Ealing, The Broadway c.1950

Photo ref: E63002

Worked at Clifton House in the 1970's, it was a few doors down from Police Station, probably where that crane is working, it was Legal & Generals "Golden Mile" (they prob owned office buildings) Clifton House was I suppose name of old house that was pulled down to make way for new office block. Remember Victoria Arms , Walpole Library, walking in park dinnertimes and Daniels in W Ealing.

We moved to Ealing when I was 5 and at 11 I went to NHEHS and we bought the school uniform at Abernethies on the corner of Uxbridge Rd. I loved that area. Next to the taxi rank there was a Polish deli...oh the baked sultana cheesecake. In Uxbridge Rd towards Sanders there was Fullers cake shop, walnut cake there! The Caprice coffee bar was out of bounds for me but my brother went. Opposite there was briefly a donut ...see more

I went to Les Wildes on a Tuesday with a friend in the sixties.We walked there from South Ealing.Our favourite dancing partners were Patrick Daley and Alan Carpenter. Good memories from there. Sandra Plummer

In the 1950's I used to go here with my brothers. We tried sailing paper boats. The swans were quite aggressive if you got too close to their cygnets. One time I got too adventurous and stepped down the slope, slid on the algae and ended up drenched. I had to walk back to South Ealing Road squelching and feeling very sorry for myself. I visited again in 2011 and was interested to see it much the same. The ...see more