Brian and Brenda Gilson remember St Stephen’s vicarage. Brian used to go scrumping there. They also recall the eccentric Rev. Anthony Hart-Synnot who often performed weddings in his football boots. Interview date: 21 August 2013. Interviewer: Sandy Norman. … More about ‘Memories of St Stephen’s Vicarage and Rev. Hart-Synnot – Brian and Brenda Gilson’»
Category: Life and leisure
Views from Wallingford Walk
Alan Beardmore used to live in Wallingford Walk at number 24 and has many happy memories of “seeing lots of Dakotas flying over on there way to Bovingdon presumably the Berlin Airlift; seeing an electrical storm; John Derry the DH… More about ‘Views from Wallingford Walk’»
Verulam Angling Club – Fred Edwards
Fred Edwards has been a member of the Verulam Angling Club for well over 40 years. He has been active on the committee and recalls the construction and stocking of the fishing lakes in Riverside Road which were once watercress… More about ‘Verulam Angling Club – Fred Edwards’»
Memories of racism – Velma Richards
Velma Richards came to St Albans in 1964. Her family came from St Kitts in the Caribbean and her great granddad fought in World War II. Her daughter, Jasmine, was shocked when she found out how black people were treated… More about ‘Memories of racism – Velma Richards’»
School memories – Gloria Morris
Gloria attended Priory Park and St Peters schools in Old London Road. She describes the facilities (outside toilets), school uniform, the teachers and speaks of some of her friends who were from Jewish families who had recently migrated to St… More about ‘School memories – Gloria Morris’»
More childhood memories – Gloria Morris
In the 1930s and 1940s, children were allowed to wander around freely. Everyone looked after each other especially during the war years when the men were away Gloria has memories of cycling down the winding lane that was Cottonmill Lane… More about ‘More childhood memories – Gloria Morris’»
Childhood memories – Gloria Morris
Gloria was born in the 1930s. She lived in Bardwell Road until her family moved to Nuns Lane after the war. She has many memories of cycling to Park Street and describes the countryside and wildlife. She remembers the steam… More about ‘Childhood memories – Gloria Morris’»
Childhood memories of living in the war years – Gloria Morris
Gloria Morris has many vivid memories of what life was like on the home front during World war II. She remembers her mother having to do war work at Ryders’ Seed merchants; gas masks; the different kinds of ration books;… More about ‘Childhood memories of living in the war years – Gloria Morris’»
Childhood memories – Noel Godman
Noel Godman lived in St Julians Road as a child and recalls playing in the Cottonmill Lane area. He has vivid memories of the gasworks and of the trains coming in and out from the Abbey station and the shunting… More about ‘Childhood memories – Noel Godman’»
Life in the 1940s and 1950s – Russ Bowman
Russ Bowman describes what life was like for his family living in the prefab in Lee Lane in the late 1940s and 1950s. he remembers his mother budgeting for the week on pay day and the family making rugs out… More about ‘Life in the 1940s and 1950s – Russ Bowman’»
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