Dear all, Some might be interested in an article about Romford's new Queen's Hospital in the latest issue of Building magazine. The article begins: Romford...
Hi All, I see Romford has a big new hospitan. Made me think, what happened to the Oldchutch Hospital? I was in there for a few days in about 1955 and remember...
Phil & the group, Concerning the Queen's Hospital,after reading your report it saddens me that with all the problems that have occured with The Queen's has it...
from Peggy Horsey On February 21st, #1556, I posted an item on Collier Row - 'The place that sold plants' ... Have not seen any comments/ replies to this ......
Hallo Peggy/Derek. I saw your original post and could not recall that Nursery so stayed silent. Seeing your latest comment I thought again and now can vaguely...
Hi folks. I'm going to ask you to bear with with me on this one. Not a lot doing on site at present so I thought I'd try and come up with something to jaw...
Syd, "Those Were The Days" my friend, I remember them all too well, the picture houses, especially during the war, Mum saying as the air-raid warning came up...
Hi Syd. the names of those cinemas brings back a memory our famiily has of a night in March 1945.A V2 rocket fell in Mawney road demolishing our home with Dad...
Hallo June(Essex Diva). Its always so nice on this super site to reminisce about old Romford and do I have some reminiscenses. Better still to hear from...
Hallo John, we meet yet again. You will have seen Junes comments and your own are not that far removed from them. As you know I lived not too far away from...
Hi phil et al this was forwarded to me over the internet, and thought that you all would get a laugh from it!! CONGRATULATIONS ON ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN...
I remember the cinemas, especially the Rex as I lived in Collier Row. Sometimes a friend's birthday treat was a trip to the pictures with all the party goers....
Mike, I don't know about your family but, whenever I had been "scrumping" and would take the spoils home, I never got into trouble for doing it. My Mum would...
Does anyone remember the “Tally-Ho” café in (I think) Carlisle Road off Victoria Road? My father (a “man from the Pru”) would take me there for lunch...
Hallo all. Have been reading these last few comments with very mixed feelings. So much truth there even in spite of the intended (I think) humour of a lot of...
Syd, you did forget a very important game, "Tiddly Winks" LOL June in Dallas <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free email...
Syd wrote:- ... If a mere 55-year-old whippersnapper may be permitted to interject here - I also used to love the Navy Lark, and I think that Kenneth Horne was...
Hi June, John, all. June. Sorry I forgot the Tiddly Winks. Have to confess though that whilst I had success (luck) with Snakes and Ladders and especially Ludo ...
I grew up in the 40"s so I can remember a lot of this as a child.My mum & dad also smoked & it did us any harm & there were 8 of us. We did not have much but...
Hallo Penny. Know what you are saying here because I also grew up in the forties and came from a large family, 8 finally. During those years times were hard...
... Do you mind if I joined your exclusive group,as I also came from a family of 8, so we must have a lot in common, like sleeping 3 to a bed. but as Syd said ...
Hi MIke. Good comments. Do you know I can be like a gramophone (remember them?) if wound up and all these thoughts bring back so many memories. All through...
Hallo all. Its all gone very quiet, hope it wasn't something I said, no I am sure it was'nt. Well I hope you will not mind if I recall a few more thoughts of...
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Hallo Penny. Nice to hear from you and thanks for the comments.How much we all enjoyed our young lives in Romford and I have nothing but complete love for the...
Hi, the two brothers lived at nos 1 and 3 my grandad Sid was at 3 with my nan Laura. They had four children, Audrey Roy Desmond and my Mum Marion all still...
Hi There. Of course I recall all the family,got a photo to prove it.There`s Roy,Desmond and cousin John from no1 also Peter Want who lived in one of the houses...
Hi, can anyone remember The White House? An old derelict house that was set back off the Rush Green Road next to Ivy Villa, obscured by trees, it was...
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