I will come clean straight away I do not live in Romford and have only visited it briefly ; However I am very interested in both a personal and professional...
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Barry Hilliard
bah@xxxx.xx.xxx
May 2, 1999 4:07 am
Hi Phil my name is Barry A Hilliard I now live in NZ but went to school in romford I don't really know what I can contribute to what you want but here goes...
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Phil Steer
phil.steer@xxxx.xxxxx...
May 2, 1999 6:57 pm
Hi Barry, Thanks for your interest. I'd say that you've probably got a lot to contribute (if you so wish). Romford has changed so much, particularly since...
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Phil Steer
phil.steer@xxxx.xxxxx...
May 4, 1999 1:54 pm
The following is an e-mail that I've sent to the Director of Environmental Planning at Havering Borough Council, which I thought might be of interest ... I...
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dgmaltby
dgmaltby@...
May 5, 1999 12:49 am
Hello Group! Though I now live in Devon, I was born in Stafford Avenue, Ardleigh Green - never was quite sure if that was officially Romford or Hornchurch. I...
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Andy Lee
ahl@xxxxxxx.xxxx
May 4, 1999 10:33 pm
... in ... Call me old-fashioned, but as far as I'm concerned Romford still is in Essex; I still address letters to my father to ... Romford, Essex, RM2 6EB ...
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Andy Lee
ahl@xxxxxxx.xxxx
May 5, 1999 6:20 am
I seem to remember as a young child (early, mid 1950s) that the Laurie Hall was used as a cinema - very crudely, in that a projector was simply set up on a...
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Phil Steer
phil.steer@xxxx.xxxxx...
May 5, 1999 8:38 am
... Yes...I did hesitate before writing "formerly in Essex", but I wasn't sure how else to phrase it. How about "...Romford, in the old county of Essex, and...
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Phil Steer
phil.steer@xxxx.xxxxx...
May 5, 1999 8:42 am
Hi David, Welcome to the group! I wish I'd known Romford before the ring-road was built (I only moved to the town in 1986). In addition to the buidings that ...
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Simon Lewis
simon@xxxxx.xxxxx.xx....
May 5, 1999 9:12 am
Hi all.. I work in the Seedbed Centre next to Homebase opposite the Ice Rink. Am I correct in assuming that Rom Valley Way is a relatively new road..and also, ...
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Phil Steer
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May 5, 1999 10:38 am
Hi Simon, Volume VII of the Victoria History of the County of Essex contains a map of Romford in 1975, and Rom Valley Way is not present, so it's certainly...
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Simon Lewis
simon@xxxxx.xxxxx.xx....
May 5, 1999 1:56 pm
Hiya..thanks for that Phil..at least I know I work on Holy ground!!! I can also remember being able to drive (well with my dad) down past the old Ted Ditchburn...
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Simon Lewis
simon@xxxxx.xxxxx.xx....
May 5, 1999 1:57 pm
Apparently people from the continent used to come over on coaches to shop in Romford. It was one week Southend and one week Romford. Si...
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Phil Steer
phil.steer@xxxx.xxxxx...
May 5, 1999 2:38 pm
Hi Simon, ... I can't imagine that happening now - although I could be wrong! I was surprised a couple of years ago to see a sign in Eastbourne, Sussex, ...
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Phil Steer
phil.steer@xxxx.xxxxx...
May 5, 1999 3:13 pm
Hi Andy, Many thanks for your memories of the Laurie Cinema. Do you remember anything else about your visits there? I've seen pictures of the outside, but...
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dgmaltby
dgmaltby@xxxx.xxxx
May 5, 1999 6:58 pm
... From: dgmaltby <dgmaltby@...> To: <RomfordHistory@onelist.com> Sent: 05 May 1999 19:52 Subject: Re: [RomfordHistory] Laurie Hall ... as ... both...
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Andy Lee
ahl@xxxxxxx.xxxx
May 5, 1999 8:18 pm
... All I can remember is a very plain room with cream paint on the walls. It seemed very large to me - not particularly wide, but long and tall - but I was...
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Andy Lee
ahl@xxxxxxx.xxxx
May 5, 1999 8:10 pm
the Seedbed Centre? Homebase? the Ice Rink? What's all this? I lived in Romford from 1947 (born in Rush Green) until 1966 (Gidea Park ) and since then I've...
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Andy Lee
ahl@xxxxxxx.xxxx
May 5, 1999 8:10 pm
... How about: "...Romford, in the county of Essex, currently administered by the London Borough of Havering"? Andy P.S. Thanks for starting the List - I'm...
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Andy Lee
ahl@xxxxxxx.xxxx
May 5, 1999 9:09 pm
Could there be any old school friends out there? The Royal Liberty School 1959-1966 Dave Workman? Terry Tysoe? Tony Worboys? Rob Pollard? 'Bill' Burgess? Ian...
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Andy Lee
ahl@xxxxxxx.xxxx
May 5, 1999 9:09 pm
Could there be any old school friends out there? Rush Green Primary/Junior School 1952-1959 Nigel Harding? Colin Preece? Michael Titterton? Andy ... Andy Lee,...
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dgmaltby
dgmaltby@xxxx.xxxx
May 5, 1999 10:25 pm
... I ... Yes, that ring-road totally altered the character of Romford. No doubt it had to come because of traffic pressure, but I honestly don't remember too...
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dgmaltby
dgmaltby@xxxx.xxxx
May 5, 1999 11:19 pm
... Hi Andy, I was at the Liberty 1955 - 62 so was obviously there for part of the time that you were but I don't recognise any name in your list unless, could...
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GEOFFREY G WILLIS
lordofsx@xxxxxxx.xxxx
May 5, 1999 11:33 pm
HI, I CAN REMEMBER THE LAURIE WAS CALLED THE "VOUGE", THE PENS FOR THE SHEEP WERE OF A PORTABLE NATURE MADE OF WOOD,PUT UP AND TAKEN DOWN AS NEEDED, THE WC IN...
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Phil Steer
phil.steer@xxxx.xxxxx...
May 6, 1999 8:46 am
Thanks very much for the encouraging words about the group, and for all your excellent contributions. I'm so pleased about the way the group's taken off, and...
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Barry Hilliard
bah@xxxx.xx.xxx
May 6, 1999 2:44 pm
Hi again this site is really getting good now and really interesting, I am new to this but seem to be getting hooked I was born in Romford Oldchurch hospital...
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Tony Harrison
Teefor@xxxxxxxx.xxxxx...
May 6, 1999 9:27 pm
To echo Andy Lee, are there any of my old school friends out there, 1966 - 1972? Andy Murphy? Robert Knightley? Tom (or even Bill) Saunders? Mike Walsh? and...
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dgmaltby
dgmaltby@xxxx.xxxx
May 6, 1999 11:14 pm
Barry's latest post mentioning the coal yards reminded me of the horses... I lived in Purbeck Road, Hornchurch from the age of two, our family having been...
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dgmaltby
dgmaltby@xxxx.xxxx
May 7, 1999 12:03 am
Hi again, One aspect of this group that I really like is the number of posts which revive long-forgotten memories - I would guess most of us are finding this. ...
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Andy Lee
ahl@xxxxxxx.xxxx
May 7, 1999 12:16 am
... Ian ... Yes! Of course! It was Ian *Pawley*; but (now I remember) one of the teachers (Mr (Wally!) Walters - English teacher - Room 10!) mis-read his name...
