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10026 sydney
sydney.smith... Offline Send Email
Feb 1, 2012
6:46 pm
Hi Eric. I can go along with you entirely here ref music and in particular songs/tunes triggering especial remembrances in our lives related to particular...
10027 sydney
sydney.smith... Offline Send Email
Feb 2, 2012
5:50 pm
Hi all. Forgive me for this but I think theres much more comment could come related to this "music to events" topic. I do believe that just about everyone in...
10028 terry_latter Offline Send Email Feb 2, 2012
7:28 pm
Hi Syd.... I can only think of one song that reminds me of Romford, and thats 'Del Shannon-Runaway'...Reminds me of the fairground in Raphael's park on Romford...
10029 Margaret Horsey
peggy.horsey Offline Send Email
Feb 3, 2012
12:32 pm
Have forgotten how to access the photo site relevant to RomfordHistory@yahoogroups.com HELP, please! Peggy Canada [Non-text portions of this message have...
10030 John Bailey
biffo1963 Offline Send Email
Feb 3, 2012
1:21 pm
Peggy, You need to sign on to the YahooGroups site ( http://groups.yahoo.com ) , then select the "RomfordHistory" group, and then click on "photos" on the...
10031 Margaret Horsey
peggy.horsey Offline Send Email
Feb 3, 2012
1:55 pm
Thanks, Peggy ... From: John Bailey To: RomfordHistory@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 8:21 AM Subject: Re: [RomfordHistory] How to access...
10032 sydney
sydney.smith... Offline Send Email
Feb 3, 2012
5:14 pm
Hi Terry. I have emailed you. These fairs were always a much looked forward to event in Romford and also round about in Rainham, Dagenham etc, in fact anywhere...
10033 terry_latter Offline Send Email Feb 3, 2012
5:22 pm
Hi Peggy It looks as though the photo's haven't been approved yet.. All the best Terry...
10034 Harry Hartshorne
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Feb 3, 2012
6:28 pm
I'm surprised no-one has mentioned the bandstand in Raphaels P ark and the Sunday afternoon concerts and the great march music.   I enjoyed the fairs' too and...
10035 Harry Hartshorne
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Feb 4, 2012
7:23 pm
I've just spent a pleasant hour looking at 'old Romford' photos as directed by John.  I'm too young to connect with them and too old to remember them anyway....
10036 Victor Purkiss
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Feb 5, 2012
6:51 pm
I dont know Harry.Ive forgotten. Why are you asking me anyway? Some sort of test? So the question is open to everyone.   Seems the subject of the "otherside...
10037 Harry Hartshorne
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Feb 5, 2012
7:19 pm
Sorry Vic.  I meant to ask Syd.      I LIVED THE OTHER SIDE OF NORTH STREET.  I DONT KNOW IF THAT QUALIFIED  FOR 'THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRACKS' OR NOT'...
10038 sydney
sydney.smith... Offline Send Email
Feb 6, 2012
5:12 pm
Hi Vic. I will try to answer Harry ref the High St but it will only be so so. May I just say that with ref to your comment re "The otherside of the tracks" it...
10039 sydney
sydney.smith... Offline Send Email
Feb 6, 2012
5:46 pm
Hi Harry. I'm in a bit of quandary here not quite knowing what particular question you hope for an answer to. So I am going to stick me neck out and attempt to...
10040 Harry Hartshorne
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Feb 6, 2012
6:22 pm
Syd,  Thank you for your in depth reply re. High St. boundaries.   I kinda figured Pettits lane one way and Cottons' Rec. the other.  I suppose I could find...
10041 Margaret Horsey
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Feb 6, 2012
6:23 pm
Syd: Great (and understandable) analysis ... job well done! Thanks, Peggy ... From: sydney To: RomfordHistory@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 06,...
10042 sydney
sydney.smith... Offline Send Email
Feb 7, 2012
5:19 pm
Hi Peggy/Harry. Further to my comments of yesterday I have today looked at a recent Romford Map and High St is shown as extending from the Traffic Lights as...
10043 sydney
sydney.smith... Offline Send Email
Feb 7, 2012
5:21 pm
Hi Harry. Pse see my further post ref High St. Regards. Syd....
10044 John Brown
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Feb 8, 2012
5:22 am
I wonder if it would be  possible for someone who still lives locally to have a look at the house/shop numbers between say Woolpack (Mawney Rd) and Waterloo...
10045 sydney
sydney.smith... Offline Send Email
Feb 8, 2012
11:46 am
Hi John. That would be interesting since it should show the dividing line somewhere between the properties you mention. There was quite a bit going on around...
10046 Harry Hartshorne
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Feb 9, 2012
5:30 am
John,  I just "clicked " on 82, High St, Romford , Essex and a wealth of info turned up. By playing with that you can find all the info. you were looking for....
10047 John Brown
stattointhai... Offline Send Email
Feb 9, 2012
6:05 am
Thanks Harry, but when I google it all I get is a load of rubbish about Slug & Lettice Pub (with  Chelmsford postcode), 82 High St Whitechapel (8 mins from...
10048 sydney
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Feb 9, 2012
2:05 pm
Hi John/Harry. I have been away from Romford now for many years although I have been back there from time to time. I still in my minds eye carry a picture of...
10049 John Brown
stattointhai... Offline Send Email
Feb 11, 2012
11:15 am
I was just "surfin'" around looking for nothing in particular, when I came accross this calendar (Old Romford Engagements 2012). Might be of intrest to some...
10050 Peter
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Feb 11, 2012
10:02 pm
Thanks John- I think I'll order one, even if it is a bit late in the year, and even if their geography of Havering appears to have been learned in an American...
10051 John Brown
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Feb 15, 2012
11:13 am
Just been sent the attached link proving that Romford is the luckiest place in UK http://news.uk.msn.com/odd-news/need-some-luck-move-to-romford John ...
10052 Guilherme Witana
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Feb 17, 2012
7:10 pm
Obrigado por avisar. ... Enviada do meu celular Nokia ... From: Harry Hartshorne Sent: 2/6/2012 6:17:50 PM To: RomfordHistory@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re:...
10053 Christopher Hall
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Feb 21, 2012
5:43 pm
Does anyone remember Waterloo Road before WW2? In particular I wonder if anyone remembers James Hale's second hand furniture shop at 3-5 Waterloo Road? Or...
10054 RomfordHistory-owner@... Send Email Feb 21, 2012
5:53 pm
Hi all Apologies for the delay in approval of photos / messages, but I have been on holiday for the past month. Usually either myself or Phil Steer would...
10055 sydney
sydney.smith... Offline Send Email
Feb 21, 2012
6:18 pm
Hallo. Cannot help here because although my recollections of Romford pre war (and during) are reasonably good my first real connection with Waterloo Rd was...
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