We moved to Petersfield Avenue in 1951 when I was 4 years old ,I remained there until I got married and moved away in 1968 . Mum & Dad lived there until 1989 , it truly was a great place to grow up what with playing in the woods in Leamington road and going over the Manor fishing either in the Carp lake or the lilly pond which was in front of the old house,it was knocked down by that time but the debris remained there. I can honestly look back on a very happy childhood .
Hi we lived in Tarnworth road & i went to Pergo/Priory/Harrowfields school did you go to those schools Left the school in 1965 what's your name i bet i know you
I am so proud I was born May (1953) at home in Bridgewater Road. What an area to grow up in; parks, streams, woodlands, good schools, good friends, shopping and services.
I grew up in Harold and remember the Harold Hill carnival , never secondary school, the havering play leadership in Central Park, not so nice now . I moved away 20 years ago
@@eirlysseldon7834 thank you for posting your Harold Hill connection. I used to know a David Lawrence who was in the same class as myself at Quarles school back in the late 1960s.
I know that family in the first photo. It was taken in Poplar. The little girl wrapped in the blanket is my mother in law and still alive, the two girls in the pram are her sisters. Her.Mother is carrying her and her father is rhe ARP warden. The other lady is an aunt of the baby. We dont know who the little boy is.👍👍👍
Wow, I hope it was ok to use the photo Martin ? I lifted it from the Internet at random, thought it was a meaningful photo to fit in with the important story I was telling. Had you seen the photo before ? I guess it must have come as a bit of shock to encounter it. Best wishes Pete Riley 👍😎
Hi Pete, No problem with using the photo, it actually comes from a very short film with them walking down the street towards the camera. It has been used in books and videos about the blitz. We told the lady, my mother in law about it and she is the babe in arms in the photo. Sadly the two young girls in the pram, sisters of the baby, have both recently died, one in December and other one died only last week. As I said, nobody knows who the little boys was, there were 9 children in that family, but he is not one of them. I found out that the picture was taken on sept 8th 1940, the day after the first day of the Blitz. This is Poplar High Street. I was interested in your video, as I used to live in Romford and spent sometime in Harold Hill and knew people in that area. We had seen the photo before and we have a blown up photo in a frame in our house, I also found the video and slowed it down a bit, as it is short and added some poignant music to it. It was a pleasant surprise to see it on your video.
@@martinfey4134 thank you Martin. Thank you for sharing the very interesting back story to this photo taken on 8th Sept 1940 during the Blitz. I can see why this photo means a lot to you and your family. The photo now has an extra resonance for me. Being you have lived in Harold Hill you might be interested in a video I put together regarding Lady Neave’s newspaper account of the time, telling the story of day one of the Blitz (7th Sept 1940) AKA “Black Saturday”, as it hit her Dagnam Park Estate on Harold Hill and London. If you have not already seen it you will find it on my You Tube Channel. Cheers !
Sedgefield Crescent 1956-1975. Happy Memories.
We moved to Petersfield Avenue in 1951 when I was 4 years old ,I remained there until I got married and moved away in 1968 . Mum & Dad lived there until 1989 , it truly was a great place to grow up what with playing in the woods in Leamington road and going over the Manor fishing either in the Carp lake or the lilly pond which was in front of the old house,it was knocked down by that time but the debris remained there. I can honestly look back on a very happy childhood .
Hi we lived in Tarnworth road & i went to Pergo/Priory/Harrowfields school did you go to those schools Left the school in 1965 what's your name i bet i know you
I am so proud I was born May (1953) at home in Bridgewater Road. What an area to grow up in; parks, streams, woodlands, good schools, good friends, shopping and services.
A true Hillian (born at home). Echo everything you said. I was an Oldchurch Hospital Baby
I grew up in Harold and remember the Harold Hill carnival , never secondary school, the havering play leadership in Central Park, not so nice now . I moved away 20 years ago
Great video mate 👍 👌
My parents were settlers (1949) Newbury Walk and attended St Ursula on Straight Rd. We left in 1964 for Canada. Fond memories.
I guess one of the Originals, 1949. Thanks for viewing from Canada 😎👍
One of my earliest friends from England lived in Daventry Green . Her father was a teacher , Mr . Lawrence .
@@eirlysseldon7834 thank you for posting your Harold Hill connection. I used to know a David Lawrence who was in the same class as myself at Quarles school back in the late 1960s.
@@RileysRamblesCentral Was he Welsh ?
@@eirlysseldon7834 not as far as I am aware. Quite a Harold Hillian I would say
@@RileysRamblesCentral his daughters were Ann and Kay ,they’d be in their early seventies now
I have subbed to your channel very charming
Thank you very much 👍
I lived on the Hill in Cypress Road in a prefab. They were knocked down & we were moved to Hainault.
I feel they served a very great purpose at the time. Thank you for your feedback 👍
I know that family in the first photo. It was taken in Poplar. The little girl wrapped in the blanket is my mother in law and still alive, the two girls in the pram are her sisters. Her.Mother is carrying her and her father is rhe ARP warden. The other lady is an aunt of the baby. We dont know who the little boy is.👍👍👍
Wow, I hope it was ok to use the photo Martin ? I lifted it from the Internet at random, thought it was a meaningful photo to fit in with the important story I was telling. Had you seen the photo before ? I guess it must have come as a bit of shock to encounter it. Best wishes Pete Riley 👍😎
Hi Pete,
No problem with using the photo, it actually comes from a very short film with them walking down the street towards the camera. It has been used in books and videos about the blitz.
We told the lady, my mother in law about it and she is the babe in arms in the photo.
Sadly the two young girls in the pram, sisters of the baby, have both recently died, one in December and other one died only last week.
As I said, nobody knows who the little boys was, there were 9 children in that family, but he is not one of them.
I found out that the picture was taken on sept 8th 1940, the day after the first day of the Blitz.
This is Poplar High Street.
I was interested in your video, as I used to live in Romford and spent sometime in Harold Hill and knew people in that area.
We had seen the photo before and we have a blown up photo in a frame in our house, I also found the video and slowed it down a bit, as it is short and added some poignant music to it.
It was a pleasant surprise to see it on your video.
@@martinfey4134 thank you Martin. Thank you for sharing the very interesting back story to this photo taken on 8th Sept 1940 during the Blitz. I can see why this photo means a lot to you and your family. The photo now has an extra resonance for me. Being you have lived in Harold Hill you might be interested in a video I put together regarding Lady Neave’s newspaper account of the time, telling the story of day one of the Blitz (7th Sept 1940) AKA “Black Saturday”, as it hit her Dagnam Park Estate on Harold Hill and London. If you have not already seen it you will find it on my You Tube Channel. Cheers !
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Thanks Alan 👍
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