Nostalgic memories of Ealing's local history
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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 71 - 80 of 88 in total
This is for Gwynne Tilley. The bakers shop you refer to was 'Pauls', a family business not far from the church and roughly opposite Woolworths in The Broadway. Pauls was a family business delivering by horse and cart out to my home in Corringway but I do not know how long it survived after WW2. Trams ran along the main road in 1934 but were replaced about 1936 with Trolleys Nos 607 and 655 running from Hanwell, possibly Southall, to Shepherds Bush. Dudley Parker cryogenic@clara.net
Hello, I'm a biographer in the United States and working on the life story of Ealing native, Lionel Malins. Lionel would later be known as Lee. He attended the Ealing County Grammar School for boys between the years of 1931-1938. Did you know Lionel? He is living in the U.S. now and is as healthy and happy and funny as ever. Did you know he was/is a highly decorated RAF fighter ...see more
I was very interested in your web site. William Abernethie, owner of Abernethie & Son Ltd 140-144 Uxbridge Road, was my Great great grandfather. He also had a branch at 25 Broadway, Ealing. It was a very successful drapery department store and celebrated 75 years of business from 1879-1954 with a commemorative catalogue. The shop finally closed in 1983. In 1944 the West Ealing store was destroyed by a ...see more
My Gt Gran lived Oxford Road Ealing (I think Ealing Common or Ealing Broadway) she went under the name of Annie Crump although she should have been Annie Smart. She was a Boarding House Keeper. I cannot find any more information on her as I don't know which name she used, she was (maiden name) Annie Watkins, she married a Crump and had some little Crumps, her husband died and she married the man who was my gt granddad, ...see more
Yes Yes Yes!!! I remember Les Wilde. My mum and dad used to go there every Wednesday evening. and my brother and I were sent along there for the childrens dance classes, I think on a Thursday evening. I remember the hall above the, was it a billiard hall? and the tiny little curtained booth where they put on the records, and the kitchen that smelled of gas where you could buy a watery orange juice and ...see more
I grew up in Michigan USA, but my grandparents purchased a home in Perivale in the 1930s and it backed up to the property of the Perivale Maternity Hospital. My mom and my 2 aunts spent their youth, including teen years, in that house. It was one of my aunt's homes until about 10 years ago. My mom emigrated to the States in the mid 1950s, married and had 3 children. We were fortunate to have ...see more
I moved to Windsor Road in Ealing in 1962 when I was 11. I remember the Grove with fond memories. All the shops! The tailor's shop and the barbers. The sweet shop which always had a bowl of water for the dogs outside in the summer, the butchers (Mum used to send me there on a Saturday for a piece of beef costing about 3s or 3/6d (15 or 17 1/2p) The man that ran the butchers along with his 2 sons also had a cafe ...see more
My God! I remember the baker shop fondly as it was opposite the Ealing Studios, and we used to hang outside Ealing Studios loads of times as kids, hoping to see someone famous - and we did. I've said "Hello" to Hattie Jaques, she was so lovely and warm, I remember her just walking over to my sister to say hello and ask why were we there, we explained we lived in Northolt but our nan and grandad lived in ...see more
I moved to Hanwell in 1934 and was sent to Wynnstay School for girls and little boys, it was in The Avenue, not too far from West Ealing Station. I went to school on the 211 bus for a year then cycled, about 1 1/2 miles each way. In 1937 I was moved to Harrow View House School in Cleveland Avenue to meet up with Billy Cato, part of the Cato ironmongery empire. September 1939 saw the end of that school and I ...see more
My dad owned the above. I spent 22 years in Perivale and went through school there. I finally left in 1977. I have fond memories of Perivale and my dad's shop was very popular, it was on Bilton Road. We lived in Devon Close. Johnny Kidd was one of our customers and neighbours. Does anyone remember us?