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Childhood Memories
Furze Infant school and being allowed to go in the garden to pick Lavender (still whenever I smell Lavender it takes me back). Running down 'back alley's' behind the roads around St Chads; Warren Junior School (playing ...Read more
A memory of Chadwell Heath in 1970 by
Down The Lane
Lived off Chadwell Heath Lane/Hall Road. Grandad ran the green grocers on the corner of Reynolds Ave and Chadwell Heath Lane. It was family run; me, father, mum and oldest brother....great memories as a child. The paper shop next ...Read more
A memory of Chadwell Heath in 1967
Childhood In Longhirst
Hello, my name is Mick Turnbull. I was born in 1957 and lived at 1, Cairns Avenue. My parents were Robert Davison Turnbull and Jean Turnbull. My mother's parents were Adam and Nellie Chirnside and had lived in the same house ...Read more
A memory of Longhirst in 1965 by
A W Sibley Butchers
This butchers shop seen to the left was owned by my family and was next to Woolworths. We had other shops in Chadwell Heath, Ilford etc. as well as Frank's Farm in Upminster. Behind the shop was a slaughter house and a large ...Read more
A memory of Hornchurch in 1965 by
The Grange Cinema
As I recall, there were four cinemas in Dagenham; The Grange (flea pit) Chequers junction, The Gaumont Heathway, The Odeon Becontree Heath & The Princess, New Road which always seem to show `X` rated horror films and later ...Read more
A memory of Dagenham in 1959 by
Early Working Years
As there are no memories of Chadwell Heath I thought I would add one. I started my first job at Teleflex Products that was situated in Wangy Works. I use to cycle from where I lived at Grange Hill Chigwell. After I did my ...Read more
A memory of Chadwell Heath in 1952 by
The River Brent From Redford Crescent To St Marys Church Hanwell
Used to go and play in the streams and the River Brent, the memories are so vivid. Tis, was, of course during the war. I and a friend, took my three and a half year years younger ...Read more
A memory of Greenford in 1944 by
Top Of Valence Avenue
I lived at the top of Valence Avenue, which was 1.1/4 miles long. I was nearly into Chadwell Heath, but my address was Dagenham (and proud of it!) . I used to go to Lymington Road School and we went to Valence Swimming Baths ...Read more
A memory of Dagenham in 1943
My Early Days In Romford
I was born in 1929 in my parent's house at 40 Medora Road, adjacent to the old football ground. Any time I hear the Sousa march - 'Liberty Bell' - I am reminded of Saturday there. It was played at the close of every match to ...Read more
A memory of Romford in 1940 by
Evacuated To Mountnessing
During the Blitz, my mother, Gladys Lane and her sister Rose were evacuated from Chadwell Heath to Mountnessing where they stayed at a house called St Leonards. This is the house next to the school, for they stayed with ...Read more
A memory of Mountnessing in 1940 by
Captions
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Various schemes had been proposed to bring fresh water to London; it was around 1600 that Edmund Colthurst identified the springs at Chadwell and Amwell as an ideal source.
All along the Thames, and described powerfully by Charles Dickens, houses, inns and tenements tottered and decayed in places such as Deptford, Wapping and Shadwell.
The town is situated on one of Norfolk's rare hills, and some early houses had wells dug 105ft deep to obtain water.
On the left is Shadwell Row: although greatly modified over the years, it incorporates two original houses dating from the late medieval period.
