Gidea Park, Main Road c.1960
Photo ref:
G270043
Photo ref:
G270043
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By the 1930s the tiny hamlet of Hare Street had been swallowed up into Gidea Park. Shops extended along Main Road to serve the residents of the garden suburb and the residential developments which grew up between Main Road and the railway. The branch of the London Co-op grocery on the right dates back to pre-war days.
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Memories of Gidea Park, Main Road c1960
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 Gidea Park, Main Road c.1960
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I was born in north London, at the age of 5, I moved with my two twin younger brothers & parents to Harold Hill council estate on the first part built; 24 Charlbury Crescent. We had farms all around us as the rest of Harold Hill was not built. I went to Bosworth School, then on to Quarles Secondary Modern, I used to cycle to school. I played for school football team at Bosworth and remember going on a school ...see more
Picture shows the junction of Main Road with Crossways. I moved to Crossways aged 7 in 1961. The shop on the corner by the phone box was a Co-op, and the one on the far side of Crossways was a Post Office. From 1961 to 1970 I caught the bus to Brentwood for school from stop opposite on left on photo. My father still lives in Crossways in 2010.
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