Happy Days
A Memory of Buckhurst Hill.
Further to the memories of Buckhurst Hill. My father became the local chimney sweep upon leaving the RAF after the war. The family moved there after being bombed out from London. I and my two sisters were born in the house in Queens Road. We were christened at and attended the school at St. Johns; two of us were even married in the church, myself to a local man. My elder brother although not born locally went to Princes Road School. We all have fond memories of the area, being able to roam through the forest, go to the pond in Knighton Woods and even to the playing fields with no worries for our safety. We went to Sunday School and Sunshine Corner at the little chapel in Princes Road. There was everything you could possibly want from the shops in Queens Road they were so diverse. But after a recent visit we were disappointed to see what it has become. All the character has gone and even our old house is no longer as we remembered it. I am so glad we have our memories of when Buckhurst Hill was at its best. Wendy Challis (nee Leftwich).
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Maureen (nee Peacock)
'Sunshine corner, oh it's very fine
It's for children 1 to 99
All are welcome
All the seats are free
come to Sunshsine Corner
It's the place to be!
My sister Tina Rasmussen went to The Brook, she was quite notorious as always in trouble of some sort!
I lived in Buckhurst Hill at Chestnut Avenue from 1947 to 1972 , was at Princes Road School 1952-1958 and then Brook School Loughton left in 1962
I do remember at junior school we had to go to Lower Queens Road for school dinners at the British Restaurant ( never knew to some time late this was left over from the war ).