Hello all, I have noticed of late, that the Parkside Pub in North Street is closed down and boarded up! Are we due for another ugly development for Romford?...
Hello Blues N Soul (?) So the Parkside Hotel could be another Romford feature passing into the town's History? I understand that the licence for the 'Cock &...
Hi there is the parkside the hotel in main road ! Yet another hotel in romford. I have been in there just recently the hotel is in two parts the main...
apoligies to everyone. parkside is in north street. yes blues and soul another ugly development another victory to fashion the developers and the local...
Chris, The Parkside Hotel I had in mind is the one at the north end of North Street, close to where it meets the A12, Eastern Avenue. From what BluesNSoul(?)...
Wrong Hotel, you are talking about the 'Coach house' in Main Road. Peter ... From: RomfordHistory@yahoogroups.com [mailto:RomfordHistory@yahoogroups.com] On...
Hello all, ... Don't worry, it's just being refurbished, not redeveloped: P0315.05: Change 3 no. windows to door openings in south elevation. Additional window...
I went past this dump earlier,and it seems it is going to remain boarded up untill another manager is selected to take on the place. Here is the link to the...
... It's amazing how memory fades as changes happen in the town. The Coach House is, of course, converted from the former Victoria Cottage Hospital, built by...
Hallo all. Although leaving Romford in 1955 I have always remembered the happy years there, I often sit and recall those times. As children, middle to late...
Hi I can remember brooklands as I remember as a school boy every saturday selling football programs at Brooklands also occasionally they had grasstrack cycle...
yes agree terry the coach house in main road. Excellent information about the coach and horses. My brother use to live in reedpond walk which is by the...
this does not sound good news being boarded up ! Selected ? you mean there a candidates who want the place Fools ! Romford does not need anymore pubs clubs...
G'day, Not the '40's but the '60's I remember Spurs Reserves playing there and the captain was Derek Posse. Dont forget that the great Ted Ditchburn was a ...
... was ... kids Hi, I used to work at Colverns invoicing out Wirewound Potentiometers, never did find out what they were, this must have been around 1959- ...
Hi One and all, Molly, a wirewound potentiometer is the thing you use when you turn up your radio, more commonly know as a pot. ie the volume control knob. ...
Hallo all. I remember Colverns and it of course brings to mind thoughts of Mawney Road generally. Was this one of the longest Roads in Romford?. After all...
Hi Molly, That was a bit after my time my friend Jim Pavitt used to live over the road from Colverns in Como Street, I havent seen him since 1949/50 when I...
Hi Syd You haven't any pictures of Mawney Road that you could send to the Romford History website by any chance?? I lived at 345 Mawney Road in 1960 when my...
Does anyone on the list know of / knew / remembers, any of the SIBLEY family - father was Harry SIBLEY who owned "Harry's Cycle Stores" Market Place, Romford. ...
Hi Sarah, I went to St. Edwards Sceondary School in the Market Place and seem to recall that for a short time, there was in my class, a lad called David...
Re St Edwards I read with interest that st edwards was in market place, The comprehensive School has moved to London Road romford. But i dont know when it...
One thing that quite surprised me is that romford has quite a number of streams and rivers. River rom and the Ingrebourne also i believe there is at least...
May I just ask are you the ... I guess this is me Syd , i also posted pics of the river rom where it runs i by the Park and pics of Percy Road from my trip...
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chris allen
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May 16, 2005 12:52 pm
dear All, Just to set the record straight. St. Edwards had an 'Excellence' ofsted this
year. Their intake has expanded over the years and they take pupils from...
I suppose there is the mud sticks ! syndrome ! and in this case it should not.. St edwards has always been a very difficult school for a parent to get there...
an interesting question ! Maybe brentwood road romford is longer ! Well here is one you may walk too ! But at least you are not too far from the drill...
Hallo Patrick. Sorry to say that I have no photos of Mawney Rd, though I remember it well, that whole area in fact. May I ask where 345 was situated ?. Chris....
