The George Hotel c1948, Wanstead
The George Hotel c1948, Wanstead Ref: W22037
Memories of The George Hotel c1948, Wanstead
The George PH, Wanstead
Facing the viewer is the George Public House, which I believe still exists; behind is Wanstead underground station and an open area of grassland leading to Redbridge Lane and my then school, Wanstead County High. The High Street is facing us and leads to Snaresbrook, also with its underground station and also a magistrates court!
Wanstead & local memories
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Days Gone By.
It was a long walk to Wanstead Park from where we lived as children. We lived at Stephens Road, Stratford West Ham. Weekends and school holidays Mum would pack a picnic for the six of us, usually jam sandwiches or cheese if Mum had some, and a bottle of orange squash. We also had our jam jars and nets for fishing in the ponds for sticklebacks, a bat and ball, also a football, and off we would go for the day, as most East End children did in 1955.
We would enter the park from the Manor Park side, it was a short walk through a small wood the trees seem so tall, the ground was soft. I can remember the smell of the soil, it was always damp, sometimes we would see a squirrel or a small mouse, I can remember the sound of small birds, which in the streets where we lived you didn't see or hear. Then came the open space of green grass, the grass would... Read more
