Hi Julie, ... Was it located where I said it was? Was there anything notable about it? ... I've only seen it called Betterware. I've just found a short...
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dgmaltby
dgmaltby@...
Jul 1, 1999 6:06 pm
... Yes, a long two storey box-like building, a yellowy colour if I remember rightly. Set back from the road down some steps. There must have been a fair...
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dgmaltby
dgmaltby@xxxx.xxxx
Jul 1, 1999 6:10 pm
I don't remember anything your talking about !!!!! Anyway, hello to all !! Charlotte Hi Charlotte! Now we ARE getting civilised on this list! Three ladies! ...
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Bill Lavender
webmaster@xxxxxxx.xx....
Jul 1, 1999 1:44 pm
Can anyone tell me whereabouts in China the brewing machinery and equipment from the old Romford Brewery was `moved' to? I wonder if they're selling much beer...
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Simon Lewis
simon@xxxxx.xxxxx.xx....
Jul 7, 1999 7:35 am
You may be interested to know that signs have gone up in the last week saying that the development on the former brewery site will be: 240,000 square feet of...
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dgmaltby
dgmaltby@xxxx.xxxx
Jul 7, 1999 9:58 pm
... Ah well, that's that then! Now it's for sure the old place will NEVER be the same again! The old cinemas will finally get the elbow and be turned into DIY ...
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dave;editors(Heritage...
dave@xxxxxxxxx.xxxxxx...
Jul 8, 1999 7:54 pm
... I realise that you are quoting the billboard, but isnt this yet another liberty being taken with our language? Or will x square feet of retail float away...
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Phil Steer
phil.steer@xxxx.xxxxx...
Jul 9, 1999 10:49 am
... Until Geoffrey mentioned it, I also never knew that the path/alley had a name. However, in last week's Romford Recorder (July 2) there was an article and...
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dgmaltby
dgmaltby@xxxx.xxxx
Jul 9, 1999 3:30 pm
... However, in last week's Romford Recorder (July 2) there was an ... There you go! If you wait patiently for long enough the answer suddenly appears out of...
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Phil Steer
phil.steer@xxxx.xxxxx...
Jul 9, 1999 3:44 pm
... Ah, but we still haven' answered *where* the name comes from! But...I'm working on that, and should have something to post before too long (can you stand...
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dgmaltby
dgmaltby@xxxx.xxxx
Jul 11, 1999 12:04 am
... How's this for a theory... Picture Romford (or the Liberty of Havering) in late Norman times, four or five hundred years "pre-railway" when the land west...
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Phil Steer
phil.steer@xxxx.xxxxx...
Jul 12, 1999 8:40 pm
... Great theory! I've been seeking an answer in the newsgroups alt.english.usage and alt.usage.english (see the thread 'Meaning of "battis"') Two...
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Andy Lee
ahl@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Jul 13, 1999 10:45 pm
... sounds reasonable to me. ... seems unlikely <?> ... now you're talking <g> ... Will we ever? - but it's good fun trying :-) Geoffrey - you started this! ...
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dgmaltby
dgmaltby@xxxx.xxxx
Jul 14, 1999 10:16 pm
... I was under the impression that Times Furnishing was on that corner! Or are we talking pre-1947 here? I'll post this off and then check me maps - ever one...
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Phil Steer
phil.steer@xxxx.xxxxx...
Jul 15, 1999 6:51 am
... The Star Inn was right on the corner, just below the Times Furnishing store. I don't know when it first appeared, or when it was closed down! Brian Evans'...
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GEOFFREY G WILLIS
lordofsx@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Jul 15, 1999 1:53 pm
Hi David, 1, yesterday I drove through rumford Maine,named after a civil war general. 2,the bakery on crowlane was Price's.I helped a Mr bill beaton of 90 ...
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Correne & Evan James
BCE@xxxx.xx.xxx
Jul 15, 1999 8:49 pm
Is there anyone out there who can help me with some family history. My father was Ernest James, born 13..8.03 at Romford, and who lived in Romford until he...
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dgmaltby
dgmaltby@xxxx.xxxx
Jul 19, 1999 10:56 pm
Here's a little snippet of useless information I came across today. On the assumption that one man's useless information is another man's thesis material,...
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Andy Lee
ahl@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Jul 20, 1999 6:26 pm
David wrote about ... Fascinating! Where did you find this gem? Andy. ... Andy Lee, Tutbury, Staffordshire, England ahl@......
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dgmaltby
dgmaltby@xxxx.xxxx
Jul 20, 1999 11:34 pm
... Quite by accident, I assure you! Page 29 of a paperback entitled, "The Shire Horse" by Keith Chivers. No, don't bother with the next two obvious questions!...
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Phil Steer
phil.steer@xxxx.xxxxx...
Aug 4, 1999 8:58 am
... Good things come to he who waits! A substantial part of the former Romford brewery is now incorporated in the San Miguel Brewery, Baoding, Hebei Province,...
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Phil Steer
phil.steer@xxxx.xxxxx...
Aug 4, 1999 9:31 am
Q. Why are postings to the Romford History Mailing List just like buses? A. Because you wait two weeks for one to arrive, and then two turn up at once! Sorry -...
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Phil Steer
phil.steer@xxxx.xxxxx...
Aug 8, 1999 9:24 am
Can anyone help with the following enquiry from someone whose family came from Romford? Best Regards, Phil ... From: Karla-koala...
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Graham Lee
Graham_Lee@xxxxxxxxxx...
Aug 8, 1999 11:29 pm
phil check out with andy the name of WIGGINS re. karla's enquiry on the rls old boys list we have had mention of a woodwork teacher with this name and karla...
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Phil Steer
phil.steer@xxxx.xxxxx...
Aug 11, 1999 6:20 pm
I'm going to be away for a week from Friday, and so will be unable to 'approve' the anticipated flood (!) of messages. I was going to ask another group member...
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dgmaltby
dgmaltby@xxxx.xxxx
Aug 13, 1999 10:44 pm
My sister has just visited - from the old home town! During the course of conversation she mentioned that Hornchurch is now a hive of activity at night now,...
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Phil Steer
phil.steer@xxxx.xxxxx...
Aug 23, 1999 7:45 pm
Reproduced from the Romford Recorder, August 13, 1999, p.4, by permission of the Editor: Nearly the last reel for old style ABC ROMFORD's last remaining...
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Phil Steer
phil.steer@xxxx.xxxxx...
Aug 25, 1999 8:40 am
Looking back over past messages, I found this comment from David, written in ... As David predicted, sheltered accomodation it is! Best Regards, Phil...
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dgmaltby
dgmaltby@xxxx.xxxx
Aug 25, 1999 4:05 pm
... (snip) ... No doubt they will be very tastefully designed, built and decorated - Inevitably aged Romfordians need to live SOMEWHERE - and close to the ...
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Phil Steer
phil.steer@xxxx.xxxxx...
Aug 26, 1999 2:42 pm
Reproduced from the "Romford Recorder", August 6, 1999, page 4, by permission of the Editor. THE BIGGEST AND THE BEST! MAJOR refurbishment of the 30 year-old...
