Leytonstone

A Memory of Leytonstone.

We lived at 12 Brewster Road in Leyton E10 - my sister was born there, we had the upstairs flat and Nanny Mantle lived downstairs. My real nan lived at 6 Coopers Lane for about 50 years (Mrs Johnson from "old Gees" wool shop at Bakers Arms). We moved to Canvey Island in 1966 and back to Leytonstone in 1968 to 88 Forest Drive West. The best times were at the Lido, but we weren't allowed to go on our own because of the "rough boys". We used to walk in the forest around the Hollow Ponds on Sunday afternoons and sometimes in the evening. We played in Abbotts Park and went to Barclay Juniors, I also went to Connaught and Leyton Senior High School for girls. I still remember Terry's sweet shop near Connaught and what a huge deal a Cream Egg was - it was 5p. We used to go to Saturday morning pictures at the Odeon on Leyton High Road - my favorite films were the Dr Who and the Daleks. It was 6d to get in. I trained as a nurse at Whipps Cross and now 30 years on I live in Florida - but there is no better memory than waking up to a sunny day in London, getting the red bus rover and going out for the day - freedom at its best:)