Stanmore, Spring Pond c.1955

Photo ref: S180008

Hallo , my name is Cliff Bowley. My family moved to Stanmore in 1950 to a very large house called "Belmont Lodge " on the corner of Denis Lane and London Road junction. Does anybody remember it? It was knocked down for development, (what a shame). It was not very visible to the road because it had very large trees and bushes surrounding it. The house was requisitioned by the council, and families like ours, displaced ...see more

During family research, I discovered that my grandmother, a Miss Bull was living in Regent House. She may have been in service, can anyone help with the family name or any other details of her employer?

In the fifties, my mother worked at the Stanmore Cottage Hospital. As I cycled down Uxbridge Road to visit her at work, I imagined the ivy-covered old church to be a Norman Keep. Does anybody know why the old church was allowed to fall into disrepair and the new one built next door?

This is Buckingham Cottage, it was the hunting lodge of the Duke of Chandos.  When I was a child, two old ladies lived there and there were always butterflies in the garden which us kids used to catch. The story was that the two old ladies used to wake up to the sound of wild parties and were overcome by the smell of burgundy wine. This happened frequently but burgundy wine was never found. When the ...see more