Nostalgic memories of Northumberland Heath's local history
Share your own memories of Northumberland Heath and read what others have said
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.
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Displaying Memories 1 - 10 of 16 in total
I remember Mr Kirby the maths teacher.
I remenber going to dancing lessons at Erith with Freddy Kemp but cannot recall his dancing partners name.
I remember the head teacher but forgot his name.
In about 1953/4 we had an eclipse of the sun and we all laid in the field with dark glasses to see the eclipse.
Barry Ptescott
My e mail is lowman532@btinternet.com not 536 as shown on my memory of Northumberland Heath.
I was born in Brook Street in the end of terrace house next to Rooksby's, the butchers shop at the junction of Horsa Road, and lived there until I was married at the age of 21. My aunt (Elizabeth) Cis Luck and uncle Percival lived next door. Cis was my fathers sister. Our house was opposite the Duchess of Kent pub which if my memory serves me right was owned by Bill Whiltshire. I think he had a ...see more
I was born and lived in Hengist Road opposite Collindale Ave near Brook Street and the Rec as we called it, I'm Tony Messum and I shared with my Brother Michael, and Sister Patricia and my buddies were Dennis Roker, Jimmy Luck, Leslie Cowan, Keith Keeble, David Shovella, John,Richard, and Derek Humphreys and who was the one with the glasses. All of my buddies lived in Horsa Road and ...see more
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 converted ...see more
My family lived in Emes Road quite near to the Heath and I went to Brook Street school. Like all the other people who have shared their memories I also remember that time with great fondness. All the shops on the Heath and the people who worked in them were so different to the shopping experience of today. They were like family friends The Corner shop Nunns the butchers, Marshells, ...see more
My father ran the sweet shop on Bexley Road and Ramsden Road i think its name was for Mr Walker and as we lived above the Bexley Road shop i was born there - i remember looking out at the old club house watching the dray horses deliver the barrels of beer. My father became vice president of the new club when it opened for a while - he then went down to the Catholic Club on the commitee when it opened and he was the caretaker at St. Fidelis School where he died.
I used to work in the spar shop in Northumberland Heath which was next to wellingtons ,
My little bruvver Pete got hold of a book call 3 Cheers to North Heath - what a great little book! University Place in the 1850's; the Education Act; all the different teachers and so on. Such a lot of social history as well. My mum - Madge Masters, as she was then, (Wilson now) and her sister Connie went there. My memories are those of the infants school and having to have cod liver oil, a ...see more
My memories of Brook Street from around 1955 through to 1969 are numerous. Schooling at University Place and Brook Street primary, junior and senior school which I left in 1963. From one end to the other I must have walked it thousands of times. Playing around the stream way and getting sweets in the little hut at the bottom of the hill near the cemetery, which I would walk through looking at the names on ...see more