Nostalgic memories of Northolt's local history
Share your own memories of Northolt and read what others have said
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.
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i left school in 1961 and still remember most of the teachers, does anyone remember the school tuck shop which I helped to run, good memories, happy days. I still remember most of my class mates does anyone remember me?
Hi Deborah,l read your memory of Northolt.Good to know you met your hubby in a club in Halsbury Road.My name is Gary Mills and was born in 54,Halsbury Road West.Aged four we moved onto the race course,Redcar Close then to Epsom Close.My wife and l attended Vincent Sec.Modern school.The estate was a wonderful safe environment in which to grow up.You mentioned the parade of shops at Haydock ...see more
I was born in Perivale in 1945 and moved to the prefabs Lexham Close, just off of Islip Manor Road not long after. We lived there for roughly 11 years and my sister and I want to Islip Manor Junior School.We loved the prefabs but had to move because we only had 2 bedrooms and lived at Doncaster Drive on the racecourse estate. I always hated school which didn't change when I went to Vincent School.I always had ...see more
I lived only for a few years as a small boy at 10 Hurst Close (part of the Northolt Racecourse estate) but have fond memories of it. We were the Duncans and it would have been from 1969 to mid the mid 70s when we moved to Cornwall. I remember playing in the field behind in the close and in the Dabbs Hill Lane flats. Went to Islip Manor Infants where I remember a Mrs. Perkins, who brought her goat to school one ...see more
I was at Walford from 57-62 . I remember mr Clark, miss Clarke, mr Acland, mr Pickering and mr batts. I went on a trip to tesserete near Lugano in 1959. I remember Chas Ramsay, Malcolm young and Martin Gill.There was a big campaign to build a swimming which wasn’t built before I left and I remember the headmaster was keen that we all joined the scripture union. My name is Alan Gomm
Hi my name is peter jarman and lived in Northolt and went to Vincent secondary school anybody out there remember the era
Does anyone remember Thorndike Ave, Northolt , and the fields opposite?
Or go to Walford Secondary School between 1956 to 1960
The headmaster was Mr Clark .
I was born in 1940 and lived for the first 20 years of my life in Church Road Notholt, my grandfather built the house in which we lived together with many others in that road. I started school in 1945 in a wooden hall behind the Methodist church in Church Road, later moving into classes in the church itself. We were then moved to the old school opposite the Target public house near the roundabout on the ...see more
Pamela Simons,Hi my name is Neil Gumbrell if you remember me I lived in Wood end gardens as well.My girlfriend at the time was Linda Watkinson.I remember you very well as a young lady whom prided herself on her appearance. Hope you are well and life has been kind to you
I was born at 28 The Fairway in 1946. There was (is) a wide grassed area down the centre of the road making it a kind of dual carriageway. In the years following the 2nd World War there were, "Pig bins", on several sections of the grass where waste vegetables could be disposed of to be fed to pigs.
There was a concreted service alley behind our house and the dust cart would come through there to collect the bins. The ...see more