Mum, towards the end of the war did night work at Enfield Cable canteen, Brimsdown about a mile away. She cooked meals for the night workers. We recall her saying that one early morning when she was cycling home she saw a parachute mine floating in the sky, fortunately, too far away to cause her any harm. A high explosive bomb fell in the centre of the main Liverpool St. to Cambridge railway line near the junction with Ashton Road. It was repaired and service resumed the same day.

Oleksandr turned up on time and did a fantastic job in an efficient and friendly manner. We would certainly recommend him." There is free parking available in our car park at the RSA Island Centre as well as free parking around Enfield Island Village should our car park be full. We are located just off of Mollison Avenue, a short distance from J25 of the M25. Please note that unless pre arranged we are unable to offer large coach parking facilities.

The navigable river links boats northbound to Hertford and the River Stort. The River Stort is navigable for canal traffic to Harlow and Bishop's Stortford. Enfield Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 21 October 2016. We are well served both by the road network, public transport and the Lee Navigation. Bus: 121, 491 Illustration 5. The First World War Lewis light machine gun was replaced in the late 1930s by the British-Czechoslovak Bren .303 light machine gun (illustrated) and by the Sten light machine gun. During the Second World War the Enfield .38 pistol revolver was also made at the RSAF and up to 350,000 people, mainly women, were employed at British Royal Ordnance factories producing 5 million small arms.

An Oil bomb fell in a field behind Ashton Road, the contents were meant to cause a fire, but this one did little damage. This location was then an area of allotments but is now occupied by flats. On Sundays, the services to Liverpool Street and Bishop's Stortford do not run and station is instead served by a half-hourly service between Stratford and Hertford East. London's Rail and Tube services" (PDF). Transport for London. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2019. Other recollections include walking to school past white marble lions and through a park with friendly squirrels. At school we were taught by nuns. (Can anyone identify the school please?)

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It is a sad fact, that businesses are an easy target for thieves because they are unmanned at night time. We still have many of our letters which we sent home to our parents and which serve as a reminder of our time away. There was an American airbase nearby at Haverigg and American airmen were part of the local community. We attended a party given by ‘The Yanks’ at the airbase and the food they gave was eye boggling for children on wartime rations, needless to say we ate our share. Almost immediately after leaving Lea Bridge, on your left is an entrance to the Middlesex Filter Beds. Just the name might be enough to make you curious, and the excellent information board will entice you to take a look. This nature reserve once had an important role in providing London's drinking water and it's well worth a visit. The main features for us were the effects that nature has as it regains control of a manmade structure, and also for the "mini Stonehenge" a few yards from the entrance.

Illustration 4. Among the weapons manufactured at the RSAF were the Snider rifle of 1871, the Martini-Henry rifle of 1875 and the Lee-Enfield magazine rifle mark 1 of 1916. The mark 4 model of 1943 is still in use around the world today. All the weapons on display have been made inoperable. Picture courtesy of the Geoffrey Gillam collection, now held by the Enfield Archaeological Society. Dad had an allotment situated in Ferndale Road, next to what was then the first bungalow occupied by the ‘Long’ Family, and kept us supplied with many vegetables throughout the war. Dad’s hobby was shoe repairing and we all suffered cuts and bruises trying to copy him in his absence.near the Royal Oak pub. The latter POW camp had a mounted machine gun which we lads assumed was there to shoot any prisoners who tried to escape. River Lee Towpath - a shared-use path carrying NCR 1, maintained by the Canal and River Trust. When NCR 1 leaves the towpath, the route continues towards Hertford. [14] After the pounding taken in and near Ashton Road, it is perhaps appropriate that Ferndale Road joined them in their celebrations. After rioting had spread from neighbouring Tottenham on 8 August 2011, the Sony DADC/ PIAS distribution centre on the Innova Business Park was looted and destroyed by fire. [6]