When I Was Was Young Memories Of Edgware

A Memory of Edgware.

I was born in Edgware in 1939 at 66 Warwick Avenue. I remember the war years 1939 to 1945... Anderson shelter, Morrison Shelter. I remember the first time I saw ny father, when he came home from the war in 1945. And the victory party that was held in the street.
There are so many memories I have of Edgware... Going to Holland House School, My Mom taking my brother and me shopping to the shops on Edgware Way. Or going to the movies at the Ritz - across from Edgware Station. Sadly the Ritz is gone. So also, is W.F. Woolworth in Station Road. The first shop I ever went in by myself an bought something without an adult supervising me. I was about 6 or 7 and bought a magnet for sixpence. Amazing how some silly little memories can remain with you for a lifetime. Taking the 113 bus with my mother to London or going by the Underground from Edgeware Station.
After leaving Holland House School I went to Camford School for Boys on Edgwarebury Lane. I wonder if it's still there.
Then in 1949 my parents left England with my brother and me and moved to Paterson, New Jersey, USA.
I've been back to visit Edgware with my wife and two sons many times over the past 60 years. It's still nice to see my old hometown. Even my American born wife, Isabel, was impressed with Edgware.
Sometime again in the near future, We'll be going back to visit again. And if I can get up the nerve, maybe I'll pay a visit to my old house on Warwick Ave. and knock on the door and ask the folks who live there if they wouldn't mind if I came in the see the old house again. Also I would like to pay a visit to my old school.
The saying "You can never go home," may be true, but you can try - even if only for a brief moment in time.
Thank you for reading this.
Barry Rudd

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I live in Meadfield soon after the house was built. My time growing up in Edgware holds a lot of fond memories. Having went to Broadfields School, I still remember Mr Hatton my form teacher. The headmaster, Mr macFarlane was a great guy, although I had to write lines many times. Susan Rogers was my first ever girlfriend! Later I e
Went onto Moat Mount, a great school, but after 2 years I had to leave as my parents took a new job and I moved to North Harrow. I used to walk around Edgware with my per squirrel on my shoulder. I even lost him once in the tube station. I often wondered where all the kids ended up.Have a younger brother Robin, who now lives in Wigan, I live in Maidenhead and now retired.

By rosandy7 on Thu Jul 16th 2015, at 6:57 pm

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My Mum and Dad were landlords at the railway hotel edgware, the owner was Tommy Van Hook I was 7 when we moved in loved the place , happy days .

By bevandphilip on Sun Aug 30th 2015, at 10:08 am

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although i grew up in Mill Hill, we travelled to edgware weekly, whether to buy bumper boots in woolies, or maybe a tea in Dino's in the tube forecourt, i remember my first trip in an elevator at green shield house around 1970, as a teenageri worked at Bernies Delicatessen on station road, right near the Music shop i went on to own years later. john

By john.filthyangel on Sat Mar 19th 2016, at 7:27 pm

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I used to go into Dino's for snacks on my way to and from college (and possibly school before that), and when I started going to visit the museums near South Kensington station (from around 1949 onwards) I found that the Dino's there was the same family. According to the website www.byronhamburgers.com it had once been a large family concern with several branches, and when I once talked to the people at South Kensington I seem to have got the impression that the Edgware one was the first to open, though it also seems to have been one of the first to close. I was told that it was always full of students who spent a couple of hours drinking one cup of coffee, which was no way to run a profitable café. But when I was young, befor WW2, my mother used to take me to the Express Dairy Tea Rooms around the corner in Station Road.

By John Weiss on Sun Mar 20th 2016, at 10:35 pm

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I grew up in Edgeware in the 50s and 60s went to Broadfields school,then Holland House school.Lived in Beaulah Close next door to the vicar of St.Andrews Ian Stephenson,played with his children,Sally, Susan and baby brother Timothy.I also had many Jewish friends in the street, the synagogue was five minutes walk away.Saturday morning was children's cinema club 'minors of the A.B.C and coca cola and cake at Dino's cafe in Edgeware Station after.Met my first love at the station at 15 where the school coach dropped us off then had to catch the 113 bus! Wonderful memories

By Denise Newton Adair on Fri Aug 30th 2024, at 4:39 pm

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