tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9152950892272252636.post3160131423858306923..comments2024-03-26T14:25:37.365-07:00Comments on Edith's Streets: Turkey Brook - Enfield WashUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9152950892272252636.post-28539869315772302272022-01-12T01:49:55.623-08:002022-01-12T01:49:55.623-08:00Linscotts didn't go out of business they must ...Linscotts didn't go out of business they must have downsized.They had the shop on the corner of Ordnance Road well into the 80s. My dad had his first job after leaving school there in the 60sDanny Cordthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06062645355788732280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9152950892272252636.post-76770954515677004892020-05-11T16:23:33.372-07:002020-05-11T16:23:33.372-07:00The Ordnance Road Library site has had a varied hi...The Ordnance Road Library site has had a varied history. When I first lived in the area (the mid-1950s) it was occupied by the warehouse of Linscotts seed merchants, who also ran a pet shop on the opposite corner. To keep down the inevitable rats and mice, the warehouse had a small population of half-wild cats which I was advised not to attempt petting.<br /><br />Linscott's either went out of business or moved elsewhere around 1960, and the site then became a block of low-rise flats. Strange that these seem to have lasted only a relatively short time before coming down to be replaced by the library. Perhaps the corner had become too noisy for residential use.JohnCNZnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9152950892272252636.post-47366613232314339922020-04-12T01:18:24.527-07:002020-04-12T01:18:24.527-07:00Happy to accept a lot of this is done quite quickl...Happy to accept a lot of this is done quite quickly with limited resources. Would be delighted to get corrections from people who know their areas better than I ever will. I always hoped to get solid stuff in - so please carry on. And Enfield has some good people working on it - please continue to correct and criticiseMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13988393651468490255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9152950892272252636.post-88033986838790901142020-04-11T23:36:37.895-07:002020-04-11T23:36:37.895-07:00Sadly blog riddled with errors with unchecked stat...Sadly blog riddled with errors with unchecked statements. Poor research. A lot just copied verbatim from other unchecked sources. Example: Hertford Road - Ermine Street. The current A1010 Hertford Road through Enfield and High Street through Ponders End was NEVER part of a Roman Road. Ermine Street ran to the west of the A1010 and crossed the A10 Great Cambridge Road just south of Lincoln Road. It did actually cross the Brook but at a place much further to the west not at the Woolpack bridge. Similarly the Co-op Unity Buildings date back to the 1920s. Turkey Street station was Forty Hill (not Hall.)<br />Enfield ResearcherAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9152950892272252636.post-11584280980589490252018-07-06T15:10:10.175-07:002018-07-06T15:10:10.175-07:00It would be worth giving a mention to "The Pl...It would be worth giving a mention to "The Plough"inn, a familiar and well-loved landmark, which stood near the corner of Turkey Street and what is now the Great Cambridge Road. Acquired by an unscrupulous firm of developers, it was demolished in 2002, shortly before it was due to acquire listed building status.JohnCNZnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9152950892272252636.post-76703655031001634952018-07-06T14:47:23.022-07:002018-07-06T14:47:23.022-07:00"The Ordnance" stood on the site of an e..."The Ordnance" stood on the site of an earlier pub called "The Alma". If I remember rightly, this featured a cast-iron and glass colonnade running down one side.JohnCNZnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9152950892272252636.post-15468411912287732202017-08-01T13:50:43.377-07:002017-08-01T13:50:43.377-07:00Do you have any information on Cedrus House which ...Do you have any information on Cedrus House which was on Turkey Street? Would love to find out more about it.<br />EmmaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13342742111476201646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9152950892272252636.post-56699771210233077412016-02-13T14:58:08.499-08:002016-02-13T14:58:08.499-08:00Albany School became a comprehensive before 1974. ...Albany School became a comprehensive before 1974. I left the school in 1973 and it was a comprehensive whilst I was there. I would estimate it became a comprehensive in the 1960s.Stephennoreply@blogger.com