Hi! RLS folks ... still hoping someone remembers student EDMUND LITTLE, from Collier Row, Romford (very academic) ... or Denis Houseman. Peggy ... From:...
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J. Alan Smith
j_alan_smith@...
Nov 1, 2005 3:11 pm
I remember Edmund Little. He was two years below me at the RLS. Are you in touch with him? I heard of him relatively recently: he is a Roman Catholic priest...
Hi Victor. I am sure that you and the "herberts" were not really that bad, just mischievious probably. However from the way you describe it all I am getting...
As an "Old Libertian", I remember the PT Master, V. Schofield, quite well - indeed, I hazard a guess that his firm authority impressed several generations of...
Hi Peter, Fascinating to hear your memories of 'Uncle Brig'. Do you happen to know why he was called 'the Brigadier' or, in my case, 'Uncle Brig'? What was the...
Another member of the group, in discussing with me the W O C Gotaas Cup for Musketry, which my Father donated to RLS, has said that when he last visited the...
Please, does anyone out there have any memories / information on residents of Tudor Drive between about 1930 and the 1960's? In particular, the names Mr & Mrs...
Does anyone have any memories or stories of the 'Rag and Bone Man' who used to drive his horse and cart round the area, in Gidea Park anyway, up until at least...
The only Rag and bone man that I can recall was one by the name of Dan Freeman who lived at Rose cottage just after the original turning of Myrtle Road in...
Oh the Rag & Bone Man, what a memory I had quite forgotten.......I lived in Cross Road just off White Hart Lane in Collier Row/Romford and the rag and bone man...
I remember the Rag and Bone men pretty well. My grandad who lived in Bell Avenue on Harold Hill use to get me to follow him up the road and collect the horse...
SYD!!! How dare you say we wasnt that bad!!! Im insulted!!! I could mention some names Syd and I think that you will realise that some of em really WERE that...
Hallo Victor. First my apologies for "demoting" you the way I appear to have done re the mischief!.. All joking apart and I repeat myself, it really was great...
Hello Syd, Vic & all, ... I lived in Linley Crescent from 1990 until 1998, and your message reminds me that there was a Rag and Bone man in the area at that...
Hallo Phil. I was thinking 40's - 50's, you all those years later. Your man may well have been a descendent of the one I referred to. Best wishes to you. Syd....
I remember being in my Gran's flat in Spencer Road in Seven Kings in Ilford back in the late 1960's. We heard the local Rag and Bone man coming down the road....
OK Syd, Apologies accepted. I cant have you thinking we were "common" thieves when we were good at it now can I ? Back to the rag and bone men. I think that...
Hello Roy Sorry, but from a distance of some 50+ years, memory of your father is very sparse. There will certainly be members on the 'Old Boys' group, some of...
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chris allen
chris.allen@...
Nov 3, 2005 1:11 pm
Rag and bone man memories continue. I lived in Rush Green and there was a
local r & b. man who had an open backed van and rang a bell. He didn't
always want...
Hallo Victor. Please accept that I was only responding to your "herberts" comments. No way would I deliberately offend you or anyone else. My aim in life is...
Hello Eric, Thank you so much for your reply. I'll wait in hope for further responses re my father. Do you have any idea what happened to the various silver...
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J. Alan Smith
j_alan_smith@...
Nov 4, 2005 12:42 am
Roy: I think it would be useful if you would put your father's post-RLS career on record. Regards, Alan ... From: <rgotaas@...> To:...
Alan, Okay as soon as time permits. Where is the best place to do that? . . simply as a posting on the Romford group site or somewhere else or to you? ...
Hello Roy and all, ... I'm afraid that I can't place the photo at all - has anyone else been able to (and maybe replied off-list)? Best Regards, Phil Romford,...
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J. Alan Smith
j_alan_smith@...
Nov 4, 2005 10:36 am
Roy: Initially send a text-only message to the Romford History group; I could forward it to the RLSOldBoys group. Send any photos to me and I will forward...
Hello Alan and all, ... Despite my (sadly) infrequent postings, it is still me! Fortunately it's not a group that needs much 'looking after'; just a little ...
Hello All, I remember both Mintz and the George Brent, the bookies in the dark past. I know that Mintz was relocated to the "new" shops in High Street, as I...
Dear all, Just to let you know that the Havering Local Studies Library now has a page on the Havering council website, giving information about the available ...
Dear all, Listening to the Radio 4 programme 'Genius' ("Dave Gorman and a celebrity guest chew over the ridiculous, unworkable but sometimes genius inventions,...
I moved back to Collier Row in 1955 and the stable of the rag & bone man was adjacent to the end of our back garden in Anson Close. I am fairly sure that the...
