Romford, The Market 1908
Photo ref:
59812
Photo ref:
59812
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In Edwardian days groups of customers surround traders as the business of the day is noisily conducted. The Palladian-style building on the extreme left of the picture houses the Council offices; the town's court house was formerly here. In the 1930s it was seen as an obstruction to the development of the town centre and was demolished.
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Mawney Road School 55
Pettits Lane 55 to 59
Married 64 at Good Shepherd Church
Mildmay Road and Oaks Avenue
Worked at Grenvilles Men's Clothing on the Eastern Avenue
Maiden Name Cummings
Loved my teenage years. Enjoyed school, teachers I remember are Miss Henn MrsHounsell Mrs Rogers Nimbus dance hall every Sat night, Wykham Hall next to St Edwards Church, dancing of course! Loved RaphaelsPark in the summer. ...see more
Mawney Road School and Pettits Lane were my schools and I had two best friends who lived up Dorsit Ave; one friend was Kay L------ and Peter Ph------ we always walked to school together or Peter would give me a ride on the cross bar of her bike. I often wonder what happened to them both!
We moved to Romford in 1951 from Havering where we lived with Nan and Grandad in Pinewood Road. It was an exciting time for me but also an unhappy time leaving Nan and Grandad's house. We moved in a council house in Chelmsford Ave, I made friends with a boy called Raymond Crane, we started school together ,his mother and father ran a market stall in Romford and he had a young ...see more
We moved to Romford in 1954. First we lived at Mawneys and attended the primary school there. In 1955 we moved to Oaks Avenue and I attended Pettits Lane Secondary Modern School. I left in 1959. The pillars just below the trees in the photo, was the gateway to the Whykam Hall which belonged to the church. I remember spending many happy times at the weekend dances. I could really Rock'n' Roll in those days! I used to go ...see more
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