Tobacco Shop In High Street

A Memory of Barkingside.

I was born in Barkingside and remember the Holy Trinity Church (Rev. Newman), where I was baptised, confirmed and married. I left in 1965.
Memories abound! Especially riding my bike to Barton's bakery during Easter to buy hot cross buns for breakfast. I seem to remember they were a penny three farthings each. Rossi's lemon ice. Marment's toy store, where my dad would buy model aircraft for us to construct.
Does anyone remember the name of the tobacconist? It smelled wonderful. I would buy a little tin of Hamlet cigars for my fathers birthday - and they sold choc ices. I could see the store in one of the photos, next to Dewhurst. And Dewhurst's, where the butter was formed into 1/2 pound patties with wood paddles - and the marble floor and line ups at the counters where they carved off rashers of bacon.
If my best friend of the time, Carol Doyle, who lived on Cottesmore, sees this I would love to connect. Also, Marvyn Parkes, Gillian? and Carole King. We all attended Caterham school (those awful school dinners....) Marvyn and I would often skip school lunch and go to Barkingside High Street on the 129 bus for chips and a penny-pickled onion.
The library - a place of magic. And the horses in the field on the way to Barkingside station. ......