A message that Derek sent to me, and is happy for me to forward to the group. (I had sent him a photo of his old house, 105 Dorset Avenue, as it appears...
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Adrian Thompson
adrianofromford@...
May 3, 2000 4:28 pm
I suppose history is based around information. Looking for it. Finding it. Discussing it. Making conclusions from it. Then finding a new bit of information...
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Michael Merry
michaeljamesmerry@...
May 3, 2000 4:47 pm
Adrian: I've been in touch with J. Alan Smith who has informed me he may well be helping you in this project. If you can snare Alan you have a well oiled ...
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Phil Steer
phil.steer@...
May 5, 2000 7:14 am
Here's the article published in last week's Romford Recorder (http://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk) about new-member Adrian Thompson's plans for a website about...
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Ian Davidson
IanDavidson@...
May 5, 2000 2:39 pm
I'm intrigued by the landscape designer Humphrey Repton. Where was his depot/nursery/Garden Centre in Gidea Park? Did he have a hand in landscaping Hare Hall? ...
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Phil Steer
phil.steer@...
May 5, 2000 3:02 pm
Hi Ian, ... I know the picture you mean - in fact, there are two of them, one before landscaping and the other after. (The "before" view appears in Brian...
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Phil Steer
phil.steer@...
May 5, 2000 7:22 pm
Hi Sheila, ... Many thanks! ... Yes please! I'd be delighted to receive them, when you get the chance to send them to me. Interestingly a few weeks ago the...
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Adrian Thompson
adrianofromford@...
May 5, 2000 7:58 pm
Info for Ian Davidson. As it happens, a Royal Navy Lynx helicopter visited the Royal Liberty recently, and media studies teacher Neil McGonigle went up with...
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Phil Steer
phil.steer@...
May 5, 2000 8:11 pm
Many thanks Adrian for your reply to Ian's questions. May I just make one small housekeeping request? (and this is addressed to everybody in the group). When...
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Phil Steer
phil.steer@...
May 6, 2000 5:33 pm
New member Ken Lee asked me to forward the following to the group. Welcome Ken, and many thanks for this introduction. Best Regards, Phil ... From: Kenneth H...
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Adrian Thompson
adrianofromford@...
May 7, 2000 12:20 am
I knew there was something I had forgotten to tell you, and now I've remembered. There's a book relevant to Romford history which I don't think has been ...
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Phil Steer
phil.steer@...
May 7, 2000 8:14 am
Swan Books are now online at http://www.swanbooks.co.uk, and can take orders over the Internet. I would recommend them because they have a wide range of local...
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alice@...
May 7, 2000 11:42 am
... I used to live in Upminster and my one regret when I moved to Romford was that they don't have Swan books here, they are so good there should be one in...
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Phil Steer
phil.steer@...
May 15, 2000 8:20 am
I'm sorry that I've done so little to encourage our discussions in recent days. As I indicated in an earlier message, I am very busy at the moment. In fact, I...
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Phil Steer
phil.steer@...
May 16, 2000 7:41 pm
[My apologies to those who belong to both the RomfordHistory and the essex_interest groups, as you'll receive this twice - sorry!] The following message was...
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Adrian Thompson
adrianofromford@...
May 16, 2000 8:39 pm
... Dear Mr Johnson, Well, I immediately thought of Shingle Street in the Second World War, but I think it might be on the Suffolk rather than the Essex coast!...
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Art & Pat Johnson
GOLFO@...
May 17, 2000 2:29 pm
My husbands Father Alfred Edward Johnson, was born in Romford in 1902. His Father was Alfred Maynard Johnson, his Mother was Susanna Sarah Newton. Alfred was a...
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Bill Lavender
webmaster@...
May 22, 2000 10:36 pm
Hi All, I've had this request. Does anybody have any hop-picking stories for the telly ? ... From: Mike Humphries <mikehumphries@...> ...
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RomfordHistory@egroup...
May 23, 2000 10:02 pm
We would like to remind you of this upcoming event. Queen Victoria's Birthday Date: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 Time: All Day From the land of the great white...
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Kenneth H Lee
kayaitch@...
May 25, 2000 11:08 am
I should know, but I don't, the full history of the name ROMFORD. It comes, so I believe, from the Ford over the River Rom, the location of the Ford being near...
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Phil Steer
phil.steer@...
May 25, 2000 12:06 pm
... I have read in a number of places that the name comes from the Old English or Saxon for 'roomy' or wide ford. I seem to remember that his would have been...
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Phil Steer
phil.steer@...
May 25, 2000 1:10 pm
I've remembered where I read that the Anglo Saxon word for 'roomy' (as in 'roomy ford') was spelt 'rum' - it was in an online copy of the 1919 Romford ...
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shekeda@...
May 25, 2000 7:56 pm
... the Ford being near the one-time Roneo Corner. ... Shopping Hall". ... My Mum always said it came from when Queen Elizabeth (the first) once visited the...
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Phil Steer
phil.steer@...
May 26, 2000 8:38 am
Dear Sue, ... What a great story! Queen Elizabeth I was indeed in the area on a number of occasions, to visit the royal house at Havering-atte-Bower, as well...
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Barry Hilliard
bah@...
May 30, 2000 2:40 pm
Hi Bil pehaps we can meet up sometime for a beer and a chat about hornchurch I currently live in waingaro but come to auckland most weeks . please email me or...
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Phil Steer
phil.steer@...
Jun 2, 2000 6:25 am
From the "Romford Recorder" (http://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk), May 26, 2000, page 4, by permission of the Editor: A MUSEUM telling the story of Romford's...
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Phil Steer
phil.steer@...
Jun 2, 2000 2:09 pm
Browsing in W H Smith this lunchtime I came across "Ken Farnes: Diary of an Essex Master" by David Thurlow. For those who might not know, Ken Farnes was a fast...
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Michael Merry
michaeljamesmerry@...
Jun 2, 2000 4:34 pm
Phil: As usual you seem to on the cutting edge of anything happening about or concerning Romford! I for one shall make an effort to obtain this volume. Many...
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Bob Wells Tel: +44/0 ...
wells@...
Jun 2, 2000 10:08 pm
I have just subscribed to the list and received the following request ... So ... born (1046) at the "Vinton", Victoria Road (?) (This later became a nursing...
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Phil Steer
phil.steer@...
Jun 2, 2000 10:31 pm
Hello Bob, Many thanks for introducing yourself to the group - and an extra special welcome as member number 50! I'm glad that you've enjoyed the website. I...
