tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849220738921584766.post3074184389262141536..comments2024-02-04T17:47:16.085+00:00Comments on North Mymms History Project: Brookmans Park in the 1950sPeter Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08963658233600041160noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849220738921584766.post-4709612225356259192021-12-30T12:27:19.314+00:002021-12-30T12:27:19.314+00:00Didn't mean to be anonymous with the above. Ge...Didn't mean to be anonymous with the above. George Wormald Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18216465436184178588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849220738921584766.post-51036477083350245682021-12-28T16:52:02.348+00:002021-12-28T16:52:02.348+00:00Thanks Mary for stimulating the brain cells. Very ...Thanks Mary for stimulating the brain cells. Very enjoyable, as is the whole website. I read Tracey Thorn's 'Another Planet' and thought it was a bit harsh on the area!<br />To add to your memories Mary instead of Cuffley Camp there was Barton Broad Camp. I think if you could swim x yards in the newish school pool that was an option. MrThomas took a group and at the same time his brother led a group from his primary School in East Barnet, it could have been Brunswick Park. Miss Thomas (no relation) was our teacher in the final year. I sat in the coach to Norfolk on a plank of wood spanning the aisle as all the seats were full. I'm sure we had some shenanigans too!<br />For the Coronation we went down our road, Bradmore Way, to Pam Stone's, before the school, to watch it.<br />As for shops the newer ones on Bradmore Way included Hughes Electrical (David was in our class) and opposite a DIY shop, Mrs Burns in the toy shop and UK Tea Company a grocers to rival Rawlings and a butcher to rival Stan's who had a chicken rotisserie. My mum was very loyal to Stan Hart and also Mr Lewsley in the veg shop at the start of Bluebridge Ave (not Regent Fruit Stores) Mr. Saxby's ran the post office but that changed in the 60s to another owner. Archie Copeland (sweet shop) took me to see Barnet FC for many home matches at Underhill, and the secretary for Arsenal lived on Brookman's Avenue.<br />Could go on for hours, as you say. <br />Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18216465436184178588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849220738921584766.post-62178298343956647822021-11-03T02:26:24.801+00:002021-11-03T02:26:24.801+00:00Thanks Mary, I loved reading your account.
Having ...Thanks Mary, I loved reading your account.<br />Having just discovered this wonderful website, I so enjoyed reading the childhood memories of Mary Morgan and Trevor Alcock. Thank you both and the others who have enriched me with their wonderful tales. <br /><br />We moved to Georges Wood Road in 1954. Bill the milkman was my hero, I would ride my bicycle around the front garden eagerly awaiting his arrival in his Tesla milk float. Mark Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03410614468591097085noreply@blogger.com