As we have seen on the tv news today a westafrican family has been alledgeing persceuted by some residents in the area. This is not really surpriseing to me...
good luck to those people wanting to protect their way of life, pitty the rest of the country are not doing the same. richard. ... From: Victor Purkiss...
The thugs who want to terrorise this family are plain and simply losers with nothing to do but cause trouble. Or should I correct that... they could have...
Following all the comments regarding thugs etc, i live in harold hill and yes its very bad, once a few months back there was a race riot. Although, not all of...
I live in London but have heard a lot about Briar Road. What are the Police doing about it in Harold HIll? Does anyone know. All I know is that when I had...
Police at Harold Hill leave no option but to dial 999. People with problems should not hesitate. I know I would if I was still living there. [Non-text...
A few years ago my mum was set upon by a group of hoodlums (sorry, dont know what else to call them) she was so upset, just shopping at Hilldene and got loads...
Well the Hill has been like a closed community for much longer than a lot of other places from what I can gather. What I mean is that it has not been "settled"...
... at ... they ... speaking ... they ... \My late mother, at the age of 80 at the time, was also attacked in her own front garden and left lying on her lawn,...
At least Harold Hill's decent resident are not alone in that respect. There must be 'pockets' all over the country where yobs live. I cannot believe I used...
Greetings , Well a change in Subject; no Yobs in this post although i must say they where around in the 50s when i was a young lad and would pick on us in King...
Hi Andrew and all, ... Grandfather [the Rev Samuel Hanna Carlisle]... Here is the information, as promised (with apologies for the delay). The article comes...
Hi Debbie, Yes I do recall the event but I was too far away to do anything about it. Anyway the Purkiss Girls had a far bigger reputation than I ever had!!!...
As it's around the 5th of November, who else remembers "S.W. Adams" in the Market Place? They used to be a general hardware shop near "The Lamb" PH, I think...
I can remember (40ish years ago) being able to get a 'Green Line' bus in the Market Place which went to Whipsnade Zoo. I remember Mum taking me there for a...
I can remember a few local eccentrics, one was a chap who lived near the Spencers at Ardleigh Green. He was a campaigner on various issues, I recall his car...
Regarding this one................... The old itinerant who used to display his naive pictures of ships, painted on plywood or cardboard, near the library, I...
Hi, If you look back over the archives of the list, you will find numerous references to "Peter the Tramp" or "Peter the Painter". It is probably worth ...
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J. Alan Smith
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Nov 4, 2007 8:53 pm
I believe the man in Ardleigh Green was Edward Luther. Regards, alan ... From: jch_in_uk To: RomfordHistory@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2007...
The "eccentric" with the car covered with slogans was, indeed, Edward Luther; one that sticks in my mind objected to freemasonry. However, we should also...
Hi Everyone Does anyone remember Carlos who used to sell hot dogs and hamburgers outside Romford Station during late 60s early 70s? My friends and I were...
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Peggy Horsey
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Nov 5, 2007 5:02 pm
Peter: Surprising how small things creep into these digressions! My father, William T. Hibberd, built two houses on Gaynes Rd. ? Avenue, in Upminster, in the...
Hallo again Paul, long time no see, hope you are all well. Ref that wonderful area now King Georges and also the Brickfields. As you know I grew up in that...
Part 2. Hi again Paul. I was at Havering Rd School (now Parklands) from 1939 to 1945, all of this of course during WW2 with all of its dangers and hardships....
... In light of the efforts of Mr. Luther and others, it is truly sad that "Upminster Common" is, for all intents and purposes, no longer available for the use...
I also can remember Peter The Painter, his carboard paintings of ships were always on display alongside the Town Hall. He apparently lived under the viaduct on...
