The loss of residential accomodation in London as a result of enemy bombing during the Second World War lead to huge pressures on housing in and around London.
The Oxhey Estate arose as a direct response to this situation. It was one of the council estates that grew up rapidly on green-field sites at this time. Accommodation for 4,000 families was constructed between 1947 and 1952. Have you any memories of moving onto the estate?
Arriving in the "Country"
New Residents of South Oxhey
Bombed out of London
Moving from Highbury to Kirkaldy Green (oral history)
Caldwell Road
Mrs Boore and son, John in 1950s
Came the day
The South Oxhey Carnival 1957
Carpenders Park
'St Meryls' Estate
Carpenders Park
about 30 years ago
Cow Lane and the trains
A walk in the past (oral history)
Early days in Oxhey
Tea cakes and memories
Early Memories
Winter 1943/44
Elvis the donkey
The three humps
Family
Tea cakes and memories
First Memories
Moving in and on
Housed by the GLC
a long way from London
Iris Jones-Simantel
Return to South Oxhey
Memories
South Oxhey was a great place to live
Memories of Oxhey
Moving to Oxhey in 1948
Mobile shop
Shopping in South Oxhey in 1949
Moved to South Oxhey in 1948
No Pavements Just Ash Paths
Moving into South Oxhey
orange boxes covered in curtains
Moving To The Area
Came from London in 1948
Mud everywhere
memories of the fifties
My First Job after School
It could be from an Alan Sillitoe book
My Milk Round
Braziers Dairies
Newly Married
Arrived at South Oxhey
Oxhey in the 50s
Shopping and other memories
Poor but proud
John Schad interviews David Reidy
Prestwick Road
pre-cast concrete
Shops and mud
Moving to South Oxhey (oral history)
Work and shops
Tea cakes and memories