South Chingford, Larkswood Pool c.1955
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Memories of South Chingford, Larkswood Pool c1955

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. These memories are of South Chingford, Larkswood Pool c.1955

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I used to live in Suffield Road (off New Road) and would play happily in the road despite this being the road to the refuse tip, and dust carts would be up and down all day. We would simply move out of the road and then resume our game of 'Tin Can Copper' once the dust cart had passed! I had a season ticket to Larkswood Pool - I could see the entrance to the pool from my bedroom ...see more
I lived in Grove Road as a child, and spent a lot of time at Larkswood Pool - my friend and I used to practically live there in the summer holidays. We would get season tickets, so we could go as often as we liked, and go 3 times a day, only coming home for meals. I remember teaching myself to swim there when I was about 8 or 9, in the shallow end. By the end of that season we were jumping from the ...see more
My memory is the same as Alan Mowbray. We lived at Leadale Avenue, Chingford and I remember standing at the edge of the pool freezing cold and the teacher tellling us to jump in. I also remember the grotty changing rooms.
We moved from Forest Road Walthamstow to 34 Leonard Road Chingford in 1953. I attended Chase Lane primary school and then Wellington Avenue Secondary Modern at Chingford Mount. We often went to Larkswood Pool and would spend all day there taking our lunch with us. The school used to take us to Larkswood Pool for swimming once a week during the summer term. We used to travel on a really old bus ...see more