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Basildon, Ghyllgrove c.1960
Photo ref: B438030
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More about this scene

A number of neighbourhoods—Fryerns, Barstable, Kingswood and Lee Chapel South—were in place by 1958. Then, the government issued plans for increased house-building all over the country. The south-west corner of the proposed Gloucester Park was therefore set aside for the Ghyllgrove neighbourhood.

Memories of Basildon, Ghyllgrove c1960

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 Basildon, Ghyllgrove c.1960

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My family came to Basildon in 1957 as part of the overspill from London. My late father was a toolmaker and was offered a job and a house. Money was tight and we made out own entertainment. Collecting wood from the fields where the town centre now stands, fruit picking from the cleared lots waiting for development. When the shops started being built (my memory is that Woolworth was the first opened ...see more
We moved to The Gore, in about 1962. My brother was born here. Our family lived at number 83, and up until 2000, no other family had ever lived there. We moved in when the other end of the road was still being finished. I went to Gyhllgrove School, and can remember my first teacher, 1965, being a Miss Mehtha, an Asian lady. On special occasions she would bring in saris for us to try on and teach us dancing, all back ...see more