I lived almost continuously at 11 Chesley Gdns - the house with the Union flag - from when I was born in 1933 until I came to Bristol in 1966.
James Briggs
May 1945. Chesley Gardens, London E6. Street party to celebrate VE Day. The Union flag is on number
11. The man, first on the right in the back row in the white sailor's type hat, is Dering Briggs, owner of number 11.
5 people to his right is a woman wearing an apron. She is Mrs
Hancock from number 9. Immediately below her, wearing a party hat, is
Jim Briggs, son of Dering. Jim's mother is not to be seen - she was
probably preparing the food!
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John Benning, from Australia, sent scans of two VJ victory party photos.
He said: "Quality is
not good, I fear. Both pictures are slightly out of focus. The houses in the
background would be numbers 58 and 56 Hall Road. We lived at number 50, to the
right of the pictures.
I managed to appear in both groups, along with most of the children. In photo
1 I am seated on the kerb 5 in from the right, my kid sister in front of me.
Next to me with the funny hat is my girl friend Mavis Blake, with her kid
sister in front of her. In photo 2 I am second from the right in the central
group of four boys."
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Baxter Road, Custom House street party. May 1945. Source Newham Archive.
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26/06/05
Brian Laitt, EHGS 1951-1957, sent the following picture. It is
of the VJ day street party held in Landseer Avenue, E.12. He is the five year
old dressed in a warden's suit in the front row/centre. His sister, eight years
his senior (and now deceased) is seated to his left. There are several in
the photo who went on to become boy or girl Esthameians.
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