Nostalgic memories of Wembley'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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Hi yes I think the shop you are thinking of is Phillips they used to have contraptions that took the money that used to go To the till on some sort of rail system - Dorothy Swift
I was a teenager in the 70's and on Saturdays a group of us used to spend our time shopping for clothes and make up. Shops I remember are Chelsea Girl, Ravel, Satisfaction and Who one of which was down in a basement and had a DJ called Lee spinning chart records of the week. Then on to Boots to try out lipsticks and cheap perfume. Sometimes we'd go to ABC cinema and then to Wimpy or chip shop which was down steps ...see more
We moved into Harrowdene Close in 1953 when they were first built. I can always remember the flats being well maintained and my dad had an allotment between the close and Sudbury Avenue. On a recent trip back down memory lane the allotment is now overgrown. I left there in 1972 when I got married. I went to Perrin Road Primary Scool and later Alperton High School. When I went back I did not recognise any of the shops ...see more
i remember a tea rooms before you got to Blands called Mitchell's which had wood paneling and blue check tablecloths around the 1950 period. My husband lived in the flat above the butchers shop on the corner of Ealing road. Next door to the butchers was a corn chandlers that used to have baby chickens in the window for sale. They would be about 2 days old! My motherinlaw worked in the butcher shop across the ...see more
Oh yes I can recall this photograph really well.
I was born in Logan Road, just off Preston Road and my mother and family visited Wembley High Road to frequently. Just before I married in 1971 the site of that large tower block was once the grounds of a church; cannot remember its denomination, but it was a sizeable church and had its own private grounds. On the corner of Park Lane, ...see more
I remember every summer holidays staying in a caravan with my brothers and sisters at our dads builders merchants.
Every day we would go to the triangle and get fresh baked bread from garners and try not to eat it on the way back and avoid the cars coming down the ramp from sainsburys..it was a fun time..and we used to go to a shop up the road and get milkshakes but i cant remember the name..
I moved to Wembley in about 1965 and lived on Clifton Avenue. My mum worked at a cafe on the High Rd until 1970 when we moved up north... Looking at Streetview, the area seems totally changed but I think the cafe was on the corner of the High Rd and Wembley Hill Rd, on the other side of the triangle from Wally Kilmister's model shop, which I remember with childlike awe.
I think the cafe was called The ...see more
I remember being brought up as a child around my Grand -dads business. My grand parents run a family business called Waldec. It was a timber yard and DIY business. Mr n Mrs Jones. Around 1967 I would like to go back and collect memory's and photos. I have no photos of my family, sad to say they have all passed away.
I want to pay a tribute to my family and loved to hear from any one who may of remember us. I remember the VG on east lane, the first real super market. The hop vine pub,
I was born in park royal hospital in 1955 and lived in Douglas avenue alperton until 1980. I remember going to Saturday matinee at the regal cinema, ice cream in demarcos who also did great coffee. Henry coopers fruit & veg stall on the corner opposite the village inn pub where I got drunk on vodka & lime one night! I remember the fabulous bakers opposite the market, there was always a queue for their ...see more
My father and uncle were Simpsons of Wembley.They sold American Cars to all sorts of celebrities(And Gangsters!!)from the 50's to the 70's We lived on the Barn Hill Estate in Wembley Park.My father knew,due to his business most of the people who had businesses in Wembley,Henry Cooper,who was my Uncles neighbour used to give us tickets to all the boxing matches and would bring all the fighters to meet us when they ...see more