Christmas At Bearmans

A Memory of Leytonstone.

I was recalling just the other day about a Christmas many years ago when I was a very small child and as I was talking about it to my mum of 84 years, she exclaimed 'That was in Bearmans where you got the 'Pelham Puppet from'. For years and years I was in awe of a a childhood Christmas I once knew. I remember the fairy lights and just that smell of Christmas and how the wrapping paper used to smell. It was so epic for me to have that memory placed, as afterwards my family went through a break up and I'd thought all my childhood memories were set at a later time in my life maybe around 4 or 5 years old, but now I can recall I must have been much much younger, but I do definately remember the Christmas activity and now I am proud to say 'it was in Bearmans Store'. It has made my Christmas!
From Zoe Layton, my maiden name then.