EAW046499 ENGLAND (1952). The Royal Victoria Gardens, King George V and Royal Albert Docks, North Woolwich, from the south, 1952

Later site of King George V station on the Docklands Light Railway.

Eisenhower Drive prefab estate

East Ham United football pitch.

Sheltered seating.

The Park Cafe

This was the base of a boys' gang who called themselves the 'river gang' ( myself and my brother Pat were founder members) . From this shingle beach they would launch a salvo of stones on any vessel that came within range -this included Police boats! We did for devilment really, only later did I realise how dangerous it was.

This bomb site was known by us kids in the 1960s as the 'Police Debris' - all the wate land created by the blitz was a termed the / a debris. Thus we had the Police debris and the Church debris ( area behind St John's church in Pier Road) . Generally, debris provided a safe place to play and use our imaginations. In addition, if you dug down into the ground on a debris you usually came across pieces of broken crockery and flattened enamel utensils etc. probably all that remained after being destroyed in the blitz.

Rymil Street.

Chief Engineers Accommodation

West Ham FC Boleyn Ground

Roman Road.

Concrete bus shelter

Beckton Alps - a mound of toxic waste from the manufacture of town gas from coal.

Standard Crescent.

Hunter's Sweet Shop. A quarter ounce of pineapple chunks for 3d.

Bill Mayes cafe

Bill Mayes cafe

Sankey's Wharf

Sankey's Wharf

Sankey's Wharf

North Woolwich Pumping Station and accommodation house for Chief Engineer.

North Woolwich Pumping Station and accommodation house for Chief Engineer.

School dining hall.

School dining hall.

School caretaker accommodation.

Royal Oak PH

Tony's Cafe

St John's Church in Pier Road

St John's Church in Pier Road

St John's Church in Pier Road

Police living quarters.

Police living quarters.

Public toilets outside the entrance to Royal Victoria Gardens

Paddling pool

Bowling green

Beckton Sports Ground. The annual Sports Day was eagerly awaited by us as there were swing boats.

New Beckton Park

This area we called the 'field'. It provided the children living in Sherbrooke Gardens with an all year round playground- we'd learn at a young age to jump water filled ditches, to climb trees, make bows and arrows and all the things you'd normally associate with country living. It was a fantastic place to grow up - we felt safe and were never really far from home. All our Mother had to do to get us to come home was to stand at the back door and bang a saucepan...and we were sure to come running.

This area we called the 'field'. It provided the children living in Sherbrooke Gardens with an all year round playground- we'd learn at a young age to jump water filled ditches, to climb trees, make bows and arrows and all the things you'd normally associate with country living. It was a fantastic place to grow up - we felt safe and were never really far from home. All our Mother had to do to get us to come home was to stand at the back door and bang a saucepan...and we were sure to come running.

Beckton Road football pitches

Henry Ede Foundry

Beckton Gasworks Company houses for senior personnel.

The home of the Kent family

24 Sherbrooke Gardens The home of the Daly Family.

North Woolwich Police Station

The Prince Albert or locally known as the Stingo.

Location of the gun pits for the HAA Gun Battery at Beckton (GDA London). The admin/accommodation buildings are to the bottom and right of the gun pits.

? Location of a 2ndWW searchlight operating site.

Location of a series of 2ndWW anti-aircraft landing mounds and ditches.

20 Albert Road - Licenced Lodging House

Tar and Ammonia Product Works

Winsor Terrace

Saint Michael's Vicarage

Dismantled Railway

Beckton Road

Sherbrooke Gardens

Sherbrooke Gardens

Level Crossing

Manor Way Farm

New Beckton Park

Parry Avenue

Savage Gardens

Shepstone Street

Livingstone Street

Cameron Street

Stanley Street

Winsor School

Learoyd Gardens

East Ham Manor Way

The Ferndale (Public House) which was situated on the corner of Ferndale Street and Cyprus Place. (Today called "CPS - Cyprus Place Supermarket International").

Old barge House Pub. It was rebuilt in 1925, but destroyed by enemy action on the 7th September 1940

Beckton.

Cyprus Place.

Harland & Wolff shipbuilders and ship repairers.

Sailing barges moored on "Starvation Buoys".

P&O Line dock office.

Prefabs in Rymill Street where I also lived.

Open air Lido, damaged during the war,

My junior school, Storey Street.

The Three Crowns public house.

The Royal Standard public house.

The Spotted Dog public house.

The Royal Oak public house.

The California, public house.

Bargehouse Road, where I used to live.

Roundhouse, public house