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Amanda Gill, Stonesfield St

Email: admin[at]cloudesleyassociation.org

Tel: 0770 302 4959

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Nick Collin, Cloudesley Square

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#31 Rob Hughes 2024-11-18 18:35
Memories and Nostalgia
One last thing before I come back to the now.
Dowrey St, as you will no doubt know was a through road to Richmond Avenue.In the 60s and 60s it was an unofficial parking space for numerous lorries and their loads overnight normally whilst drivers stayed at Brays Transport Cafe on Liverpool Rd
Also a large tarmac playground behind Richmond Ave and Stonefield St
I played cricket and football on that playground many times.
Happy to supply my email if you would like it, thank you for the platform.
Rob
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#30 Nick Collin 2024-11-18 16:01
Thanks Rob - I love these reminiscences - they bring the area to life. We have a piece about Barney Kessell too! https://cloudesleyassociation.org/cloudesley-history/social-history-other/125-medical-history Apparently he lived at No. 18 Cloudesley Square (just opposite me in fact!) which had its own purpose-built surgery (now No. "18 and a half") occupied by doctors since the early 1900s.
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#29 Rob Hughes 2024-11-18 11:24
Yes Nick have read that.When that organ was played full tilt it filled the church with a mighty sound
I see you have meetings in the Crown we were living in Richmond Ave when Fullers opened up.Just around the corner was a shop called Buddy's.
The images of the shops and area are so clear to me.
Our doctors surgery was on the corner of Dowrey St with the house entrance on Cloudesley sq
The doctors name was Barney Kessel.
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#28 Nick Collin 2024-11-17 13:24
Hi Rob. Have you seen our piece on "The Organ and the Organist" here: https://cloudesleyassociation.org/about-the-area/89-church-new/314-the-organ-and-the-organist ? It sounds like the Whitby family had a very similar experience to yours. Clearly the church was a very important hub for the area in the mid-1900s.
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#27 Rob Hughes 2024-11-16 15:04
My family lived on Richmond Ave from early 1900s through to 1983
My grandparents and parents were married at Holy Trinity on Christmas Day
My Mum Dad and Brother were in the Church choir, and we also held the keys for the Church and Church Hall on Dowrey St
As a family we all have incredibly fond memories of the area and Church.
Rob
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#26 Jackie 2024-10-15 16:41
My Dad Charlie Meyer
First betting shop to open Caledonian
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#25 Nick 2024-04-08 13:58
Hi Freddy

Thanks for this. This part of Islington is still a great place to live - I drink regularly at the Crown too! If you have any photos from the late 50s you'd like to share I'll put them up on the website. It's always interesting to compare new with old.

Kind regards, Nick
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#24 Frederick Lee 2024-04-07 15:24
What a terrific find for me this website I was born in Liverpool rd 1942 mydadhad a stall in chapel market I used to go to the white Marie youth club in cloudesley sy drink in the crown in the late 50s lived on the Isle of Wight for 40 odd years still miss the old Islington anyway PLEASE keep the good job up and thank you Freddy Lee
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#23 Guest 2023-02-05 15:51
Quoting Nick Collin:
Hi Gary

This is exactly the sort of detail we love on this website - many thanks. If you take a photo of "Jack's Castle" on your pilgrimage next week be sure to email it to me at admin[at]cloudesleyassociation.org and I'll use it to update the piece on Belle Isle!

Best wishes, Nick


Hi Nick,

I’ve just spotted that the email I sent with photo of ‘Jack’s Castle’ attached could not be delivered.
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#22 Nick Collin 2022-12-22 14:51
Hi Abi. That's quite spooky! Jenny has just done a massive update (not published yet) to her "Hunting Ghosts" piece about Cloudesley Road and one of the most interesting things to have emerged was the Balls family motor business in Balls Yard hidden away behind what is now Elystan Walk. We'd be really interested in learning more about the family. Please would you email me at admin[at]cloudesleyassociation.org so we can have a chat? Thanks, Nick
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