum and dad passed away. Great memories of the place and a great time to grow up . Now down in Wiltshire
I lived in upper belvedere, but worked in the menswear department of welling co-op from 1959-60. Cannot remember any names except a girl called Barbra who was on the counter near the door. I had a girl friend Barbra Day who was on the record counter.We went to the Granada every saturday night. Met her off the bus at Welling corner.Worked with three lads in the department,cannot recall their names, but had a great ...see more
I have great memories of my days growing up in northolt. From early 60 s in bengarth rd. Walking to Gifford school through the alley and horse fields. Later taking my brother Neil to the infants there. Rushing back home. First one at the crossing at church rd would be awarded with a sweet from the lolly pop man. ( they get arrested for that now). I went on to go to Vincent. ...see more
My grand parents and parents (Parky, Barb, Bill and Erica Smith) owned and farmed Middle Lee in the 1950's and 60's. I have wonderful early childhood memories of hayfields, streams, rides in the wheel barrow, feeding lambs and piglets and the busy summer days with 'visitors' staying in the house. I even recall visiting Granny and Granfer Smith, great grandparents who lived in the village with Uncle Lewis and Aunt Vida, the Fanner family at the village stores and choir practice at the church.
My "sixth" great grandparents James Norfolk and Mary Wilson were married in St Peter's Church at Birstall. This was on 3rd September 1690.
If any other person following up family history at this parish has a connection with either of these two 6 X great grandparents I would be very pleased to hear from you.
I also seek a copy of any painting or print of the church as it may have appeared before modern rebuilding and welcome any suggestions on where to find this please.
There were several modern dance venues which we regularly frequented, including The Ritz Ballroom which once stood at the junction of the Kingsbury Road and the western end of the Old Kenton Lane, and the Churchill Club which stood in Elmwood Avenue at the junction of the Kenton Road. However I also enjoyed Traditional Jazz which could be heard and danced to at the South Harrow Jazz Club near Stanley Road, and also at ...see more
My Dad was born in Gyncorrwg in 1941 and worked in the mines. My memories of Glyncorrwg would be staying with my grampy Tony who lived up the top.I still visit the village as I have cousins there I love the place, so quiet and peaceful
with all the hills around you. I plan to go back in the next few months to surprise my cousins and have a good old catch up.
My name is Peter Harris . I worked at Thorn Lighting in Victoria Road from 1975-80 in the Display Studio. Have many fond memories of my time there. Love to hear from anyone who also worked there.
I am Peter Harris , now 72, attended the school from 1950-58. we lived at 80 Birling Rd off Colliers lane. My siste Jean worked in Walkers newsagents on Bexley Rd, and married John Smith who with his brothers had the carpet shop near the post office. My older brother Ray, was manager at the other walkers newsagents on the estate above Stuart Mantle way. He started working for Mr Walker in the old ...see more
My Mum & Dad,Nellie & Pat Murphy bought our house at 63 Francklyn Gardens pre war as a brand new house.
My sister Maureen was born during the war and spent a lot of time in an Air raid shelter in our front room !!
My brother Mick and I Barbara were born post war but I can still remember food rationing and Barrage balloons in Edgwareberry Park.
We all went to Broadfields Infant and Junior School ...see more
James....... it was Eric & Nellie Olding that lived in Salisbury Buildings. His Brother Jimmy lived in Beechwood Avenue and then Broadlands Avenue.
I moved to the village in 1981, I loved it. Especially coming from a city. I lived on sowdley green, I went to St Marys on school rd, the head teacher was Mr Thompson, with teachers Mr Liddell, Mr Simpson . the the middle school opened and I went there in 85, great memories of playing around the village , around fentonhouse lane , and knocking around with Neil whittingham, Scott simpkin. Mike smith .
A visit to see how much its changed is on the cards
Ib went to hassoberry boading school for girls in 1969 it was a nice school nice teachers miss Eveans miss bogg miss dollier lesley newmen my friend linda arney iren cotton I would love to hear from them my name judith Hoy I went to the chuch every sunday I think the school is flats now if you went to the school I like to hear from you miss hendrey
I am writing this on behalf of my husband Tim Langridge (he doesn't do computers) He moved to High Wycombe in 1945 his father had a Dairy in Mill End Road. He went to Lyndhurst Kindergarten School until he was 7 then went to St Davids College opposite the Station until he was 11 then went to Mill Road School until he was 13 when the family moved ...Does anyone remember the Dairy,we did visit a few years ago and it is now offices for I think heating engineers
I was born in Gibbeson Terrace off the High street in early 1941. My first memory is hearing air raid sirens going off early in the morning, I think they were just practising. We were a poor family although my dad was doing special war work, so he was not conscripted. One morning after the air raid siren went off there was an almighty crash nearby and my parents bed collapsed while they were in it I think a German ...see more
Hi I was brought up in a 2 up and down number 88 old road Failsworth I think I was about 3 when my parents bought that house I remember I went to nursery which was located on a side street near the Failsworth cenotaph this was 1958 by the way I do however remember starting at Mather street school frightened to death my the head mistress Mrs waits I think that was her name .she had the knack of terrifying ...see more
I was born in the High Street( not the High Road) in 1950 moving to Rugby Avenue in 1953. I lived opposite Graham Rose.
