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My grandmother lived in Waremead Road from 1934 and my uncle lived there till he died in 2005. I remember the dentists opposite Waremead Road, and also the library. This would be the late 1960s to early 1970s. In Waremead Road there used to be a shop which I vaguely remember, it is now a house on the corner. I remember that Faces was once called the Melody Inn but a previous poster said it was called The Villa which is now faces. Also on that parade there used to be a china shop and I still have the Whimsies I used to buy with my pocket money. I was also told that my grandfather who died before I was born used to make door number plagues as he was originally an apprentice with the railway and learnt signwriting there working on the old trains. My grandfather and father and his brothers used to drink and play snooker in the Valentine on the corner of Perth Road.

A memory of Gants Hill in Greater London shared on Sunday, 28th August 2011.

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