The Capitol Cinema
I used to look forward to the weekend so I could pay my 'tanner' and go to the Saturday morning pictures at the Capitol (now Marks & Spencer I believe). I was born and raised in Barking, Sutton Road (off Movers Lane). Went to school at Northbury (infant)/Westbury (junior) and finally Eastbury Secondary Modern schools.
Looking at these old photos brings back a lot of happy memories for me. Haven't been back to Barking for many years, it's nice to see the old place again though.
I would love to hear from anyone who lived in the town in 'The good old days' of the 1950s and early 1960s. I used to spend a lot of time at and near the town quay, I was drawn to water and I still am. My local waters are now the Norfolk Broads but I still look back often and think of the quay. Happy days!
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I remember the Capitol Pictures, as it was known as, my Mother often took myself and sister on Saturday afternoons, you could see the forthcoming films displayed along the outside wall leading to the inside swimming baths. If we didnt like the Bowery Boys, we could go upmarket to the Rio, or if desperate the old Electric near Blakes corner, happy days. The town quay was known as the Rushing Waters because of the lock gates next to the old warehouse, we would hang over the railings and get splashed by the rushing water as it tried to break through the lock gates, no thought of health and safety then, we would then wander down Jenkins Lane which was almost open fields in the early 1950's. My Mother worked at the British Eastlite Co in those days as the gate person. Good old Barking and its trolley buses, steam trains at the Station with queues waiting for the 23 or 87 bus to take them to Dagenham
Comment from Terry Mayo on Monday, 6th June 2011.