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  • Members: 431
  • Category: England
  • Founded: Apr 29, 1999
  • Language: English
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A discussion of the history and heritage of Romford, a market town situated in the historic county of Essex, now administered as part of the London Borough of Havering.

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Re: Romford Steam Nostalgia
Harry. You were so lucky to have a wheel barrow, all we had was a bucket and we had to go out as soon as the milk mans horse came by and left its load, before
Posted - Fri Nov 27, 2009 7:49 pm
Mike Willis
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Re: Romford Steam Nostalgia
You'll notice I said "homemade' wheelbarrow.  It was just a box on a two-wheeled axle with a stick nailed to the front to keep it upright and another stick
Posted - Fri Nov 27, 2009 7:45 pm
Harry Hartshorne
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Re: Romford Steam Nostalgia
Wheelbarrow!!!!!!!!...oooh the luxury my brother and I had to make do with a bucket and shovel. We didn't mind being seen, we were all in the same boat!
Posted - Fri Nov 27, 2009 7:33 pm
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Re: Romford Steam Nostalgia
I didn't pick up coal on th railroad tracks but I did go through the neighborhood with a homemade            wheelbarrow very early in the morning
Posted - Fri Nov 27, 2009 6:52 pm
Harry Hartshorne
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Re: Romford Steam Nostalgia
How about picking up coal along the tracks that had fallen from the tender. ... From: Victor Purkiss To: RomfordHistory@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, November
Posted - Fri Nov 27, 2009 2:44 pm
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2009 208 122 51 50 37 39 7 78 38 27 71
2008 36 103 60 173 23 35 24 34 54 95 43 77
2007 41 62 55 47 46 37 84 36 37 151 131 87
2006 39 22 92 153 52 42 16 29 25 130 89 43
2005 20 35 166 105 75 53 62 24 101 100 41 19
2004 48 42 57 38 15 47 157 45 44 33 16 17
2003 75 43 52 53 61 90 116 83 142 71 37 46
2002 54 206 230 120 84 19 19 32 29 22 38 120
2001 52 102 55 24 64 126 46 37 49 18 16 20
2000 16 40 36 99 25 26 107 58 107 93 95 41
1999 199 102 20 14 30 13 17 3

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