Robert Sleigh's Page

"Hi Eileen, I can’t say I remember an Eileen Penn but I looked at fb and your sister’s name is Parish. I did know an Eileen Parish who was married to a friend of mine named Ray Parish and I did have a Mk3 Cortina at the time and belonged…"

"Is this Frobisher Road school?"

"I think that was her first ever car. Be worth a lot of money now."

"You're welcome."

"For those of you who remember my mum Eva Sleigh this was when my dad Jack and her met Nat King Cole."

"Actually Tina married twice. Her first husband died . As far as I know she is still married to her second. For some reason she was the one who disconnected herself from the family. To be honest I don't even know if Tina is still alive. Last…"

"Oh Robert! I think everyone was a bit of rogue back then!"

"Hilary!? I was a bit keen on her when we went skating at the Arena! That would have been back in the late 50s; I would be about 15. We left Harringay in 1964 - in fact 8 families of Woods all abandoned London in 1964!"

"Hi Jan, let me shed some light for you. Aunty Phyllis then married Uncle Mike  (Sampson), They had a daughter Tina who was born with cerebal paulsy and was confined to a wheelchair fo life. As far as I knew Uncle Mike was Michaels dad. I was…"

"The reason I asked is because my husbands Uncle Arthur was married to a Phyllis Wischeussen in 1936/37 and believe there was a son Michael - but as no one is around to ask anymore it’s all a bit vague. Unusual name though so probably a…"

"I doubt if we met. I was adopted around 2 years old and lived in 1 Willoughby until I was 12. Then we moved in with my cousin and her husband in Boundary Road, Turnpike Lane for a year or so until my dad bought 2 places next door to each other in…"

"Thank you Hugh for directing me to your excellent and fascinating history of the old Regal. In fact I do recall the renaming in 59 to Essoldo - it was not popular with the locals!  HoL is an amazing place - I never thought to ever 'meet…"