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Paraffin Junction
The lighting of the original halt earned it facetious nicknames. When equipped with the original oil lamps it became know locally as Paraffin Junction, and when these were later replaced by electric dish lamps on curved metal supports it came to be known as the Dog Track. In the early days the current for lighting came from the railway’s own supply, and if two trains started or approached the station simultaneously at night the platform lights no...
Carpenders Park Station
The New Line 1917 Public electric services were extended over the New Line from Willesden Junction to Watford Junction on 16th April 1917. Carpenders Park station closed on 31st December 1916 as a wartime economy measure. It did not reopen until 5th May 1919 with the post-war build up of services. It was served by certain Bakerloo trains only. LNWR electric trains resumed service from 10th July 1922. Passengers and fares In 1923 9,209 passeng...
South Oxhey Residents Association
... sue green Great to hear that South Oxhey is working to mould its own future ...
Our Oxhey Celebrates
On the 18th of March 2011 Our Oxhey celebrated the launch of our website. After training volunteer editors, collecting “memories”, having local history days and talks (and more than one tea party) we celebrated our launch in the library with a party and a celebration cake. We are still going strong and never seem to be stuck for ideas to add to the site. Obviously, we still like to hear from anyone from the area who would like to add their though...
Carpenders Park Station 100th Birthday Party
Celebrate the centenary of Carpenders Park Station with us on Tuesday 1st April. Join us for the unveiling of a blue plaque at the station, followed by FREE refreshments at Oxhey Library in Bridlington Road. There will also be an exhibition of the history of the station, old photos of Oxhey and demonstrations of the Our Oxhey website Assemble at 12.45 at Carpenders Park Station The plaque is unveiled at 13.00 Reception at Oxhey Library from 13....
Coal Marker Picture - Referred to in my comments
... This is the picture that I mentioned in my comments for ‘Coal Marker’, notice the early Oerlikon train heading towards Hatch End. ...
Carpenders Park bungalow
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Carpenders Park station - 1924
... Couple of extracts from a large rolled engineers drawing of the station dated 10th March 1924 – the station was less than ten yrs old ...
Carpenders Park to Rickmansworth Aquadrome
... Bill Brown The Rickmansworth line remained open throughout the 1960's mainly to serve Dickinson's paper mills at Croxley and deliver salt to the pumping station at Hampermill. There was also a sidings which served Old's industrial estate ...
Entrance to early Carpenders Park Station from Oxhey Golf Course
... This picture is of the entrance to the station, through the ‘Kissing Gate’ from the Oxhey Golf Course & Blackwell’s side of the old Carpenders Park Station, the footpath runs parallel with the station platform towards the ‘Cattle Tunnel’. ...
South Oxhey Baptist Church - Gosforth Lane
... Photographs show the original Baptist Church building in Gosforth Lane and the modernised church in 2013. ...
Methodist Church - Prestwick Road
... Photographs show the Methodist Church in Prestwick Road just before demolition and the new church opened in January 2014. ...
Deed Relating to Raglan Gardens
This deed is described on the title page as an abstract of the Title of David John Davies (corrected by hand from Oxhey Builders Limited) to freehold land situate at Hillcroft Crescent, Oxhey, Watford in the County of Hertford. The document is dated 1932 (corrected by hand from 1934, although parts of the document relate to 1933). The main thrust of the document, however, seems to chronicle the land being developed in 1933 as Raglan Gardens fro...
Oxhey Chapel
... Our Oxhey editors visited Oxhey Chapel on Friday 4th October 2013. We were given a tour and a brief lecture on the history of the chapel and were able to take photographs of the interior and exterior of the building. ...
New Methodist Church - Prestwick Road
... The remainder of the building of the old Methodist Church in Prestwick Road was demolished today. The new Methodist Church just a few yards away from old now looks very smart with its new signage in place. ...
Church Meetings and Domestic Details.
Monday March 19th. It must have snowed again in the night as the ground was quite white but the sun came out and the snow soon disappeared and it was a beautiful day afterwards. Cousin Clara and Alice came down for the day, they went home by the 8.30 train. I did not get home till 6.30 as I just missed the 9 past 5 at Chalk Farm. At 8 o’clock I went down to the Chapel for a lecture on the Jews with limelight illustrations, it was most interest...
Watford grandly decorated for Masonic School foundation stone laying.
Monday May 7th Pretty fine all day. I went to Melgrund Road this evening. Found Auntie much better than I expected. I came home by the 9.35. Mother had been helping Lil and Will with their moving. She did not get home very long before i did. Tuesday May 8th Very nice day. Staying on tonight, got home at 9.30. Aunt Clara came down this morning, is going to stay for a few days. Wednesday May 9th Showery all da, but nice fine evening. Mother...
Silkin House and Corbett House
... These houses now stand on the site of ‘Silkin House’ and ‘Corbett House’ the tower blocks that were the original buildings in Matlock Crescent off of Ainsdale Road. ...
'Tin Houses' 1968 and 2013
... What were called the “Tin Houses” – Little Oxhey Lane ...
Oxhey Wood School
... Oxhey Wood School – now also contains South Oxhey Children’s Centre. New homes built at end of school land. ...
Old shopfront plans
... Sue green Brilliant piece of local history. So glad they were rescued. ...
Oxhey Chapel
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Oxhey Pavillion
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A Welsh Holiday
Monday 18th June Another lovely day. After breakfast took books and Mother some needlework and sat down on the beach all morning. After dinner went for a walk over the mountains to Fairy Glen at a place called Dwygyfylchi. We had tea at a little cottage just outside the glen. Tuesday 19th June A very nice day at Penmaenmawr but we managed to get a soaking where we went. We went by the 9.15 train to Llanberis, had to change at Carnarvon, got to Ll...
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Dear Mittal, you will need to contact Oxhey Library directly for any book requests
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Oxangeheage to modern Oxhey
This article I wrote for the Watford Observer in 1971 was to form the basis of a book I was...
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