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Posted by paul finucane
on 19/5/2009, 11:35 pm
I grew up in basildon in the 70s & 80s & thought i should share some of them.
I remember the following;
The ABC Cinema being built and the multi story nearby.
The weird kind of wirey sculpture being put up for the first time on the wall near the post office which is now part of pizza hut or pizza express.
Birds the DIY shop ( A sad loss)
Tesco(where qd is now), caters & some other supermarket from years before.
M&S being built ,the pool club & the new yorker
the annual fishing competition at gloucester park.
the fishing shop in (I think nether priors) and being excited as if you were the 1st customer of the day on a saturday you got a free bag of groundbait.
judo with alf street at the castlemayne hall and at the marconi social club.
littlewoods stores with their great cafe
eastgate & savacentre being built
michael bentine opening the pussywillow clock in eastgate
meeting trevor brooking and alan devonshire at the new (at the time) sports shop in the town centre.
Springfield Junior School
Woodlands School
Fryerns School
the list goes on & on but great memories :-)
Happy days - well most of em !
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