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Toot Hill maps

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Marconi Bunglaows

The Talbot Hotel c1960
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We moved to North Weald when I was three. Lived across the street from The Talbot in Marconi Bungalows. Dad worked at the Marconi Radio Station. I used to catch the bus for school at The Talbot. I had a friend who lived in the house next to it. I lived there until I emigrated to the US in 1961. The mother of my friend whom I've known since I was three still lives there. We keep in touch. Such fond memories.

Aiden's Bike.

I remember this picture well, back in 1955, i was a nipper, and my good friend Aiden, he was a bit of a petrol head, he loved bikes more then anything in the world, that bike in the picture was his one, he was my best friend untill he had a major bike crash, and lost his head, the bike was saved though.. but the rider was gone forever... sad times....

Chef of The Year 2010

The Talbot Hotel c1960
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RIP Mike Rock

Family Lived in Tylors Green Between 1939 Untill 1970s

My family moved from Moreton to North Weald in 1939, I was 9 year old at the time. My father was called Thomas Yeldham and became the local cobbler, my mother was called Maud. While still at school I had a Saturday job at Churches Butchers, then when i left school at 14 I went to Churches as an apprentice butcher.

While there, in 1948 I was called up for my National Service. Sadly I never came back to live in North Weald, as I settled in Devon, but my parents lived in North Weald untill the 1970s. My father is buried in North Weald church yard, after his death my mother moved to Ongar.

I can remember playing football on Saturdays against the Belgium Air Force boys, as I lived near the bottom of the Air Field, and I would regularly try and climb the Marconi pylons.

Happy Summers in North Weald

My mother Pamela Joan Jackson moved to North Weald from Leytonstone during the war with her parents John Arthur Jackson and Rose Lucy Jackson and her sister Rose. They lived at 23 Bassett Gardens. My aunt Rose married Pat Barry, had a son, John, born in 1939 and lived at 39 High Road, North Weald.
I spent all my summer holidays visiting my grandparents and aunt and uncle, we lived in Scotland and it was always an exciting trip going from Aberdeen on the sleeper to London. I remember going to the bakers and buying gorgeous hot bread (Cottage Loaf) and to the butchers to buy ham and we would have a lovely picnic in my grandparents' garden where my grandfather grew masses of lovely fruit and veg. It seemed as if the sun always shone in North Weald.
I also remember the trips to Epping to the market and to buy Granny a new corset!!! in a department store, don't recall the name.
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Ongar High Street

High Street c1955
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My mother had a hairdressing shop on the high street and one corner of the shop had a few books that we used as a small library. I was in boarding school, but on vacations and weekends I'd help with loaning out the books. We lived in North Weald at the time and I'd catch the bus at Tylers Green to make the 15 minute ride into Ongar. Some times I'd ride my bicycle from North Weald, through Ongar towards Brentwood to go swimming. I also remember that there was a friend of a friend who lived on Ongar High Street and had a small swimming pool that I went to once.

Small Church in Ongar

High Street c1955
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Hey there, can anyone help me please. My mum is trying to find a small church in Ongar which comes off the Ongar Road, it's on the right hand side and it has a gravel lane, the church is at the end of the gravel lane with a field on the left hand side.  I would be very grateful if anyone can help to offer me any information with regard to this. Many thanks. Sarah

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