HMS Worcester c1955, Greenhithe
HMS Worcester c1955, Greenhithe Ref: G215001
Memories of HMS Worcester c1955, Greenhithe
My Old Home Town
I lived in Mounts Road for the first eleven years of my life and spent most of my days exploring during the summer holidays, espcially the cows field at the rear of our house as there was a tunnel in middle of field where the old railway used to run. We were told stories of how the tunnel caved in and the train was buried. One day my friend and myself went down to explore and there sticking out were the bumpers of a train. I never forget that day because we scared the begeebers out of each other saying we could hear cries of the people that were buried alive on the train and imagined them to be the workers coming from the chalk pit. It's funny the things that stay with you and I always wonder whether the stories that were told to us were true.
Lost Friends
I was a cadet on HMS Worcester 1957-1959.
HMS 'Worcester' c1950 And 1968
My father, Nick Child, was a cadet on the 'Worcester' circa 1950-52. He took me aboard in 1968 - fascinating ship, it's a shame she is still not there ...
HMS Worcester & F T Everard & Sons Ltd
I came to know Greenhithe very well. Firstly as a cadet on the Worcester from 1962 to 1965, and again from 1972 to 1979 when I was employed by Everards.
Looking at Google maps of Greenhithe, the place has changed beyond recognition.
Greenhithe & local memories
Read and share memories of Greenhithe and Kent inspired by Frith photos.
Friends in Cobham Terrace 1937 to Late 1960s
My parents Alf and Ida Baker lived in Cobham Terrace in the late 1930s. Alf worked at Johnsons cement works. After the war we lived in Stone but had friends in Cobham Terrace. The days I remember. Also Art and Mitcha Butler, son Barry and daughter Angela. Mitcha was my mother's best friend and my Godmother.
Cobham Terrace.
I was born in Dartford in 1951 and lived at 16 Cobham Terrace from about 1958. We used to collect empty lemonade bottles from neighbours and take them on our trolley to The Railway Tavern to get a penny back on the empties! Miss Loveland lived next door and had a little whippet called Flossie.
Np Response
Come on people, let's hear from you in America, tell us some those war stories of the Doodlebugs that hit Kent.
I Was Born Here
I was born at 16 Cobham Terrace in 1935 with quite a number of relations as neighbours, last names being the Day family and Blagdens. I have resided in Canada for 45 years. Is there anyone out over there that would like to get in touch with me? Clive Jeffrey
Cobham Terrace
I was born at 23 Cobham Terrace in 1943 and lived there until 1953 when we moved to Swanscombe. The road was very quiet then and as children we played in the ditch across the road. This "ditch" was once the water way that connected the Thames and Greenhithe to the houses in Cobham Terrace. Our immediate neighbors were Mr & Mrs Harwood and Valerie and her brother Barry. Mrs Roe, Mr & Mrs Taylor, Mr & Mrs Skeats who had 2 sons, Colin and ?. My parents were Herbert (always called Bert) and Alice and I had a sister Joan and a brother Rodney.
The Day Family
Does anyone recall the names Heather (nee Day) or the Daphne and Morris Bennie family? Regards, Clive Jeffrey
Learning to Row The Jolly-Boat.
As a trainee catering rating we used to bring the stores aboard by boat, rowing from the jetty to the ship - no mean feat considering how strong the currents were, if the tide was ebbing, the currents were exceptionally strong. I made a few new mates and especially remember going to the Isle of Sheppey with Gary Johnson to meet his family, I remember that well.
HMS WORCESTER
I am looking for any of my old mates that worked aboard HMS 'WORCESTER' in 1953. We were 8 young lads training under Chief Steward Danks, Second steward 'Jock' Porter and Chef, 'Ham' Hambrook Moore. For boating craft, ie rowing, sailing etc, we had Bosun, Mr Poppy. For odds and ends jobs when cadets were on leave, the PTI Mr Johnson, found us work, scrubbing down decks and painting the shoreside swimming pool building! These jobs were carried out by the lads that didn't look after the Petty Officers in the 'Gun Room' or the Masters in the 'Ward Room' or Captain Steele in his accomodation. Some of the catering lads on board at the time were: Jimmy Da Groote (Liverpool), Tom Glue (Southampton), Keith 'Con' Jordan (Brixton, London), Arthur(?) Jefferies,(unknown) Frank Walsh (Liverpool), and Colin 'Scouse' Yardley (Liverpool). Many a happy time was spent, when as 'boat boy' when you could 'borrow' the ship's dingy and row 'inebriated' sailors from the Pier Hotel jetty out to their Everard tankers... Read more
