Growing Up In Cranford.

A Memory of Cranford.

The picture of the Church is in fact the Old Cranford School but it displayed the church services that were being held. The Holy Anagles Church was a 'nissen type ' building at the back of the Old School. I used to attend the church (Anglo Catholic) and at the age of 8 was an Incense Boat Boy and graduated to M.C in approx 1950. The Priest in those days was the Rev John Carr. We lived at No.107 Berkley Avenue and I attended the Cranford Primary School. During the war at night we went to the air raid shelters in the school grounds. Many times during the day you would hear the 'doodle bugs' coming over, and duck when their engines stopped! Saturday at the age of 10(?) I would deliver groceries from Hawkins on my bicycle with a trailer at the back. It must have been in the 1950's that I could hear Chris Barber and the Crane River Jazz Band playing in the fields between Waye Avenue and Berkley Avenue. Many fond memories of Cranford, I could write forever. Thank you for 'jogging ' the memory box.