Havering-Atte-Bower
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Havering-Atte-Bower books (6 available)
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Doing the Shopping
I lived a mile or so east of Rush Green, in Barton Avenue but my Mum would send me with a note to get the shopping for the family. She would give me sometimes had eight half crowns or £1 a lot of money then. I would cycle down, first to Brown's the butchers, the first shop after the houses. Mr Brown who had huge butchers fingers would serve me liver, H-bone or chops and he would write how much I owed on a marble slab underneath the wrapping paper. At the end of the week he would expect the bill to be settled. Sometimes mum had not given me enough, he wasn't happy then. ...read more here
A memory of Romford contributed by Tony Davis
Memory Joggers
We moved to Romford in 1954. First we lived at Mawneys and attended the primary school there. In 1955 we moved to Oaks Avenue and I attended Pettits Lane Secondary Modern School. I left in 1959. The pillars just below the trees in the photo, was the gateway to the Whykam Hall which belonged to the church. I remember spending many happy times at the weekend dances. I could really Rock'n' Roll in those days! I used to go with my best friend Margaret Golding, who I sadly lost touch with. Another place I loved was the Nimbus dance hall. I believe it was above the Co-op at the top end of the market. HAPPY DAYS!
A memory of Romford contributed by Brenda Gower
First Home
I was born in Hornchurch in 1934, but my mother, father and myself were the first residents of 121 Warren Drive, Elm Park. My brother was born in the house at 121, in 1945. This is the last view I had of the street, as we left in a taxi, to sail to Canada in 1946. Made a brief visit to Warren Drive in 1956. I remember queuing up outside Meyers Greengrocers with my Mother to try and get a few oranges in 1940. I also attended Romford County High School for Girls for a year and a half. Other friends and myself used to play in the fields behind the house, which had corn growing in it. Also, the railings ...read more here
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8th Hornchurch Scouts
I will always have fond memories of the Dell as our scout hut was located there. Also I lived a few minutes walk away at Ravenscourt Grove. I moved there in 1948. The Dell was a boy's dream place to play in.
A memory of Hornchurch contributed by david cook
Extracts From Havering-Atte-Bower & Essex books
The house on the right where the lady is standing is now called Ruskin House. But this view is very much changed. The
building on the left of the picture is not almshouses, as might be thought from the row of doors; rather, they are early
19th-century agricultural labourers’ tenements called Elizabeth Row, and now demolished. The Red Lion beyond Ruskin
House has also gone.
An extract from from"Chigwell Photographic Memories".
There is still a stocks and whipping post at Havering-atte-Bower, and there has been
since at least the 17th century, when they were destroyed by a mob. They have stood
on this location, at the edge of the green on Broxhill Road, since about 1829. Those that
stand today date from the 1960s, and are a singular attraction for visitors; the ones we
see here were actually used.
An extract from from"Chigwell Photographic Memories".
This pub on the road to
Havering-atte-Bower has
retained much of its shape,
although it is now brightly
painted. Although having an
orange tree would have been
a great attraction, and the use
of such curiosities to attract
people to inns were common
from the 17th to the beginning
of the 20th century, it is not
likely that this was the origins
of this house. The name the
Orange Tree was a political
statement of loyalty to William
of Orange during the revolution
of 1688.
An extract from from"Chigwell Photographic Memories".
This house was built by W Pemberton Barnes to replace an earlier house built in the 18th
century. In 1924 the estate had 1,552 acres, 400 of which were parkland. The Havering manor
was a crown manor from the time of Harold, of Hastings fame, until 1828.
An extract from from"Chigwell Photographic Memories".
This lodge survived the
demolition of the house to form
an entrance to a public park
established after the death of
H J Stone, when his wife sold the
land to Romford Urban District
Council in the 1930s. This lodge
survived until the early 1970s.
An extract from from"Chigwell Photographic Memories".