Roaming my Old Stomping Ground, East Ham, London 🇬🇧
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- Welcome to my channel. I'm Roaming Ree.
I'm back in the UK for the summer. I thought I'd visit some of my old stomping grounds.
Next stop the London Borough of Newham. East Ham High Street. I lived in the area for 30 plus years, my whole schooling life. Some tough days but still have fond memories.
As a Londoner can't believe how much the area has changed and sadly not for the better.
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Recorded : 13/07/2024
Temperature : 20°C, and forever changing.
Hi Roaming Ree and thanks for the walk through East Ham. I was born in Burgess Road at my house in the 1960's. Its has changed drastically but i still have very fond and nostalgic memories of the area, so much so i often take a stroll around where i was born and the surrounding area. I remember the swimming pool behind the town hall and went there regularly with my cousin's, sometimes 4 or 5 times per week. They had a small cafe in the building where i clearly remember buying Horlicks sweets after my swim. I used the library a lot, i remember climbing the stairs to get to it and having an amazing selection of books to read as my family never had many books at home.
We used ro go to Central Park on a Saturday for play and shenanigans. There was a Wimpy opposite the Town Hall which we frequented when we could afford a mixed grill or Knickerbocker Glory.
I remember fondly the COOP department store because as kids we would go up and down the escalators which we called the moving stairs. The Shopping Hall/Market was a great place for bargains and treats. I also remember Woolworths and the wonderful C&A store which you mentioned, which was at the top of my road. It used to have mirrored pillars that we used to do the Harry Worth illusion with.
.i had friends in Caufield Road and Kempton road. I went to Altmore Avenue School and then on to Lathom School, a lovely old building. We moved from Burgess Road to the Barking road (above a shop) and then like most East End folk out to Becontree and its estates.
It is a bit run down now but the shops could do more to help that, especially the larger corporate ones. You dont see a rundown Argos in Kensington. The high street can still be quite vibrant and does still have a lot to offer. Newham needs to invest in the high street along with the big corporations and businesses.
I popped into the Denmark Arms recently for a pint and that is so shabby now. A shadow of its ild self. Such an amazing building as well.
I will check your other videos. Thanks again for sharing.
@andicheese1763 My pleasure mate. I was originally on Hall Rd, moving to Caulfield Rd before leaving Newham. Still have cousins and friends but spend my time between Turkiye and here. I can't believe how much London has changed.
Everything u have said is almost mirrored to my childhood. Such great times even though they were difficult at times. Spent alot of time in the Library, 2 floors it was so grand, and swimming pool, with the cafe.
I forgot the Wimpy on Barking Road but the CO-OP was the best.
Thanks for the comment my brother.
Thank you for posting this. I'm a similar age to you, and grew up on Altmore Avenue through the eighties and nineties. So many memories, so much change. Quite an emotional watch, especially with your comments and memories, bringing back some stuff I'd completely forgotten. Please know your content is appreciated, mate. All the best.
@dreamsong5986 Awww Thank you very much. I also lived down Altmore Avenue. Whilst most of the family moved out, my older brother still lives in Altmore Altmore.
I'm a Poplar boy and still live on the East India Dock Rd. Back in the eighties I used to venture to East Ham regularly. I used to drop into The Burnel Arms to wind the Teddy Boys up and then spend the evening in the Rusking Arms with the Rockers who's company I loved. Great days!
@@TommyTimebomb100 Love it, proppa cockney. How nice is it around the docks now. Couldn't agree with u more. Really great days. Thanks for the comment
Wow 40 years, bound to be many changes. But I really hope they clean it up. Newham was never rich was but was a great place to grow up
@@rizmahd yes I thought so, even with a tough upbringing 🤣
Wow what a throwback with the stories I remember hearing stories of people getting chased at the station
@BrianAtlee1978 i bet the stories are all true. It was tough at times but it was a great place growing up.
I thought you’d mentioned Marks for Toys as you passed it next to BIMS. Got all my swimming certificates from the town hall in the 80s.
@thegenerus1437 lol don't know what I'm chatting half the time. There was a big toy shop near WHSmiths but can't remember the name. Me too, I use to love the swimming baths, also got my certificates but in the 70's and about 10 of us use to go swimming every Sunday. Good times
Wasn’t the Argos , the Woolworths? Remember buying broken biscuits there. Biscuits used to be loose and they’d weigh them
@@donjohnson4368 I remember when Argos opened but can't remember what was there before but I remember eating all the loose sweets and biscuits b4 getting to the counter. Such simpler times
Lived in Manor Park until 1973. Driven through a couple of times in the last 50 odd years. Glad my family moved to Cambridgeshire. Same problems as a lot of towns in the UK. Peterborough is my home town now thankfully. Thanks for the walking tour.
