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I thought the best way to get some images over to you right now would be via email.
I’ve added you as a contact on here. If you accept then you can send me a private message with your email address and I can email you what we have…"
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"Hi Annie, reference the scout group archive, are you able to send any of the photos?
Regards Ernest"
"I know of one Air Raid Shelter at Alli Pall.
This was on the path below the old Rose Garden down to Alexandra Park Road for those residents although the larger houses like ours had cellars , where, in the worst raids ,we would sleep.
The…"
"A s war started the Auxiliary Fire Service assembled EWS, Emergency Water Supply tanks at strategic locations.One was located in Palace Gates Road, opposite the railway station. It was covered in wire meshing to prevent children climbing in.…"
"Alexandra Park was a great recreation area, pre-war there were trade exhibitions at the Palace with music, food displays ,magicians and toy stands
The lake had a separate kiddies area for their paddle boats . The current Cafe was the rowing…"
"Hi Ernest,
Thanks for the message. It's lovely to hear from an old member! I just read your memories of the area. We actually have records and photos from the Den on the Avenue. Currently we are in the process of digitising and transcribing the…"
"Hi Andrew,
Sorry for the late reply, and thank you for the message. I did have a look for your father but I couldn't find him in our records. That's not to say he's not in there somewhere though. We're in the process of…"
"Hi Annie ,you wartime memo actually triggered me joining HOL.
Actually rather than a profile, My Page is just snapshots of my time in the 155,also of some wartime experiences.
You are quite welcome to publish these.
How may I view those…"
"Thanks for the log, my mother lived in Wood Green at this time and was evacuated (she was 13 at the time) but I no nothing more of this. My father (born 1926) I don't think was evacuated but was a scout at the time although I don't know…"
"You may wish to contact Hornsey Historical Society. They may consider publishing some of the material you have. They would certainly give it a safe and permanent home and it would be available for research purposes."
"If anyone has any memories of the group, or knows any of the members, I'd love to hear from you."
'Alexandra Park at the Outbreak of War' as told by the 155th North London Scout Troop
I currently have in my care the archives of a local scout group, 155th North London, who were founded in 1913. It's a real treasure trove of stories and photos, from 1919 - 1956, and contains details of local events and locations. This is their account of the outbreak of war, written in 1940. If people are interested I have more stuff I can share.I have transcribed the full account below.…See More
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- At 10:06 on August 15, 2020,
Ernest Payne said…
Hi Annie, I hope you have not been unsuccessfully trying to contact me , as other contacts have these problems.
My service provider is conversant and I believe sorted.
Kind Regards ,Ernest.
- At 12:00 on July 20, 2020,
Hi Annie, reference the scout group archive, are you able to send any of the photos?
Regards Ernest
- At 17:16 on June 17, 2020,
I know of one Air Raid Shelter at Alli Pall.
This was on the path below the old Rose Garden down to Alexandra Park Road for those residents although the larger houses like ours had cellars , where, in the worst raids ,we would sleep.
The shelter was brick built with concrete roof and with wooden benches I do not believe it was ever inhabited during raids.
- At 20:22 on June 15, 2020,
A s war started the Auxiliary Fire Service assembled EWS, Emergency Water Supply tanks at strategic locations.One was located in Palace Gates Road, opposite the railway station. It was covered in wire meshing to prevent children climbing in. alyhough the meta lsides were about one metre high.
On the slopes at Ally Palli, below the aerial tower, the BBC would take a camera cable to a fenced area on the slope. This area was known as Mr Middletons' Garden for gardening programmes. 'W ell before Percy Thrower'
I believe these gardening programmes were pre-war.
- At 17:35 on June 11, 2020,
Alexandra Park was a great recreation area, pre-war there were trade exhibitions at the Palace with music, food displays ,magicians and toy stands
The lake had a separate kiddies area for their paddle boats . The current Cafe was the rowing boat keepers place. There was a motor launch named Hobart which could take about a dozen passengers on trips round the lake
Fishing was very popular for 1 shilling- a- day permits for Gudgeon, Roach and Perch. At that time Roller Skating was also very popular at the old Rink.
Probably around the Dunkirk period some trams brought up to the Palace some soldiers for billeting one of these, was French who gave me a Cross of Lorraine emblem.
Probable the loudest explosion we heard was the V2 Rocket which demolished houses in Gladstone Road opposite the Wood Geen Gaumont.
Hope these anectdotes are of some interest of the period
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