EAW049452 ENGLAND (1953). The East London Packing Cases Works on Roebuck Road, Hainault, 1953. This image was marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing.

13 GREENSTED GARDENS. GREW UP THERE. VERY HAPPY DAYS .

POST THAT THE MOBILE LIBRARY PLUGGED INTO FOR ITS POWER SUPPLY

PATH ACROSS THE FIELD TO JOHN BRAMSTON INFANTS AND JUNIORS SCHOOL,WELL TRODDEN OVER SCHOOL YEARS

ELPaCo works, home of East London Packing cases. My dad worked here for many years before it closed. I also had a summer job here in the late 60's

Every prefab had a garden shed, which was a corrugated iron Anderson shelter,bricked up at one end,with a wooden door the other end.

This pond was thought to be "bottomless" by local wise folk,no idea why,it looks a bit like a stray W W 2 bomb crater. I have since spotted this pond on a photograph that pre dates WW2, bang goes my bomb crater theory.

Stream emerged here from the 6 foot culvert starting in Elmbrige road. Later extended to Fairlop Waters about 1960.

This stream enters a culvert here. Built with granite blocks a set of steps carries the stream to the culvert about 4 feet in diameter blocked by a set of bars to prevent entry. There is as we dicovered a severe bend in the last bar on the right hand side which allowed us entry.A few feet in ,under Elmbridge road another culvert about 5 feet in diameter enters a large chamber from the right. Leaving immediately opposite is a large 6 foot diameter culvert which emerged on the allotment site roughly where I have marked.This was extended to what is now Fairlop Waters about 1960.

Forest road prefab estate,lived there as a boy.Also often referred to as "TOYTOWN" by non residents.Wonderful place to grow up in as two brothers.Hundreds of other kids to play with(it was almost compulsory to have two children to live there)Surrounded by fields and the remains of Fairlop airfield,air raid shelters,derelect buildings,streams,trees to climb,plus a thousand and one other "far too dangerous to do today" things to do.

Allotment site,dad had two plots and provided a wide range of fruit and veg. Spent many summer evenings hand pumping water from the nearby stream to water the plots.

Is this 3 residents caught for all time taking a stroll along Elmbridge road???

Decontamination buildings part of Fairlop airfeild infrastructure.

Finnemore Road

Kennylands Road

Various hut footings that mark the "Poles camp"

Four local shops in this block starting with Bill Bennet newsagent, Freddie Fleet green grocer,George Goff grocer,the fourth unit was never the same for very long and mostly empty ,it did a short spell as a butcher and a T.V. and radio shop.

Hainault Road, leading to Hainault farm

Forest Road

Townsend Comunity Centre, A wooden hut that served as a Sunday school,Cub, Scout and Guide H.Q.

original tardis I remember it well when I was a kid

the phonebox, a lifeline when I was a boy ,used to order coal there making sure to give Mums co op number (983012)