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St Peter's C o fE Junior School

I started at St Peter's in South Weald at the age of four in 1955. This was in the old school which is no longer there. Our teacher was Mrs Fox and we were taught to write on slates. When we became proficient we were allowed to use thick black pencils on paper. I will always remember the carbolic soap in the sinks and the outside toilets with spiders and shiny Izal toilet paper. Mrs Waite's classroom next door had a big stove with railings round it. I lived in Brentwood and arrived at school courtesy of Mr Tiffin's taxi, later replaced by a Tiffin's coach as numbers rose. I think the Mivvi ice lolly was invented while I was a ...read more here
A memory of South Weald contributed by Marilyn Lewis

Harold Court School

I remember moving from the east end of London in 1947 to a then new housing estate that is named Harold Hill. The nearest shcool then to where we lived was Harold Court, we used to have a very long walk either down Gooshays Drive, continue down Gubbins Lane, turn off at Arundel Road and proceed up Court Drive to Harold Court School, or we could cut across fields, one of which was known as Guys Field which was a short cut to the school, in those days it was a long walk to school in all weathers, but very happy carefree days. I would like to hear from anyone who used that way to school.




A memory of Harold Wood contributed by PATRICIA HAMILTON

Abridge picture A106012

This photo appears at the back of Essex Living Memories. The two ladies in the foreground with the prams appear familiar - The lady on the left may be Mrs Peagram with her son Colin in the pram. The couple with the child in the pushchair outside the butchers looks like and could actually be my parents and me. They might have just stepped off the No.10 bus the back of which you can see parked by the Blue Boar Pub on the left. At the time this photo would have been taken we weren't yet living in the village, but my parents formed the Leyton Self-Build Group which started with 100 members but was left with ...read more here

Living in Abridge by Carol Gook

My parents, Rene and Freddie Gook moved to Abridge in the mid fifties. They were eastenders who belonged to a cycling club and used to visit Abridge at weekends - their destination was Brighty's cafe. They were captivated by the village's charm, and bought one of the new bungalows, we lived at 5 Alderwood Drive.
My Mum had a job in the city and would commute to work on the no 10a bus, my Dad was an electrician and travelled to wherever he was working on his motor bike. I was born in 1967, closely followed by my two brothers... I remember my Dad extending the tiny bungalow to fit us all in!

I remember Brighty's little sweet ...read more here
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