Romford, Western Road 1908
Photo ref:
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Photo ref:
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Since the part-pedestrianisation of South Street, Western Road has become a major traffic route lined with bus stops, its pavements crowded with scurrying shoppers. In calmer days Western Road provided elegant dwellings for Romford's 'middle class' commuters.
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Memories of Romford, Western Road 1908
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Romford, Western Road 1908
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My memory of that year was attending Chase Cross School and enjoying my four years there. The teachers were Mr Race, Mr Matthews, Mr D Shaw and in the last year, Mr Whittnel - all brilliant teachers. I used to box for the school and left to become a butcher until 1964; the next 10 years driving lorries and buses and in 1971 I joined the Essex ambulance service, transferring to Kent/ Margate in1983. In 1990 I ...see more
I'm wondering if anyone remembers St. Mary's High School in Western Road. I attended the school when I was very young in 1946-9, before my family emigrated first to Canada, then to the USA. My best friends were Zena O'Shea, Rebecca Brown and Valerie Dunbar - and I can still remember clearly most things about the school - not least, Sister Bernard, the formidable headmistress, Miss Hogg, who terrified us all ...see more
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