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Barking, Ripple Road c.1955
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Memories of Barking, Ripple Road c1955

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Barking, Ripple Road c.1955

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I remember going to the Ripple Road School. I started in the middle of the year 1949 I think. I left about the middle 1950s. I remember going to the corner shop to buy sweets like false teeth and the like. Then walking home with my friends up over the rail bridge waiting for the train to come and enjoying the steam on our face. With my friend Ann we would then walk to Chalmers Avenune where she lived and I would ...see more