Grant was brought up in the North Western Hotel in the 1940s and 1950s. He talks about what the area around was like in those days. He remembers the army camp where Westminster Lodge is today, Mud Lane and Brown’s farm.… More about ‘Memories of the Westminster Lodge and Prospect Road area – Grant Peerless’»
Betty Cox lived in Prospect Road and Winnie Jeffs lived in Fleetville. Together they talk about some of the shops and delivery men in the area around Prospect Road, Cottonmill Lane and Holywell Hill. Interview date: 26 September 2013. Interviewer:… More about ‘Shopping – Betty Cox and Winnie Jeffs’»
John Buckingham was born in 1943 in Leyland Avenue – right next door to the gasworks. He remembers his father having an allotment next to the railway line and it being bulldozed over; the digging of the cutting up to… More about ‘Living next to the gasworks and railway lines – John Buckingham’»
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’»
Bill Mackenzie recalls the trains from Watford and Hatfield coming into the Abbey station. He describes the procedure for making sure the trains did not collide. He talks about a cattle food storage yard at the City station and the… More about ‘Steam train memories – Bill Mackenzie’»
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