Dagenham, Heathway Shopping Centre 1948

Photo ref: D178005

Anybody remember Pesci the fish and chip shop near car path. You could either sit down and eat or take away.

My name was Annie Sorrell. Moved to Margery Rd in the early sixties and the gates to the park, where the swimming pool was situated, were at the bottom of our short street. Spent all day, everyday in the swimming pool during the summer school holidays with my friend Carol Holt. It had three diving boards and a spring board. Loved the spring board. Also had a buffet area where you could buy a hot oxo drink and sunbathe till you was ready to go back into the water. Happy, happy days

I used to live in the Heathway, between Eastfield Road and Alibon Road. My grandparents moved there in about the 1920's, my mum was a toddler. There was a church round the corner in Osborne Road where my brother and I used to go to Sunday School. My friends and I would congregate round there on a Saturday, to watch the weddings. Also as there weren't many cars about then, we would play skipping across the road. ...see more

This postcard brings back the memories of my first Saturday job in Woolworths on the right hand side of this picture. I almost recall being paid 13 shillings for the day and all legal deductions were made. And this history, along with other jobs I had was very important when I came to claim the minimum UK pension when I officially retired at 62. When the weather was hot, the store manager had an ice cream ...see more