Growing Up In Ilford

A Memory of Ilford.

I was born down Roman Road Ilford sadly as long ado as 1947 but life in Ilford was good. Went to Mount Secondary School but left at the age of 14 and started work as a jnr legal secretary in a firm in Cranbrook Road. It was so great then could get on a train and be in Liverpool Street in 20 mins an shop till we dropped. I started going to the Palais at 17 and loved it. It wa the place to go for a good night out. No probs with buses home could walk it had no worries back then about being attacked. The 60s was an iconic time and I feel privileged that I had the chance to spend my single years during that time. A club calledOscars opened just on the edge of Ilford more Manor Park and that was great but all the fellas there were from East and West Ham and about and said we were country girls because we had green buses. I just loved it all and they were such good times. We just danced our nights away.