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Lived in Watford 1948 to 1953 on Westfield Ave I remember going to a film I seem to think a Mario Lanza one with my sister & lots of other children then all crossing the road to a party at a pub opposite. I have pictures of us all crossing the road including one of my Dad holding up the traffic & two pictures of us enjoying the party sat at long tables
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Yes I remember the sweet shop. I actually learnt to play the double bass and conduct so I wouldn't have to go out in the lunch hour when it was cold. I remember one year we had a new teacher called Miss Smelley and Mrs Barton said"If that was my name I would have either got married quickly or changed my name" Funny how when you get older you remember school days fondly. I always wanted to dance and fortunately spent my life doing it and still do it.
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I can remember walking through Enfield Town as a young boy The Town then had shops like Ketts The electrical shop that sold Radios, Portable Reel to Reel taperecorders, Radiograms, and Record players , then left of that was The Copshop, Right of that was Woolworths,That sold nearly anything , but on the front of the shop inside was a counter that sold very warm salted peanuts, and they were gorgeous, next to Woolies was a Supermarket with one of the first automatic opening doors, a iron post that came out of the ground about 4 ft High as soon as anyone went past it the door opened , so you would stand there waving your hand infront of it , just for pure devilment, back down towards Ketts along Cecil Road There was The Cecil Road Cafe, that was like a large restaurant that sold soft drinks and tea and cakes and Hot meals like egg and chips etc. further down Cecil Road was a road called Palace Gardens and there was the Palace Cafe , that sold cups of tea and terrific rolls and sarnies, and plain crisps , further down cecil road was a Pub called The Duke Of Abercorn very quiet pub ,even the landlord went out for a pint, on the corner of cecil road was Lyons Corner House that sold hot meals and buns and fresh cream cakes and soft drinks and tea. Across the road was Enfield Town Market and behind that was a pub called the Kings Head, next door to that was another Cafe called The ABC ,That was a smaller verion of Lyons Corner house , i remember all the women used to leave their pushchairs and prams under the stairs , next door to that was a pub called Heneky's, a pub where all the teeneger's used to meet up and then go on from there , in front of that was a huge big fountain where on a hot day you used to drink from, just to stop yourself from burning up . The town then had some character !
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Does anyone remember the Arndale market when it first opened and the first several years?if you went in the market entrance opposite where peackocks is now,turn immediate right and walk straight on,on your right there was a stall which sold hair products,the man that owned it was tall and had a deep voice,there was a stall which sold teddy boy clothes and had drape jackets hanging up,a scottish lady that had a badge stall,a shoe shop next to the fish market called Mick,he was there for many years,another shoe shop next to the car park exit which sold safety shoes and specialised in ballet shoes,a stall called two guys who sold everything from tap washers to toasters.All gone now sadly.A lot of the market seems to be small cafe's serving food for different cultures.