Ickenham, Glebe Avenue c.1965

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This view of Glebe Avenue has special memories for me...the grey 1964 Hillman Imp in the photograph is MY car...purchased for the princely some of £240.00 from Mr Smith the owner of Kolodek where I worked for a while from the day after I left Vyners Grammar. The Bedford CA van behind my car was owned by Mr Vasey who ran the green grocers next to Kolodek... The little Hillman was a good enough car for me to use to ...see more

..or 1959 to 1964 The other grocers on that parade may have been the DeHond family, I think that they originated in Belgium? A very pleasant, kindly, hardworking family. I used to help out by driving their deliveries in their little Austin A35 van to their customers in the village. I still miss Ickenham, very, very much !

I worked at the Bakery for about two years, this was my second job after leaving school, which was the Bishop Ramsey Church of England School which opened in 1980 taking over Ruislip Manor and St Martins C.O.E school that was in West Drayton Middlesex. The Bakery was in the rear of the cafe and I was the pastry cook, making apple turnovers and cream cakes for the customers. The owner, a Mr Alf Carter, a grey haired ...see more

My family were the last people to occupy Glebe Farm House, Glebe Ave, Ickenham. The area is now called Cloverlly Close. It was built in the 17th Century as a rectory. We lived there from 1933 to 1936, then moved up the road to 3 The Parade Glebe Ave. The only lighting in the farm was one gas jet in the kitchen, now at 85 years of age I still shudder when I remember my journeys at night, through the house to reach my upstairs bedroom, all I had was this one pitiful candle. Eric Hazell.