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Flower Seller at The Fortune of War

The Fortune of War Hotel c1960 Ref: L150033
The Fortune of War Hotel c1960
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My dad sold his flowers outside the Fortune of War hotel. He had a plot of ground opposite our bungalow in Florence Road, Langdon Hills (now Florence Way). He picked them, put them in boxes at the front and back of his bicycle, then cycled down Laindon High Road each night in the summer months. He sold them to the people on the coaches going to and coming from Southend, sometimes I would go with him and sell blackberries or mushrooms I had picked.

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A memory of Laindon in Essex shared on Friday, 5th November 2010.

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