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 Barkingside, c1955 (ref: B637006) |
Year: 1981
Bakingside Round About
I know this is a picture that was taken 25 year prior to when I was born, yet I still get amazed at the dates of the pictures around my home town! The progression just amazes me! Last edited: 01/09/2008 09:57 |
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Year: 1971
Fish/butchers Shop
hey there I wondered if anyone can help me I grew up in Barkingside and remember lots about it but my mum and brother were having a conversation about Barkingside high street the other day and they couldnt remember the name of the fishmongers/butchers one side of the shop was fishmongers the other a butchers my mum thinks it wasn't far from Boots the chemist and rossi bros I wonder if anyone could help answer this question for me as I tried every search engine I can think of to find the answer. Please please help me as it would be great to be able to put a name to a memory. many thanks. sarah Posted: 13/08/2008 00:10 by Sarah King |
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Year: 1960
My First Job
I worked for Green and Dysons/FC Dysons in the high street during 1960/61. I can recall the manager's name as being Tom Lott. Mrs Hearn worked in the canteen, well a corridor really rather than a proper canteen. From memory I think that we had 3 people including myself with the first name of Vic. Mac worked in the warehouse, does anyone out there have any more memories of this shop around this time? It would be good to hear. Last edited: 01/04/2008 15:32 by Victor Harmes |
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Fullwell Avenue Street Party
I have 2 photos of a Street Party in Fullwell Avenue. Might be VE day or just a street party. Anyone who wants a copy then just contact me. Thanks Bob Burgess Last edited: 25/03/2008 09:40 by Robert Burgess |
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 Barkingside, High Street 1968 (ref: B637015) |
Year: 1940s
Barkingside As It Was From 1937 - 1950
I lived in Barkingside from 1937 - 1950. I was 5 whan we moved to Merlin Grove from Forest Gate. There were fields and woods within a few minutes walk, sadly built over now. The library was a shop on the opposite side from Sainsburys, another small shop in those days. The library and swimming pool shown in photos didn't exist. Trolley buses plied to & fro along the High Street. There was a fighter station (airfield) in Forest Road behind the railway line (Steam trains). I attended Fairlop school from 1937 till 1943. The air raids were bad during the blitz and later the flying bombs & V2 rockets. Our houses all sustained blast damage, and we used to pick up shraptnel after a night of bombing. My friend & I would go to Newbury Park on a Saturday afternoon to watch Ilford Football Club play in the Isthmian League. My parents are buried in the cemetry adjoining the recreation ground, as it was called then, where I used to play cricket. I have lived in Australia for many years, and have not been back to Barkingside, which I probably wouldn't recognise. Posted: 16/01/2008 04:09 by James Baker |
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 Barkingside, the Library and Swimming Pool c1965 (ref: B637013) |
Year: 2005
Barkingside History
Can anyone help me. A book was written on Barkingside about 2 years ago but I have not been able to get a copy can anyone help? Last edited: 29/05/2007 09:33 by Robert Burgess |
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Barkingside, the Library and Swimming Pool c1965 (ref: B637013) |
Barkingside
I have lived in Fullwell Avenue, Barkingside all my life. I was born in 1949. Who remembers where in the high road was W H Smith or Pollacks or where Sainsbury's was orginally? How about the garden centre that was opposite the old police station. Mossford Garage was where Somerfield is now. What about Fance's the bakers? And Eastwells the greengrocers. How it has all changed but not for the better. Last edited: 29/05/2007 09:35 by Robert Burgess |
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Barkingside, the Library and Swimming Pool c1965 (ref: B637013) |
Year: 1967
Barkingside Library
The library was adjacent to the swimming baths where I swam regularly. I understand that the glass in the library "beacon" needed to be replaced in favour of heat-deterring glass. But before that happened it could get stifflingly hot! Last edited: 20/10/2006 17:31 by Joan Mcdonough |
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