I have been asked to publish the following request: P.W.D. Waite is researching "Romford Dialect" and would like to hear of old words or expressions (with...
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Phil Steer
phil.steer@xxxx.xxxxx...
Sep 8, 1999 3:04 pm
I thought you might like to know that ONElist have greatly improved their site. Why not pay a visit to our Romford History community (yes, we're a commuunity...
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Phil Steer
phil.steer@xxxx.xxxxx...
Sep 8, 1999 6:36 pm
More on the brewery development. Not exactly history, I know - but it will be one day! I think that the redevelopment of a large part of central Romford,...
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Andy Lee
ahl@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Sep 8, 1999 10:38 pm
Phil told us about 'the brewery development' and commented ... were ... Couldn't we raise a petition or something? Perhaps a follow-up article in The Romford...
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Phil Steer
phil.steer@xxxx.xxxxx...
Sep 9, 1999 2:30 pm
... It seems like I got it the wrong way round - it's likely that the town actually gave its name to the river: "Romford, first recorded in 1153-4, probably...
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Phil Steer
phil.steer@xxxx.xxxxx...
Sep 9, 1999 2:30 pm
... It's not so much a matter of letting it go as getting it back! I beleive that the Rom has been below ground in the centre of town (i.e. on the brewery...
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Phil Steer
phil.steer@xxxx.xxxxx...
Sep 9, 1999 2:43 pm
From the "Romford Recorder", August 27, 1999, by permission of the Editor: AS ROMFORD Council released details of the bold ring road place this week back in...
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dgmaltby
dgmaltby@xxxx.xxxx
Sep 9, 1999 10:58 pm
... From: Andy Lee <ahl@...> To: <RomfordHistory@onelist.com> Sent: 08 September 1999 23:38 Subject: Re: [RomfordHistory] "Head start on brewery...
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Andy Lee
ahl@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Sep 10, 1999 10:33 pm
... Could be. I've been having trouble with OneList recently. ... <snip> etc., etc. Yes, I know, but ... :-( Andy. ... Andy Lee, Tutbury, Staffordshire,...
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Phil Steer
phil.steer@xxxx.xxxxx...
Sep 11, 1999 9:03 am
... Could this mean that the Romford History email "community" has actually been sending and receiving 10s of messages each day, but that I've just missed ...
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Phil Steer
phil.steer@xxxx.xxxxx...
Sep 11, 1999 9:03 am
... I can't let Andy take the blame for this! I must confess that it was I who suggested that "it would be great" if this section of the Rom were once more to...
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Charlotte
lolli@xxxxxx.xxxx
Sep 11, 1999 11:28 am
please could u remove me from the mailing list thanks Charlotte...
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Phil Steer
phil.steer@xxxx.xxxxx...
Sep 11, 1999 7:24 pm
... Hi Charlotte. I'm sorry that you want to leave us. I will certainly remove you from the list, as you request, so this should be the last message that you...
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dgmaltby
dgmaltby@xxxx.xxxx
Sep 12, 1999 1:24 pm
... Aw hell! I hope it wasn't my crack about walking on water! You can't be too careful when it comes to treading on people's norms! However, perhaps...
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Pam Zalanyi
instma@xxxxx.xxx
Sep 14, 1999 3:55 pm
Dear Phil: I just found your site through someone who used to live on Romford and now lives in St. Catharines, Ontaroi (close to Niagara Falls). I am trying...
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Phil Steer
phil.steer@xxxx.xxxxx...
Sep 14, 1999 7:32 pm
Dear Pam, Welcome to the Romford History community, and many thanks for your kind words about the web site! I hope that you find belonging interesting and ...
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Phil Steer
phil.steer@xxxx.xxxxx...
Sep 14, 1999 7:33 pm
I just thought that some of you might be interested to learn that I have started another mailing list. However, this is simply an announcement list (i.e. no...
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Phil Steer
phil.steer@xxxx.xxxxx...
Sep 17, 1999 6:02 am
Not history, but I couldn't let this pass: From the Romford Recorder, September 10, 1999, by permission of the Editor: AN author has come under fire after...
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dgmaltby
dgmaltby@xxxx.xxxx
Sep 17, 1999 6:57 pm
... (snip) ... (snip) ... the ... etc... So...the place has improved a bit since I left then?!!! Cheers, David PS Murphy??? We're getting all upset about a...
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Andy Lee
ahl@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Sep 17, 1999 10:03 pm
... The man's a **** (choose your own word). Not because he says it about Romford, but because such generalisations are arrant nonsense. Andy. ... Andy Lee,...
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Phil Steer
phil.steer@xxxx.xxxxx...
Sep 19, 1999 5:26 pm
This weekend was London Open House. In the end I only managed to get to one property, Havering Town Hall. In due course I'll add some photos to my Web site...
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Andy Lee
ahl@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Sep 26, 1999 11:06 pm
On 16th May I started a thread on 'Romford's Famous Sons and Daughters' when ... Today he has won the European Grand Prix! Yes!! Go Johnny Go! Andy. ... Andy...
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Phil Steer
phil.steer@xxxx.xxxxx...
Sep 27, 1999 8:12 am
... What a great result! Did you hear Murray mention our beloved town? "Johnny Hertbert from ROMFORD, now living in Monaco. I wonder of Johnny would be ...
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Phil Steer
phil.steer@xxxx.xxxxx...
Sep 27, 1999 10:58 am
I send the following on the off-chance that one of our 'community' might have been involved. Anyone?! From the "Romford Recorder", September 17, 1999, by...
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Phil Steer
phil.steer@xxxx.xxxxx...
Sep 27, 1999 1:26 pm
From the "Romford Recorder", September 17, 1999, by permission of the Editor: BACK in 1939 following the outbreak of war the Auxiliary Fire Brigade burnt down...
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Andy Lee
ahl@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Sep 27, 1999 8:51 pm
... *Several* times! ... His fanclub (of which I am a member) website is at http://www.johnnyherbert.co.uk/ (well, there's a surprise!) where there's a...
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Andy Lee
ahl@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Sep 27, 1999 9:05 pm
... There was talk at one point that Hare Hall might be open. Sadly it wasn't - had it been, it would probably have been invaded by members of a certain...
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Andy Lee
ahl@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Sep 27, 1999 8:59 pm
... I wasn't there in 1959, but I used to go 'to the dogs' a few years later (1965/66?) with some mates from school (have I mentioned RLSOldBoys@OneList.com...
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dgmaltby
dgmaltby@xxxx.xxxx
Sep 27, 1999 10:53 pm
... The Wheatsheaf? Honest? The Wheatsheaf in Wheatsheaf Road, off Brentwood Road? (Must be - I can't think of another pub of that name in the vicinity!) You...
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Phil Steer
phil.steer@xxxx.xxxxx...
Sep 28, 1999 8:07 am
... Yes, it is still there - it hasn't yet been demoilished to make way for a 'much needed' supermarket or nightclub! I've been "down the dogs" (is that the...