@ohyeah2816 Thank you for watching and commenting. My friends have retired to Peterborough, they always say they don't miss London. Massive respect Sir
@@Roamingree moving to the country was just so much better than living in London. My family moved from a terraced house in Strone Road with a cemetery over the back to a semi-detached bungalow for a quarter of the price. Something my mum always wanted in her 50s.
I wouldn’t live anywhere inside of the M25 for love nor money. Too much traffic. Peterborough hasn’t the population density of Newham and Redbridge. For every person in Peterborough there are 7 or more in both of those. Keep up the great work and thanks… have a great day. 👍🏼🖖🏼😎
Thanks for the memories, but what happened to the old bingo hall on East ham high street😢, I did see it on your tour😮
@yet8117 completely forgot about that, on the High St next to the Old BHS, now Primark 😢. And the second bingo hall on the Barking Rd. Thanks for the reminder
@@Roamingree brilliant video 👏👌love it
Missed the festival there that was every year. Under the stars, at central park, east ham
@T.Channel I used to love East Ham Festival. Those were my best summers ever. Thanks for the memory
Remember that co-op, we used to play on the escalators
@@donjohnson4368 Yes mate, loved the co-op, wasn't it a novelty playing on the escalators. First time I ever saw or used an escalator 😂
McDonald on the High Street opened 79/80, went there after school St Johns R.C Secondary with my mates from Green Street to Eastham - the queue was so long😮all for this unhealthy junk😅😂😅😊😅but we loved it 14/15 year old, then we had to bunk on the bus home as we had no money left😂and the money spent in McDonald's was saved up school dinner money😂😂😂😊 good memories🎉love your video.
Thank you for the good childhood memories😂
Thank you for watching and commenting, really were great memories 😂
Wow! I remember going to East Ham TEC on block realise during my apprenticeship back in 1985 😮
@danseddon4319 College of TEC of awesome. I was there in 1988. Done everything under one roof, unlike different campuses now.
The Magnificent building on the Barking Rd/Eastham High Street, use to be the co-op department 🏬🏢Store, all the mums went their to buy the school 🏫uniforms, supermarket only sold food items no clothes like today.
M&S, BHS C&A were to expensive and only for the posh people😂
@yet8117 Yes it was a magnificent building couldn't believe it was knocked down. Going back certainly was an eye opener, no posh shops at all 😂
The Sports Direct was Williams Furniture store
@@donjohnson4368 Remember the furniture store, and was it Tandy's b4 that.
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@alexpalmer496 Thank you my brother
Remember growing up in the 80s and having no go areas cos of NF. Custom House and Canning town were racist hotspots.
@thegenerus1437 yep definitely no go areas for us. I use to hate Canning Town, Custom House and Silvertown. My brothers were in Eastlea School in the 70's, could u imagine what they had to put up with.
Agree 💯
Was working at the old East Ham police station last month . I posted a shorts video
@stevenwest3555 Thanks mate. I'll check out the video. I was in the nick years ago. I presume it's bin sold ?
@@Roamingree yeah they closed the station will become part of the college , there was literally blood outside on the floor from a stabbing . I didn’t film that tho . You’re channels brilliant 👍
@stevenwest3555 Thanks mate, l love yours aswell. Watching it brings back memories when I was working in Mayfair.
It's good the college is taking it over. Don't need more flats in East Ham.
What years did you go to East Ham College? I was there from 1980 to 1983.
@charliepaynter Afew years b4 me. I was there in 87 to 89.
Multiculturalism has destroyed London imho.. I say that sadly as an immigrant
I don't think it has mate. Yes it's made some areas worse with the concentration and standard of immigrants coming in. But it's also had a positive outcome as we and now our kids have bettered ourselves. My kids couldn't go through the racism we went through, all now have good jobs and integrated well.
We show appreciation for what this country has given us and have shown that multiculturalism can work.
@@Roamingree good luck with mate
All the English people left these areas 40 years ago.
Yes quite right. 30 to 40 years I couldn't believe how much it's changed.
Not quite I left 11 years ago still have a lot of mates still live there
@andrewthomson3165 true I've still got many mates around East Ham and Upton Park.
Not quite still got8 mates live in east ham .
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