Ballroom dancing: A memory of Chadwell Heath

Ballroom Dancing

A Memory of Chadwell Heath.

Yes I remember squeezing into my silver shoes and learning to cha cha with Aldcroft and Taylor above the Gaumont. Must have been seven or eight I suppose.I thought DotTaylor was the most glamorous woman I had ever seen!
Also I used to watch them whirling around from across the road while I was sitting in the window at the Bendix launderette where my mum went every week. A man called Mr Sharp was in charge and I was fascinated by the huge range of multi-coloured screwdrivers he kept in the breast pocket of his white coat!

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I lived round the corner from dot, always envied her house and wanted a look round inside, have many happy memories of chadwell heath, the furze, warren junior, John Preston warren comp, sadly it is nothing like it was

By sue.simms56 on Wed Jun 15th 2016, at 7:47 pm

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i was the last person to be born in the old mill house edward road 1949 it was pulled down shortley after about 1952 i think. then we lived in whalebone grove 2 doors away from dot taylor what a lovely lady.always enjoyed my dancing lessons i think anybody in chadwell heath must have been taught by dot and tommy.

By johanna.foley on Thu Jul 14th 2016, at 6:59 pm

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