Central Park Road

A Memory of East Ham.

I lived at 350 CentralPark Road with my grandparents.Aunt and uncle and cousin in the fifties/early sixties...I went to Central Park secondary school and remember well East Ham Granada...and saturday morning Pictures..There was a small shop in Katherine Road by The prince of wales pub where we could get a penny drink and a tuppeny fag(Usually a weight)or for threepence a senior service...lol It was run by a man called "Alfie"....used to spend a lot of time in Central Park and Sunday afternoons at the Odeon..I remember there were so many of us we used to take up a row of seats and often get chucked out for being a bit raucous..lol..Saturday nights in the Central Pub in later years were good...with a pianist and drummer called Lil and Lou..compere was abloke called Tommy DeVille ...used to all get up and give a song ...moved away in the mid sixties but have fond memories of East Ham....Thanks for taking the time to read this....Barry