Hi folks, I thought the Romford History list might like to join in with a little conundrum which is currently fascinating some of the Royal Liberty list ...
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Geoffrey Willis
lordofsx@...
Sep 1, 2000 3:21 pm
Foiled? It is the hot water line I installed in 1954 I tapped into the schools service and run a line to my house in Castellan Ave, I had aways thought I had...
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Sheila West
rainbird@...
Sep 1, 2000 4:41 pm
Hi Phil! ... remaining ... I just re-read your message from the other day and realised that I missed the above. Thank you so much for taking the trouble to...
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Sheila West
rainbird@...
Sep 1, 2000 5:48 pm
Nice one Geoff! Will we bring you a cake with a file in to help get you out of hot water ;-D Sheila West Perth, Western Australia rainbird@... ... ...
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jim hidden
countryboy@...
Sep 1, 2000 10:06 pm
Hi Phil and all fellow members of the group, I am a bit behind the times because I have been waiting for the price of computers to come down from $4000-$5000...
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David Maltby
dgmaltby@...
Sep 2, 2000 10:25 am
... From: Geoffrey Willis <lordofsx@...> To: <RomfordHistory@EGROUPS.COM> Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 4:22 PM Subject: Re: [RomfordHistory] A...
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Brian Blackwell
briblack@...
Sep 2, 2000 11:44 am
Hello all Going back to my schooldays, I recall that 'scrumping' was a pastime indulged in by many of us. Our 'raids' on pear and apple trees were many, and we...
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jim hidden
countryboy@...
Sep 2, 2000 2:42 pm
All this talk of books makes me want to ask does any one still have the book about Essex that was handed out to school kids on the coronation of QE2, it has a...
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jim hidden
countryboy@...
Sep 2, 2000 4:30 pm
Yes Brian that is what you call stealing someone elses apples and pears and what a great pastime it was, but I dont remember getting caught, got shouted at...
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rimoco@...
Sep 2, 2000 11:15 pm
Talk of scrumping reminds me of the commercial orchard off the back alley in Percy Road. I think it was 'Parker's' orchard. Brings back happy memories although...
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JULIE HIDDEN
julie@...
Sep 3, 2000 10:14 am
Hi all So now all my brothers home truths are coming out. I never ever went scrumping. I actually use to walk up the lane between St Johns Road Collier Row...
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Brian Blackwell
briblack@...
Sep 3, 2000 12:42 pm
Hello all Glad to see that I'm not the only old Romfordite to own up to nicking a few apples and pears in my reckless youth:-) During my schooldays, our...
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Geoffrey Willis
lordofsx@...
Sep 3, 2000 5:54 pm
Hi Jim, I also attended London rd school in your time,lived on Crowlands Ave, could not find your name on the school records I have, most kids were born in...
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Guild, Connie
connieg@...
Sep 4, 2000 1:01 am
The orchard of the old Havering Hall [in the fifties used as some sort of hospital I believe] was our scrumping spot. I have never heard the word scrumping...
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Dennis Cave
gladden@...
Sep 4, 2000 1:20 am
I've just noticed the date, it's still Sunday Sept 3rd. here in Eastern Canada. (About 2:15am on the 4th in the UK) I think it was also a Sunday 61 years ago...
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Kenneth H Lee
kayaitch@...
Sep 4, 2000 9:22 am
To Geoffrey Willis Castellan Avenue: Your reference to Castellan Avenue. I had a house in Castellan Avenue from 1963 to 1999 and both my sons were at the...
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Phil Steer
phil.steer@...
Sep 4, 2000 9:35 am
Connie, ... I'm afraid that I've failed you! However, I will certainly get hold of her books in due course, and will then add them to the site. Best Regards,...
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Phil Steer
phil.steer@...
Sep 4, 2000 10:18 am
Hi Shelia, ... No trouble. Unfortunately it looks as though I'm going to draw a blank. There don't seem to be any copies of the market souvenir remaining. ......
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Geoffrey Willis
lordofsx@...
Sep 4, 2000 10:27 am
Good Morning Ken, The use of literary license, the careless way I treat the truth. My only regret in life is that I never lived on castellan Ave ,I am led to...
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Phil Steer
phil.steer@...
Sep 4, 2000 11:57 am
... Until a couple of years ago I lived in Linley Crescent (which joins Percy Road). Presumably the orchard would have been on the north side of Percy Road,...
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Phil Steer
phil.steer@...
Sep 4, 2000 12:50 pm
Hi Jim, Many thanks for your very interesting introduction to the group. ... Have you come across the photos of Birch Road on the website? They were kindly...
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Phil Steer
phil.steer@...
Sep 4, 2000 2:07 pm
David, ... I expect that everything that I'm about to say has already been said and discussed at length on the RLSOldBoys list. However, for what they're ...
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jim hidden
countryboy@...
Sep 4, 2000 2:31 pm
Hi all, Hope this find everybody in fine fettle. Julie, surely the lane you speak of is the continuation of St Johns Rd which came out on Havering Rd near a...
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rimoco@...
Sep 4, 2000 8:12 pm
In a message dated 04/09/2000 12:59:30 GMT Daylight Time, ... a ... Thanks for the map. I moved from Percy Rd 39 years ago. Parkers(I think they where the...
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David Maltby
dgmaltby@...
Sep 4, 2000 9:03 pm
Phil, ... Every little helps, Phil! As you rightly guessed it's been kicked about a bit on the RLS list with, as you also may guess, a few flippant offerings!...
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Guild, Connie
connieg@...
Sep 5, 2000 12:57 am
Hi Phil The old Havering Hall was up the lane coming off Church Rd Harold Wood, the rd would have been a continuation of the road coming down from Colchester...
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Phil Steer
phil.steer@...
Sep 5, 2000 8:12 am
Hi Connie, Thanks for the info. Looking at a map, I guess the lane to which you refer is Harold Court Road, which runs down from the Colchester Road, through ...
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Guild, Connie
connieg@...
Sep 5, 2000 8:15 am
Oh thanks Phil - yes yes yes - Harold Court Rd! My friend Elaine Topper's family owned the paper shop on the corner of Harold Court Rd and Colchester Rd, now...
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jim hidden
countryboy@...
Sep 5, 2000 10:46 am
Hello one and all, How are we all today ? Here are just a few more of my reminicences of Romford, being a bus spotter and a train spotter I can always remember...
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Phil Steer
phil.steer@...
Sep 5, 2000 12:51 pm
David, Looking again at the map and photograph, I think you may well be right. The upper part of the "path" could well follow the avenue of trees on the 1881 ...