I recall the Sudbury Motors Garage. They had Morgan 3 wheelers and drove them up and down Rugby Avenue.
Happy memories of Barham Park and Vale Farm swimming pool.
One of the things i remember about the old Cross Street was there was an entrance off it to the back of the Express Dairy. In the days of horse drawn Milk Carts they had their stables here and my Great Uncle Ernie worked there as the groom in charge of the horses. He was a countryman by birth and worked there until he retired.
Hi I was in wood lane homes in 1955/6 mr and mrs marlow were in charge if you were in trouble you got your face smacked short but sharp punishment.i ran away once just for kicks .I remember Vic Ross dave Maxwell.At18 you left and went into the army. mick Mccarthy. if you remember im at
mjmccarthy.co.uk
I was born in West Street in 1953 - my father was the manager at Lovibond's wine merchants. This photo is the closest to it. I remember the Black Horse, which was down the road from where we lived, and The Swan, which was half way up West Street (where Swan Walk is now). There was a chemist's shop next to us with the big old-fashioned bottles in the window, and the Home & Colonial store where we did our shopping was ...see more
Does anyone remember the watercress beds near Harlow Mill Station? It was a lovely clear water stream with a chopped down tree across it. I used to go there with my brother David.
Sadly they built a garage on it..
Does anyone remember Fawbert and Barnards school out door pool, I think it must have been build 1959/1960. ?
I was born at Aylesbury Hospital in 1948 and lived briefly at Pitstone, then Tring in Park Road and later Western Road. My Parents, Grandparents and many other relatives lived in the town. I attended Gravelly infant school in Park Road then Tring C of E Junior school under the headship of Miss Baker, who we were all terrified of! I went to Ashlyns school Berkhamsted and left school in 1964, joining John Dickinson's ...see more
do any one remember miss cagier she had a shop in Denmark street selling airguns pen knives and fireworks she used to have chicken in the shop I must be honest as children we used to go in and pinch her fireworks as did my late dad when he was young also fletchers the greengrocers , patrick rose,
Looking for old friends: Brenda Bradley, Sandra Melvin, Carol Hill, Carol Mills. Sadly lost touch and would love to make contact again. Jackie Varndell (was Girdlestone). Can anybody help?
I was born in 1954 and I lived in Batley Carr with my mum, Brenda (nee Charlesworth) and my dad, Tommy and younger brother, Kevin.
At first we lived in Holgate's Yard, off Milton Street (The Irish Fold) and then maybe a couple of years later to 100 Town Street, Batley Carr, Dewsbury. Our house was next to Walter Greenwood's butchers shop (who I think owned our property). We left the area, because of the ...see more
Frederick Sole was my maternal grandfather - to find a photo of this era online is amazing. When he retired in his 70s the shop was taken over by one of his old 'Saturday boys' and is still in those safe hands now, so it feels as if my grandfather is still alive in spirit in 1 Market St.
My name is Peter.I also lived with my family in Hever Road. In 1949 aged 5. Returning from living with my grandmother to my family at 'Selcroft' Hever Road. It was the white painted wooden bungalow opposite the shop, owned by Mr and Mrs Hart, on the cross roads with Hever Avenue.
They had two boys, whom I played with named John and Colin Hart.
I also knew the Roberts family that lived next door to the ...see more
I was born in Upney Hospital in 1950, my first home was Blatchford Close, in the Prefabs, Ripple Road opposite the Cemetery, I have been searching for photos or information, but as yet have had no luck, hoping that someone might know of them. I moved to Thames View Estate in 1955, Barking was a great place to grow up in, we didn't have much money, but kids made their own fun for free, remember walking over the marshes thinking we were at the seaside when we got to the river.
My mother's family lived in Sturry all their lives. My Mum and her 3 siblings were born at 4 High Street and lived there for years. She even met my Dad there as he lived a short time at 3 High Street.
My grandfather was head gardener at Milner Court and every summer my parents and I spent the school summer holidays there as he and my grandmother acted as caretakers during the Junior Kings School summer break. ...see more
Hi I'm David Taylor ,
I was having problems at school in Orpington in 1968, when I was transferred to chartham hatch to help me back into my schooling think I was about 13 at the time.
I was staying as a boarder at a place called redwood house which was on the site , though further along from St.Augustine's hospital.
I was taught and boarded there with other children with ...see more
I have this photo. Some 25 yrs ago I was in an antique shop with my late father when he saw this photo and told me the man was my grandfather, who I never met, and the horses belonged to him. They were used in the families green grocers in north street. The shop was in the family for some time as I would go there as a young boy after school at langtons. My father would go with his older brother to market at stratford useing ...see more
November 1953 to December 1954 Rowans 3 and 4 T B hospital Paul Filler 01707659785 or paulfiller@hotmail.com If any one has memories or was there at any time
Hi does anyone remember the late 1950' at Rosary Priory? My name was then Jennfer Barnett. I can remember going on a trip with the school to Rome. I do still have photos of that.
I used to live in Radlett. I was not very good at school!!! (have made up for it since). Hated the discipline, can remember been given a lesson the "facts of life" which was .. we should not sit in ...see more
