Life In Beckton East Ham

A Memory of East Ham.

I was born in Beckton in the house I spent the first 17 years of my life in. It was a small community between the Royal Albert Docks and the Beckton Gas works. My mum was born there, we went to Winsor school, different building but same sight. Great childhood in the days when we knew all our neighbours and could play safely in the street. Tin tan tommy, skipping, French cricket. Later went to Burgess Manor school East Ham. Sadly in the 70's the knocked down our estate and removed all the historic street name. Livingstone, Cameron, Stanley Street. Many of the original residents moved to new Estate but some left the area. Docks no longer contain ships. Now has airport. Would love to be able to walk down my old street again. Our family name was CLIVE, my mums was Black. Her cousins lived in the area.