Posts Tagged: Abbots Avenue

Scout groups in Sopwell

Posted January 3rd, 2014 by Sandy Norman & filed under 1950s, Life and leisure.

19th scout troop at Gorhambury

This is the history of the scout groups in Sopwell, the 4th and the 19th. The 4th is still active and meets in the Jim Green Memorial scout hut between Riverside Road and Old London Road. The 19th thrived when… More about ‘Scout groups in Sopwell’»

Living in Nuns Lane – Jack Knight

Posted December 22nd, 2013 by Sandy Norman & filed under 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, Jack Knight, People, Places and spaces, Streets, Work.

Jack was born In Fishpool Street in 1921. He can remember before the lake in Verulamium was built. After he came out of the army he and his wife were living in the overcrowded family home. They applied to the… More about ‘Living in Nuns Lane – Jack Knight’»