Stanmore, The Broadway c.1955
Photo ref:
S180014
Photo ref:
S180014
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Memories of Stanmore, the Broadway c1955
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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
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