Chingford Hatch

A Memory of Chingford.

Somebody just described the River Ching by the Hatch exactly as I remember it as a child. The sandy path running along up to the football club where I remember getting Jimmy Tarbuck's autograph at a charity event held there. The cottages in the forest were always a mystery to us...we used to imagine witches lived there! The Horseless Carriage replaced the Manor Pub I think, they always used to have an old fashioned car in the window of the pub! As children, we used to run up the steps that ran between the shops to get to the flats above the shops. We used to scrump the apples from the posh houses leading to Highams Park.. And does anyone remember 'The Big House' up Simmons Lane(?).....Belonged to the Heathcotes. We used to climb the 6 foot wall and play in the grounds, hiding in the foresty bit....it was opposite Pimphall Park...great memories.... Friday Hill - the bridge that was built in the mid sixties to make the road safer to cross after lots of petitions. I used to love coming down the steps on my roller skates......