Aveley, Cricket Pitch c.1955
Photo ref:
A110006
Photo ref:
A110006
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Here we see a summer cricket match in full swing. The sporting facilities and club rooms were taken over by the London Fire Brigade Welfare Fund in the 1980s. It is still a very well used sports and social club.
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A Selection of Memories from Aveley
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. Here are some from Aveley
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Hi Francis
Some of the names you mentioned - were in my class
My maiden name was Patmore
I was in the same class as Yvonne - Libby - Jayne Patience - Keith - Jeff Lewis - Martin Price - I remember John Havis, Peter Bell, Alan Tubby, Gaye, Carole Beer,
I'm sure there are others too! If my memory is jogged
My uncle, Bernard Montague Jay, visited The Top House every day of his adult life.
My family emigrated to New Zealand, in 1962, from Aveley. When my sister and I visited our uncle Bern, in the 1980s, his wife, Hilda Jay (nee Pavitt) said “Don’t get upset if he goes to `The Top House’ for a drink, while you’re here, because he goes there, daily, and has done for his entire life.”
Seeing his ...see more
I moved to Aveley in June,1970. My family were living at 128 Teviot Avenue in the maisonettes across the road from Kenningtons infants. My teacher's name was Mrs Staines. I don't remember that much about Aveley because we moved away 13 months later when I was 5 years old. I returned to Teviot Avenue 47 years later, in 2018, but found that the flats, as I remember them, had gone. I went there to reminisce and take photos ...see more
Billy Benson here. I now live in Victoria Australia, but I grew up in Aveley and lived at 5 Crescent Walk. Loved the pictures of the local shops and the old town. My family moved to Australia in 1963. I have been back since on a few occassions. I remember Bushy Bit and my best friend was Michael Curtin who has now sadly apssed away. My girlfriend when I was at the junior school was Lillian Williams who ...see more
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