Memories

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Skinner Stonemasons

I was born in Barnet, but lived in Hatfield, 9 miles away. My grandfather was a stonemason and his father Walter Skinner had a Stonemasony business in East Barnet Road. Walter's father came from Wakerley, Northants, where ...Read more

A memory of High Barnet in 1900 by Christine Newman

Mac May

I lived in a cottage by the pond some 20 odd years ago. My neighbour, well into her 90's was Mac May (a version of her true name garbled by other neighbours' kids) who, every day, was out in her wellies digging in the garden. We had this photo ...Read more

A memory of Ashtead in 1900