T A Centre Vicarage Lane

A Memory of East Ham.

My dad was in the army and we left Nairobi in Kenya and went to live at the TA Centre on Vicarage Lane in East Ham. I went to Burges Manor School for girls and next door was Thomas Lethaby the School for boys. One of my memories is going up to the Royal Albert Docks and going across on the ferry to Woolwich, or walking through the tunnel. In them days I was Grace Shipley - does anyone remember me? I left school and East Ham in 1968 aged 16. I had a Saturday job in Woolworths on the High Street.


Added 30 August 2012

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Hi Grace, yes remember you very well, when you lived at the TA centre in vicarage road. We used to go to school together at Burges Manor, best friends then, Jackie East then, remember me, how are you?
Hi Jackie I remember you very well you had two older brothers where are you living now I live in Leeds
Hi Grace, I am living in Kent now, been here for 31 years, both my children grew up here. How are you Grace, have you got grandchildren now? I have five now, love it.
Hi Jackie I have been back in Yorkshire for 20 years previous to that I was in Milton Keynes for 5 years and Hereford for 3 years and Birmingham for 10 years I think all my days with my dad in the army just never left me for moving around I have one daughter and two grandsons they lived in Australia for 5 years so went to visit them 6 times they came back 2 years ago thank goodness. Do you ever remember that holiday we went on camping with my mum and dad to Great Yarmouth. Do you have contact with any body else from school, take care x
Hi Grace, yes I do remember the camping holiday in Great Yarmouth very well, it was great. Not really in contact with old school friends, apart from Facebook, I am in contact with Jean Mason on there, remember her? I have a daughter Kelly, she is 39 now, has two children, 10 and 13, and a son Glenn, he's 35, he has 3 children, 2, 7, and 10. My husband Dave sadly had a severe stroke I. 2011 so I gave up work to be his carer, his recovery is slow, but getting there. Are you on Facebook?

Hi Jackie so sorry to hear about your husband and I wish him well I have an Auntie that I am close to she has motor neuron and was diagnosed about 9 months ago it is so sad to see her life slipping away I go and spend the day with her once a week. I do remember Jean Mason she lived at the Royal Albert Docks if I remember rightly, I am on facebook just look for Grace Brown in Leeds in my profile picture I have blonde hair and I am in the middle of my two grandsons, hopefully catch up on facebook, take care x
Hi Grace, can't find you on Facebook, can you put a request on my page it's Jackie Insell, then I will confirm you as a friend. Xx
Hi Grace,
I am thinking OMG is that really you?
I went to South East Ham Secondary School for Boys, soon merged with Brampton School.
If you are who I think you are, you went out with a friend of mine from our school, his name was Les. He looked a bit like Herman of Hermans Hermits(If you remember that group.)
Do you remember coming to my house on the corner of Telham Road because I was ill and you wanted to see how I was. Mick Shann is the name.
At the time I SO wanted to ask you out but didn't want to upset my pal and waited in the wings hoping, then, all of a sudden you were gone and I never knew where.
Time has obviously moved on and I am happily married and we celebrated our 41st the Monday just gone.
Happy memories of East Ham, of which you are one, but glad to have moved from that area(Barnet now) as it is now not recognisable from our time.
Such a long time ago......
Hope life has treated you well.
Mick
Hello Grace.
You certainly wont remember me although i was at Burgess Manor the same time as you. You were not in my class but you were very good friends with someone i knew very well, Jean Mason?
I remember her saying that you had travelled about a lot. Also that you were very good friends with the music teacher we had at the time. Can't remember her name but she had black hair parted in the middle, young ,played a Guitar. Think Jean said you kept in touch with this teacher after you left school. Jean married and eventually moved to Witham in Essex. My name back then was Susan Wiles and i married and now live in Essex. Of course if i've got the wrong Grace this will all be rubbish to you. Best Wishes Susan

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