Canning Town, Greater London

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Old Maps of Canning Town

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Map of Canning Town in 1896

Map of Canning Town in 1897-1902

Map of Canning Town in 1920

Map of Canning Town in 1946

Map of Canning Town in 1894

Sheet Maps of Canning Town

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Memories of Canning Town
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Grandma's Shop

I was born Nov 5, 1939 at 81 Star Lane, the home of my maternal grandparents, James and Anne Maria Bullock. My mother, Annie Grace Bullock, was the youngest of six children. She married my father, Henry George Hooper, in 1935 at Trinity Church at the junction of Barking Road and Hermit Road. My father, always known as Harry, was born in 1909 in Poplar, but the family moved to 35 Star Lane, where my grandfather, ...see more

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Along The Barking Road

I was born at 37 Alexandra Street. At the corner where our street met the Barking Road, opposite Star Lane and Mulcasters seed shop, was the bombed Odeon where we would play as children. I recall a pea souper fog in the late 40s or early 50s where I literally could not see my hand in front of my face. We were a few doors away from Farinos shop where they made the best ice cream ever. We moved to Hayday Road ...see more

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Grandma's Shop

Along The Barking Road