General Chat

denis yea,the residents have permits but visitors dont.and as my son doesnt drive we cant get one,because its him that has to apply,silly idea!!! susie

hiya rick my gawd ,youve been quiet this morning lol ive not even heard of the orange tree:(( susie

Hi Denis, The Orange Tree is still there !! Just found it in a pub guide. www.professorharbottle(.)co(.)uk/pub/ londonnorth/orangetree.html Rick.

wasn't there supposed to have been a 'killer' pike living in the rye some years ago......lol I've got a photo of me at the open air swimming pool taken on the day my sister was born, some 30 something years ago! Elaine

dennis lol...its sunny here,at the moment!! quite mild aswell susie

dennis it costs me 1.90 return into wycombe from booker or 1.45 single!!! wycombe is now very hot on parking even outside the cemetary,parking meters everywhere!!! my son lives in suffirld rd and we even have to get a parking ticket to visit him:( susie

trish at least i got that right lol dennis the nags head pub is now called "the pride".its a pub for gays!!! the outside of it is painted pink and purple,apparently the "gay"colours the white blackbird was the first gay pub but the locals kicked up a storm,because they were fed up with seeing transvestites and the like passing their houses every five minutes lol susie

Susie, Priory Road, that's it. Had a room in one of the houses up there - No 10 I think, last time I wandered up there it was a clinic for eating disorders. Len, you be careful when going into Wycombe as they've changed all the roads - and removed access to some completely. I was totally lost the first time I went back after who knows how many years. The traffic is now like driving in London, everyone for himself - if it's moving that is! LOL I remember Hammersley Lane was supposed to be haunted, something about a coach and horses. Was looking on a map the other night and as you used to go up Hammersley Lane on the right on the bend, there were a few houses and then access to some woods. Not now by the looks of it, it's all roads.

trish the road leading up to the cemetary is priory rd,i think lol the open air swimming pool is still there,and dennis the only thing i caught in the rye was tadpoles lmao i remember my son going there armed with fishing net and bucket.he came home with thousands of tadpoles!!! hubby had to go and buy a pond and spent all weekend digging a hole in the garden to put it in lol they eventually grew into frogs and deserted us....untill the following year,when they returned only to find that their pond had disappeared!! susie

Denis, I remember the Palace and Odeon well. Started married life living at ---forgotten the name of the road now!! Behind the Church in Wycombe, the road that goes up to the cemetery. My parents house was on the main London Road just by the corner of Hammersley Lane. Do they still have the open air swimming pool on the Rye anybody? And do fish still survive in the river there? Used to be lovely walking along there in the summer.

dennis all of those cinemas have now gone there is one at handy cross now with 6 screens ,just 5 minute walk from my house,but ive never been inside lol the fountain on frogmore is gone aswell.but the council was kind enough to put a new one in its place,if you can call a dozen holes in the ground with a spirt if water from each,a fountain!!! susie

Hi Denis, Can't help with the places you mention as Mum & Sis moved there fairly recently, so I'm just a visitor from the West Country ! I had a friend who lived in Totteridge though - very posh area ! Used to drink by the duck pond on the main road - was it the Orange Tree pub ? Might havebeen Totteridge Lane - was a long time ago & my memory is awful ! Rick.

rick lol...that just goes to show how well i know my own area:( bucks is a very pretty place once you get out of the towns. my rellies were in tring in the 1700s,they came down from london susie

Hi Susie, That whole area's nice. We quite often go walking there when I'm up visiting my family. Just looked on the map and Buckland Common isn't quite the same place as Buckland, though they're not far apart - they're on opposite sides of the A41. Rick.

hiya rick thats the one!!! we took a ride up there last summer to have a look around,but silly me forgot me camera...lol its a beautiful little village isnt it. susie

Hi Susie, It's not too far from Chesham. It's right next to Aston Clinton, just off the A41 between Tring & Aylesbury. Rick.

hi denis yea,i rememnber that film and the making of it the t.v series "aces high" was also filmed there. i used to work at booker hospital(in the 1980s) i grew up round booker common,and now live on the holmer farm estate(though i never put that in my addy)lol booker hospital has long gone now.theyve built a housing estate on the grounds and also a residential nursing home susie

hi dennis nooooo....lol thats downley booker is the other side. do you know cressex industrial estate,booker hospital,booker airfield and not forgetting booker tip!!!! near lane end,ring ant bells lol susie

hiya everyone its a bit windy in wycombe this morning!! rick do you mean buckland near chesham? if so thats were my grampy was born.helived at little twye,buckland common,his family moved from aylesbury. gramps was born in 1898 and the family then moved to shaftesbury street wycombe in 1901 they arrived in booker in 1904,which is where i still live. by the way welcome to bucks gang lol we are really friendly...honest susie

Ha... I used to live in Craigmore Avenue (just off Shenley Rd), but that was in the late 60s ! Rick.