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The Haven was built and opened as the Odeon cinema on 17th August 1937 with `Dark Journey`. In 1976, it was taken over by the Classic cinema group, and run part-time on cinema/bingo, until it was sold to Haven Enterprise Ltd, and renamed ...Read more

A memory of Boston by Maurice Brader

When I was born, in 1948, my parents lived in Mount Park Road. My father, who was chairman of the Ealing Rotary Club (at least twice that I remember), was a solicitor and his firm 'Machin-Smith & Brown' had two offices. One was on ...Read more

A memory of Ealing by Helen Machin Smith

I remember when (I sound like my mother now!) we all had fun in the street, on the Eglwyslian Mountain, the "Monkeys Tump" and the "Dickie Woods". There were many of us living in Rhydyfelin during those ...Read more

A memory of Rhydyfelin in 1960 by Michael Morris

When Davie Gibson was manager of the Haven, when all the guests were seated in the dining room, he would bang on the table and lead everyone in singing grace to the hymn 'Let us sing with gladsome mind, praise the Lord for he is kind.....'

A memory of St Abbs in 1943 by Denis Kirkland

I shall always remember the old park with great affection. The first time I remember walking through I would only be about five years old; there was a dead blackbird lying on the ground, I gently put my foot on it and it squeaked. I ...Read more

A memory of Boston by Bob Marriott

I noticed that 'MACHAN' has been refurbished and on the market for 4 mil. I used to go to a school there called St Gorran School. The school actually started in Gorran Haven but moved to Gillan later. I got to be the oldest boy and lived in ...Read more

A memory of Gillan in 1954 by Peter Wickens

On the right of this photo, opposite the Town Hall is the ABC Forum cinema, where I and my brother and sister along with lots of young children used to go on Saturday mornings to see a cartoon, a western, a Superman or Flash Gordon serial or a ...Read more

A memory of Ealing by akgcomail

I recall many a happy memory at Cawsands and kingsand, fathers family were from Millbrook. we spent many many hours at both. I recall waiting for the ferry boat from Plymouth to come into the ...Read more

A memory of Cawsand by manchuella

My mother Janet Ravens, and her sister Gweneth, lived in South Woodford from 1943 to around 1958. I am researching her family tree and also trying to get together photos of the time in the places she lived. (She turns 70 next ...Read more

A memory of South Woodford in 1944 by Sonia Beamish

The shop that was operated by my grandmother at New Mill Bridge was home to me and my family during the Second World War. It was a haven where the madness of the war seemed to be so very remote and in a way, ...Read more

A memory of Shelsley Walsh in 1941 by Antony Cook