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born in 89 hanley road (ok ACTUALLY arrived in ward 12a whittington hospital (wards were numbered and 13 never exists) at 13:13 on the 13th) grew up in 148 hanley rd... we swapped with an elderly couple... our 2 1st floor rooms for their 5 (2 up, 2…
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GROW UP the problems described are common to call centres and police desks... I grew up in sg and lived in tottenham, watford yorkshire and now lancashire...... the same rudeness and palming you off is common to the system.. unless you're lucky. o…
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just to cheer everyone up.. I was born in hanley road (I'm cured now) when our landlord died in 65 he offered the outlying properties to the tennants at about 1/2 market value.. we bought 148 hanley rd in 65 for £3300... we renovated and lived in …
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many comments are about what the area used to be like, for instance the pavement on stroud green used to be in 2 halves with the half in front of the shops having low dividing walls and shop stock and signs etc on this area... it only went a short d…
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in the 50s most women who worked in the area worked either at lakeland laundry or brittains toy, both in granville road..... my mother had to be different and started as a secretary for the night school in ashmount school crouch end........ she ende…
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what evershot rd allotment patch?? on the corner of hanley road from evershot to regina were a block of flats built early 60s and a second block forming an L shape along regina. behind the flats was open ground consisting of grass and a couple of …
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forgot to say...... the parachute mines were 1 raid, probably on the britains toy factory in granville road (they made grenades and "specials") and the southend line (behind the church hall)
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the building is the old church hall.. its always looked run down and derelict as it was built after the war with salvaged materials... it always leaked as well. in the 50s it was used by scouts, guides, cubs and brownies with ocassional friday / s…