Living in Tanner Street Barkng
When I was four years old our family moved from Benfleet Essex to Barking. M y Farther took a position as Manager of a Corn Chandlers In Tanner Street, and we lived at number 81 next door.
I can recall starting school at Church Street primary, although it was called an infants school then. my memories are so many it's difficult to pin down the best, but I will try.
I used to walk down Taanner Street and over the railway bridge to school. Times were hard then and many of the pupils were very poor and badly dressed.
High lights were the the school holidays, when my father used allow me to go with the horse and cart to the London Docks to collect corn and molasses for and other supplies for the corn chandlers, we had two horses in the stables, I only recall Mary who was a large shire horse she used to carry the Mayor of Barking at the Lord Mayors show. This is only a very small part of my memories, perhaps I will add to them latter. Living now in Norway aged 82 I look back on a long event filled life with no regrets.
Lawrence J Rand
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RE: RE: Living in Tanner Street, Barkng
Oh yes I remember it well. Bombed out from Ballards Road, moved to 163 New Road, blown through the hedge when the V2 rocket landed near the Anglers pub. Started work age 14 in Briggs engineering, apprentice working for Andy and Jimmy Taylor, aged 18 two years national service. Continued to work for Briggs and Fords and involved in dismantling and removal of old press shop and installation of all new power presses, coil feed lines, die shear lines and blanking presses when the new press shop was built in the 1950s. I completed 40 years service with Fords and have been retired for the last 28 years. Most of my time in Fords was spent working in the Press Shop Maintenance Dept, during that time I had the pleasure of working with and supervising some of the best and most co-operative men I have ever known. I hope they are getting the same pleasure and enjoyment from retirement as I am. May God bless them all and their families. John Mac.
Comment from John McCarthy on Monday, 6th February 2012.