Ironmongers
I was born in Gaynes Hill Road in 1941. Was the shop you are writing about John Bankils (or similar spelling) oposite Gaynes Hill Road. I can remember going to the shop for my Dad many times, I can almost remember the men that worked there, always in brown coats. One I remember had lots of curly hair, I think he lived in one of the roads off of Gaynes Hill. The shop always smelt of parafin. We last lived in Woodford Bridge in 1982
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RE: RE: Ironmongers
The shop assistant with lots of curly hair was Basil Hockley, known to everyone as Hock. He worked in the shop before the Second World War when he was called up. He ended up spending a long time in a Japanese Prisoner of War camp and used to tell us horrific stories. After the war he came back to work at the shop and he stayed until he retired in about 1984. He and his wife Janet lived in the road opposite.
Comment from Jane Manley on Saturday, 6th June 2009.