Friern Barnet Photo Archive

I LIVED AT 58 THE AVE UNTIL I WAS ABOUT 4 YEARS OLD. MY DAD WORKED AT JOHN DALES

Was born down ave in 1953 at 65 moved 1963. My mum worked at John Dales until they closed, then she worked at STC until she retired

yes young lady I remember you and brothers and sisters, it was your oldest sis that told me about my first job down bowes rd in 1958 she used to work in the cake shop , good luck from jim k

Sorry I forgot to say her name it was Janet. I worked at Williams Bros. She was a really nice person. Jim

My grandfather, William Whitney, was a chauffeur for Mr Edward Lusher, a director at John Dales, circa 1940s. My grandfather went on to become the manager of the print department, apparently he bought the inks.

A long time ago, but has anybody heard of the Dinner family who lived at No. 7 in the early 1900’s?. My Grandfather, John Dinner, who lived there with his family, was in 1922 involved in a road accident in Friern Barnet Road. He died from his injuries. Ironic really having recently survived the theatre of war in France. His neighbours and friends kindly raised money for his widow and children. We have a list of the donators and they collected the grand sum of £5 4s 4d….

Georgina Batchelor, a name I remember from school a long time ago

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